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In the 1930s, the U.S. tried to bully the world. Here’s the story of how Canada resisted… by simply being boring. #cdnpoli #tariffs
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The Case for Boring
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In the 1930s, the U.S. tried to bully the world. Here’s the story of how Canada resisted… by simply being boring. #cdnpoli #tariffs
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
youtube.com/shorts/-8mOe...
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Fracking to extract gas is expensive. New pipelines are expensive. Supercooling gas into liquid (LNG) is expensive. LNG tankers are expensive. #Climate disasters are expensive. Solar and batteries are cheap. See the problem with Eby's #LNG schemes? www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b... #bcpoli
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fracking to extract gas is expensive. New pipelines are expensive. Supercooling gas into liquid (LNG) is expensive. LNG tankers are expensive. #Climate disasters are expensive. Solar and batteries are cheap. See the problem with Eby's #LNG schemes? www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b... #bcpoli
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#abpoli #ableg
It's on. The recall petition drive to oust Danielle Smith has been approved.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's on. The recall petition drive to oust Danielle Smith has been approved.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Recall petition targeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith approved | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, along with two additional members of her cabinet, are now the latest MLAs to face a recall petition from constituents.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#abpoli #ableg
It's on. The recall petition drive to oust Danielle Smith has been approved.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's on. The recall petition drive to oust Danielle Smith has been approved.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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MISSING. Shamus, a white short-haired male cat with black markings, was last seen near the Super 8 Motel at 281 Woodlawn Rd W in #Guelph on Dec 10. Neutered & microchipped. Shy - please do not chase. Any info contact his family via facebook.com/GuelphOntari... or let us know.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
MISSING. Shamus, a white short-haired male cat with black markings, was last seen near the Super 8 Motel at 281 Woodlawn Rd W in #Guelph on Dec 10. Neutered & microchipped. Shy - please do not chase. Any info contact his family via facebook.com/GuelphOntari... or let us know.
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An announcement from Tod.
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youtube.com/shorts/OMo6P...
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
An announcement from Tod.
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youtube.com/shorts/OMo6P...
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"Pierre Poilievre showed what he did feel about First Nations people by saying that they need to learn the value of hard work, and he continues to show his disrespect to aboriginal people by calling them “our First Nations” today in this house. Well, I don’t belong to anybody, Mr. Speaker.” #cdnpoli
December 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Pierre Poilievre showed what he did feel about First Nations people by saying that they need to learn the value of hard work, and he continues to show his disrespect to aboriginal people by calling them “our First Nations” today in this house. Well, I don’t belong to anybody, Mr. Speaker.” #cdnpoli
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An American for-profit healthcare companied tried to hire me this week. Here's how that went. 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
A for-profit American healthcare company tried to hire me
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
An American for-profit healthcare companied tried to hire me this week. Here's how that went. 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
www.youtube.com/shorts/1WKAx...
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This is not your parents’ Conservative Party — And Brian Mulroney agrees.
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is not your parents’ Conservative Party — And Brian Mulroney agrees.
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Here is a stunning image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken on Dec. 2 by astrophotographers Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger, showing the comet's long wispy plasma tail in full glory and a dusty anti-tail.
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#Astronomy
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#Astronomy
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December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here is a stunning image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken on Dec. 2 by astrophotographers Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger, showing the comet's long wispy plasma tail in full glory and a dusty anti-tail.
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#Astronomy
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#Astronomy
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The Health Minister says health workers are “cheering” and that laying off nurses is “appropriate.”
The Premier said he saved the health system.
I reminded them that an ER doctor, a nurse, and former hospital CEO are right here in my caucus, and none of us are cheering. #cdnpoli
The Premier said he saved the health system.
I reminded them that an ER doctor, a nurse, and former hospital CEO are right here in my caucus, and none of us are cheering. #cdnpoli
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Health Minister says health workers are “cheering” and that laying off nurses is “appropriate.”
The Premier said he saved the health system.
I reminded them that an ER doctor, a nurse, and former hospital CEO are right here in my caucus, and none of us are cheering. #cdnpoli
The Premier said he saved the health system.
I reminded them that an ER doctor, a nurse, and former hospital CEO are right here in my caucus, and none of us are cheering. #cdnpoli
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The Auditor General is sounding the alarm: over 2 million Ontarians still don’t have a family doctor — and Doug Ford has no plan to fix it.
Instead, the's opened the door to privatization with no safeguards to protect patients.
Instead, the's opened the door to privatization with no safeguards to protect patients.
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Auditor General is sounding the alarm: over 2 million Ontarians still don’t have a family doctor — and Doug Ford has no plan to fix it.
Instead, the's opened the door to privatization with no safeguards to protect patients.
Instead, the's opened the door to privatization with no safeguards to protect patients.
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Great to visit Lodestar Structures in Kingston today with Minister @gregorrobertson.bsky.social.
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Great to visit Lodestar Structures in Kingston today with Minister @gregorrobertson.bsky.social.
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
Their modular building system can build safe, affordable, and energy-efficient homes and commercial spaces much faster.
🔗More info: lodestarstructures.com
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He’s right, the things the Federal govt does is make investments for Canada, sets up the law of the land, ensures regulations are followed and hands out money to the Provinces, there is more but, the Provincial Premiers control what is going on in each Province.
