John Woodside
@woodsideful.bsky.social
Ottawa Bureau Chief with @nationalobserver.com. Covering the money and politics fuelling the climate crisis.
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Next week the Centre for Future Work releases a new study on employment transitions in the fossil fuel sector. It's shed 38K jobs since 2014, more to come. Learn more at this webinar: "Effective Transitions for FF Workers": Wed. Dec. 10 1pm ET. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... #canlab /2
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Next week the Centre for Future Work releases a new study on employment transitions in the fossil fuel sector. It's shed 38K jobs since 2014, more to come. Learn more at this webinar: "Effective Transitions for FF Workers": Wed. Dec. 10 1pm ET. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... #canlab /2
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"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
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The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com
Ford strips protections from Wasaga Beach to sell for development
Under its controversial omnibus Bill 68, more than one per cent of the park — with some estimates suggesting up to 60 per cent — has been removed from protection. Wasaga Beach is the province’s most v...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com
Thanks to Front Burner and @jaymepoisson.bsky.social for having @maxfawcett.bsky.social and myself on to sort through what to make of Carney’s climate retreats. Crucial topic right now.
Mark Carney: climate friend or foe? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speech made waves in the global climate community. It was seen as a landmark call for the financial sector to recog...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to Front Burner and @jaymepoisson.bsky.social for having @maxfawcett.bsky.social and myself on to sort through what to make of Carney’s climate retreats. Crucial topic right now.
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Had fun on CBC Front Burner chatting with my colleague @woodsideful.bsky.social and Jayme Poisson about the MOU heard 'round the country -- and whether Mark Carney is a climate friend or foe.
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Mark Carney: climate friend or foe? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speech made waves in the global climate community. It was seen as a landmark call for the financial sector to recog...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Had fun on CBC Front Burner chatting with my colleague @woodsideful.bsky.social and Jayme Poisson about the MOU heard 'round the country -- and whether Mark Carney is a climate friend or foe.
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Listen here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
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Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing.
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing.
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports
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Steven Guilbeault tells @woodsideful.bsky.social about his decision to leave cabinet over the pipeline deal:
“When the agreement came out someone texted me saying, ‘The only thing missing from the agreement is Pierre Poilievre's signature,’ and I went yeah, I think that sums it up."
“When the agreement came out someone texted me saying, ‘The only thing missing from the agreement is Pierre Poilievre's signature,’ and I went yeah, I think that sums it up."
'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet
In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Steven Guilbeault tells @woodsideful.bsky.social about his decision to leave cabinet over the pipeline deal:
“When the agreement came out someone texted me saying, ‘The only thing missing from the agreement is Pierre Poilievre's signature,’ and I went yeah, I think that sums it up."
“When the agreement came out someone texted me saying, ‘The only thing missing from the agreement is Pierre Poilievre's signature,’ and I went yeah, I think that sums it up."
In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet
In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
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Breaking: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs write to 40+ banks, pensions & credit agencies calling on them to not finance or invest in Ksi Lisims #LNG project in BC, Canada - warn of financial, legal and environmental risks. Letter endorsed by 125 NGOs.
#greensky
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Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs to Major Banks & Pensions: Investing in Ksi Lisims LNG a Major Risk | Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
A letter sent was sent to 43 banks and pension funds by Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs and supported by 125 civil society organizations to respect Gitanyow rights, and urge against providing financing or ...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Breaking: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs write to 40+ banks, pensions & credit agencies calling on them to not finance or invest in Ksi Lisims #LNG project in BC, Canada - warn of financial, legal and environmental risks. Letter endorsed by 125 NGOs.
#greensky
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The MoU was not required for the federal government to alter the benchmarks on its OBPS. It was not required for the implementation of the Clean Electricity Regulations. It is a canard to say there was a serious quid pro quo for federal support for another bitumen pipeline.
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The MoU was not required for the federal government to alter the benchmarks on its OBPS. It was not required for the implementation of the Clean Electricity Regulations. It is a canard to say there was a serious quid pro quo for federal support for another bitumen pipeline.
