“If we don’t do something, we have a major housing crisis.” - @Shauna Sylvester, UCL @shaunasylvester.bsky.social

#HeatPumps mean safer homes & healthier people.

Read this and other articles in our series #AQuestToKeepCool with @vancouversun.bsky.social

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Whoever made the decision to reduce polling stations and staff in yesterday’s #Vancouver #by-election should be held to account. It suppressed #democracy especially for this who can’t stand in line for hours.

Any Premier going to a foreign country and asking them to change their behaviour to impact the CDN federal election shouldn’t be in office.

With over 80% of Canada's population residing in #cities, what happens in #USCanada #trade relationships deeply matters to the health, safety, affordability and resilience of our communities. @jamesglave.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social @scpartners.bsky.social @fcm.ca

With over 80% of Canada's population residing in #cities, what happens in #USCanada #trade relationships deeply matters to the health, safety, affordability and resilience of our communities. @jamesglave.bsky.social @climateinstitute.bsky.social @scpartners.bsky.social @fcm.ca

I’m in Paris at the #AIActionSummit and I’m blogging for @theenergymix.com Here is my first post www.theenergymix.com/paris-diary-...

Trying to educate myself on what is going on in #USCanada relations. Recommend Paul Wells interview with Peter Loewen "You're not going to win that argument" open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

Canada’s biggest labour organization is calling on the federal government turn off the taps, “cutting US access to critical Canadian resources—including electricity, lumber, critical minerals, oil, and gas—until the tariffs are lifted”

75% of Canadians support restricting US access to our resources

Anxiety levels rising as Monday approaches - 3 strikes at least female,immigrant, working on climate.

We need a provincial government that will stand up for Canada and for our sovereignty and our economy.

We have to take a Team Canada approach that looks out for the best interest of every Albertan.

It’s time for us to fight for Canada! Danielle Smith, are you listening?
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Pass it on. Text your friends, family, and neighbors.

Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"

So Trump wants to remove the debt ceiling, Elon Musk is trying to call the shots but when push comes to shove, the Democrats & Republicans vote against Trump & Musk to keep the US gov’t going. Life before Jan.20…

The Second Finance Ministers Club. Paul Well’s substack is worth the subscription price.
open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

Tough to keep fighting #climate battles we have already won. But that is where we find ourselves in #Vancouver 🇨🇦 this week as our populist-right mayor and his majority council seek to roll back a restriction on gas in new construction that's been on the books since Jan 2022. A 🧵... (1/10)

It’s a full house at Housing Central’s annual conference in Vancouver. I look forward to moderating a panel with @geoffmeggs.bsky.social Mary Polak & @stephensmart66.bsky.social on the impact of the #election on #housing.

Listening to an author like Stewart Goodings recount his time in Russia and the Ukraine reminds me of that hopeful blip after the Berlin Wall fell and before the Chechnya invasion. It's a reminder of how quickly things can change and how quickly they can bounce back.

Thanks for all the prompts and great to see so many friends, colleagues and journalists I admire here. It's like taking a first step again!