Credit to Contra Tenore
Credit to Contra Tenore
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He’s right, the things the Federal govt does is make investments for Canada, sets up the law of the land, ensures regulations are followed and hands out money to the Provinces, there is more but, the Provincial Premiers control what is going on in each Province.
Credit to Contra Tenore
Credit to Contra Tenore
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"Dickenson said the unedited public affairs content CPAC offers is an antidote to the spread of misinformation."
It is the only place where you will always see unedited content with no bias or misinformation.
Give them the $.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
It is the only place where you will always see unedited content with no bias or misinformation.
Give them the $.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
CPAC says it’s at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision
The long-standing video service providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Dickenson said the unedited public affairs content CPAC offers is an antidote to the spread of misinformation."
It is the only place where you will always see unedited content with no bias or misinformation.
Give them the $.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
It is the only place where you will always see unedited content with no bias or misinformation.
Give them the $.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
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Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Greenbelt review #Ontario
Review of protected Greater Golden Horseshoe lands was to have started in February
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Review of protected Greater Golden Horseshoe lands was to have started in February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Greenbelt review | CBC News
A mandatory review of the Greenbelt that was to have started earlier this year has yet to begin, and critics are demanding “substantive guardrails” around the Ford government’s assessment of the prote...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Greenbelt review #Ontario
Review of protected Greater Golden Horseshoe lands was to have started in February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Review of protected Greater Golden Horseshoe lands was to have started in February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hey, Ontario, repeat after me: Doug Ford is a total asshole.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey, Ontario, repeat after me: Doug Ford is a total asshole.
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It is a great idea.
I remember a few years ago there was a project to get some of the Indigenous languages put into web dictionaries that could be used by websites like Google, FB and X.
I don't know what happened to it.
I remember a few years ago there was a project to get some of the Indigenous languages put into web dictionaries that could be used by websites like Google, FB and X.
I don't know what happened to it.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is a great idea.
I remember a few years ago there was a project to get some of the Indigenous languages put into web dictionaries that could be used by websites like Google, FB and X.
I don't know what happened to it.
I remember a few years ago there was a project to get some of the Indigenous languages put into web dictionaries that could be used by websites like Google, FB and X.
I don't know what happened to it.
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“Big Tech is actively promoting the integration of generative AI across all sectors of life—public & private, personal & professional—with little regard for whether we can sustain the infrastructure behind this,” says @jillmcardle.bsky.social in new @reset.org.
🗞️ en.reset.org/the-new-oil-...
🗞️ en.reset.org/the-new-oil-...
“The New Oil”: How Data Centres Threaten Climate Protection—And What We Can Do About It
Data centres threaten the energy transition, drain water resources and harm human health. Can we slow their growth before it's too late?
en.reset.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Big Tech is actively promoting the integration of generative AI across all sectors of life—public & private, personal & professional—with little regard for whether we can sustain the infrastructure behind this,” says @jillmcardle.bsky.social in new @reset.org.
🗞️ en.reset.org/the-new-oil-...
🗞️ en.reset.org/the-new-oil-...
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This is who conservatives in Canada are, nasty, evil, who the fuck does she think she is to deny Indigenous of their right to reconciliation in Canada, this is their land, treaty land, toss this witch out of the chamber.
#BritishColumbia #EvilBCConservatives
#BritishColumbia #EvilBCConservatives
OneBC leader “Dallas Brodie” just introduced a bill to remove Truth and Reconciliation Day as a holiday in BC:
"We have no regrets, nothing to reconcile for,and no apologies to give — because we did nothing wrong"
Seriouly Vancouver? 🤦🏽♂️😡
🎥 Credit @jarryd_jaeger / Threads
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
"We have no regrets, nothing to reconcile for,and no apologies to give — because we did nothing wrong"
Seriouly Vancouver? 🤦🏽♂️😡
🎥 Credit @jarryd_jaeger / Threads
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is who conservatives in Canada are, nasty, evil, who the fuck does she think she is to deny Indigenous of their right to reconciliation in Canada, this is their land, treaty land, toss this witch out of the chamber.
#BritishColumbia #EvilBCConservatives
#BritishColumbia #EvilBCConservatives
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Like a lot of Ontarians, I'm fed up with Doug Ford's corruption. I'm not going to let him or his government keep getting away with it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Like a lot of Ontarians, I'm fed up with Doug Ford's corruption. I'm not going to let him or his government keep getting away with it.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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'Extremely rare' First Nation-owned mine in #Manitoba may be more viable than Ontario's Ring of Fire: expert
100% First Nations ownership would be 'unicorn event' in mining sector, business association president says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
100% First Nations ownership would be 'unicorn event' in mining sector, business association president says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Extremely rare' First Nation-owned mine in Manitoba may be more viable than Ontario's Ring of Fire: expert | CBC News
A northern Manitoba mining project fully owned by a local First Nation could turn Manitoba into the "centre for clean magnesium in North America," but proponents say it needs help to reach production.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
'Extremely rare' First Nation-owned mine in #Manitoba may be more viable than Ontario's Ring of Fire: expert
100% First Nations ownership would be 'unicorn event' in mining sector, business association president says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
100% First Nations ownership would be 'unicorn event' in mining sector, business association president says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...