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Concluding, @chrishatch.bsky.social: "Let's keep in mind that this is a life or death question now for millions of people around the world, and that this isn't something to be measured in grams of carbon or barrels, but lives and livelihoods."
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Concluding, @chrishatch.bsky.social: "Let's keep in mind that this is a life or death question now for millions of people around the world, and that this isn't something to be measured in grams of carbon or barrels, but lives and livelihoods."
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@chrishatch.bsky.social: "Carney has loosed the monsters across the land with this one; we're going to be arguing about pipelines and expanding fossil fuel production for years. And it was unnecessary."
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@chrishatch.bsky.social: "Carney has loosed the monsters across the land with this one; we're going to be arguing about pipelines and expanding fossil fuel production for years. And it was unnecessary."
Today @juliedabrusin.bsky.social was grilled on the Canada-Alberta MOU and would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase emissions.
Is she terrified of the PMO? How hard is it to acknowledge reality and try to spin it along the lines of 'yes so we'll have to find GHG cuts elsewhere'
Is she terrified of the PMO? How hard is it to acknowledge reality and try to spin it along the lines of 'yes so we'll have to find GHG cuts elsewhere'
Environment minister won’t say whether new pipeline would increase or decrease emissions
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin would not state her position on an oil pipeline, nor give a straight answer on whether said pipeline would increase or decrease Canada's planet-w...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today @juliedabrusin.bsky.social was grilled on the Canada-Alberta MOU and would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase emissions.
Is she terrified of the PMO? How hard is it to acknowledge reality and try to spin it along the lines of 'yes so we'll have to find GHG cuts elsewhere'
Is she terrified of the PMO? How hard is it to acknowledge reality and try to spin it along the lines of 'yes so we'll have to find GHG cuts elsewhere'
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Excellent analysis here via @woodsideful.bsky.social A must read.
One of Canada’s foremost public intellectuals has concluded that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/a...
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
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December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Excellent analysis here via @woodsideful.bsky.social A must read.
The way to read the Canada-Alberta MOU is that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social who called it a classic example of the shock doctrine.
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The way to read the Canada-Alberta MOU is that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social who called it a classic example of the shock doctrine.
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‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.
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This gets at the fundamentally flawed approach of the federal government: they are trying to find a policy solution to an identity problem.
It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.
It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This gets at the fundamentally flawed approach of the federal government: they are trying to find a policy solution to an identity problem.
It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.
It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.
The Pathways Alliance project would inevitably be a massive boondoggle if it ever gets built. It’s only purpose is to greenwash the oil industry and deceive Canadians into thinking we can be a clean petrostate.
Carney's latest pipedream explained
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to see the Pathways Alliance project built in exchange for a new oil pipeline to the BC coast — a risky bet on the country’s economic future.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Pathways Alliance project would inevitably be a massive boondoggle if it ever gets built. It’s only purpose is to greenwash the oil industry and deceive Canadians into thinking we can be a clean petrostate.
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Here's video of that moment, accompanied by a few WOWs from @davidwcochrane.bsky.social and me bsky.app/profile/saro...
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here's video of that moment, accompanied by a few WOWs from @davidwcochrane.bsky.social and me bsky.app/profile/saro...
This is extremely worth your time to read. From the fight ahead to the wins the oil patch has already secured, @arnokopecky.bsky.social sums it up perfectly.
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is extremely worth your time to read. From the fight ahead to the wins the oil patch has already secured, @arnokopecky.bsky.social sums it up perfectly.
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A long, ugly battle has just been set in motion.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A long, ugly battle has just been set in motion.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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Pundits from the ROC who think they, and Mark Carney, are smarter than everyone else would be well advised to pay attention to Quebec politics and franco media today.
Turns out there are some things- and a seat count- they may not have entirely figured out.
Turns out there are some things- and a seat count- they may not have entirely figured out.
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Pundits from the ROC who think they, and Mark Carney, are smarter than everyone else would be well advised to pay attention to Quebec politics and franco media today.
Turns out there are some things- and a seat count- they may not have entirely figured out.
Turns out there are some things- and a seat count- they may not have entirely figured out.
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Well this just in from Smith's chief of staff
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well this just in from Smith's chief of staff