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Caroline@northernck.bsky.social |
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curious. savvy. spiritied. witty. PoliSci, Business grad. Former business executive with a conscience. Mentored youth at risk, young staff in business world, entrepreneurs. Deeply concerned about our democracy in the face of growing extremism.
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Caroline
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Whilst CAPP & Patjways Alliance mislead Cdns on their intentions of green-lighting CCUS projects, dither/complain, female CEO of Hyperion Energy designed sys for Lafarge which not only captures carbon, but injects it back into concrete
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Caroline
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Pierre Poilievre’s ethos amounts to
#AxeTheFacts
#AxePublicServices
#AxeSafetyRegulations
#AxeSafeFoods
#AxeSafeDrinkingWater
#AxeThePlanet
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Caroline
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knowledge of what its impacts will be on environmentally sensitive land or how to minimize them.
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Caroline
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No plan. No money. No design. A contemptible, incompetent Ford Govt:
“Ministry of Transportation has “no commitment to a timeline” for finishing the project or even finalizing its design. That means the province is poised to start building without full
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Caroline
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Pierre Poilievre’s ethos amounts to
#AxeTheFacts
#AxePublicServices
#AxeSafetyRegulations
#AxeSafeFoods
#AxeSafeDrinkingWater
#AxeThePlanet
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Caroline
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Sort of how Cdn media have allowed themselves to basically copy paste Poilievre’s talking points & disinformation campaign.
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My IRL friends call me Chris
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I'm going to listen to architects here. #OnPoli
Canadian Architect: Cost of Ontario Science Centre temporary location exceeds cost of roof repairs
The time required to set up temporary location will mean that there's no Science Centre for 2 years
www.canadianarchitect.com/cost-of-onta...
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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this entire crusade against diversity in hiring and admissions is based on the supposition that all white men are necessarily more qualified than any nonwhite person or woman who might be considered for the job. like, this lawsuit more or less states that outright.
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Brendan Nyhan
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Official act. Immune.
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Caroline
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Wherein MacDonald Laurier Institute & CD Howe poll Cdns on the impact of Poilievre’s disinformation campaign on carbon emissions & carbon tax.
Failing to explain the cost implications to Cdn society of ⬆️ fossil fuel prod.
How quaint & manipulative
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Caroline
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amendments to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act that would pave the way for the federal government to share classified security intelligence with industry.”
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Caroline
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@TCEnergy using former Trump staffers & US military intelligence officers to ensure nat gas continues to do business in Canada - directly impacting B.C. & Fed Govts:
“TC Energy analysts then supplied the CSIS director with a document supporting
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Emmett Macfarlane
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What SCOTUS has done is a prime example of "judicial amendment of the constitution". Read my journal article in the International Journal of Constitutional Law here: academic.oup.com/icon/article...
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Caroline
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if @OntarioPCParty are closing 50 yr old buildings, rather than investing to keep them open, maybe we should place 50+ yr old @fordnation to pasture, too?
Before the cost of keeping him in place outstrips our ability to recover
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Caroline
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It really is disconcerting to know a segment of Cdns buys into those conspiracy or fantastical theories
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e.w. niedermeyer
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"It marks the second incident in two months involving a Tesla’s near miss-with a train while utilising its driver assistance system."
You can tell Tesla is close to "solving self-driving" because they are down to the tough edge cases like *checks notes* trains
nz.news.yahoo.com/tesla-autopi...
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Caroline
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What are the odds Ms @MaritStiles & Ms @BonnieCrombie prioritize the future of Ontario, before what remains of public institutions & welfare, are fully handed over to Ford’s private, wealthy donors - by running only one centre/left candidate per riding, so as no to split the vote
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Caroline
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Mr Poilievre should hand out signs that explain how he’s going to bring it home w/
#AxeTheServices
#AbuseNotwithstandingClause
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Caroline
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Isn’t it odd those hundreds of millions in savings for developers, hasn’t reduced the cost of new construction homes?
It’s almost like Pr Ford planned to fill the pockets of his wealthy donor friends, at the public’s expense.
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Caroline
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That number feels a bit light
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Caroline
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Remarkable!!
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Caroline
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In Canada, we have an opposition leader who has promised to use Notwithstanding Clause to impose his will on Canadian policies & law. South of the border, we have a SCOTUS which just blessed Presidents’ free rein & power to impose his/her will on America. Be afraid. Very afraid
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Caroline
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that it would only work for a small fraction of plastic waste, and that a quickly growing supply of virgin materials would “kick the s--t out of” recycled plastic prices,
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Caroline
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Plastics and petrochemical company representatives repeatedly shared similar concerns at industry conferences, in meeting notes, and elsewhere: that plastics recycling consumed too much energy,
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/01/n...
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Caroline
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How is it a populist province keeps voting in authoritarian governments seizing all the freedoms from communities.
Freedoms which are supposedly populists’ raison d’être.
Are they even thinking through their votes?
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Caroline
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to engage in that discussion,” he said. That helps explain the attempt to “change the channel” by framing the amendments as draconian ideological overreach,”
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Caroline
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That's an important element to the current debate, he said, noting that for the federal government and supporters of the truth-in-advertising rules, their starting point is that facts exist. The oil and gas industry and the Alberta government, on the other hand, “don’t want
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Caroline
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Or @ABDanielleSmith provided a front for an industry making baseless claims of reducing emissions:
“part of the authoritarian playbook is to undermine an “objective reality,” giving the impression “you can reject facts if you don’t like them.”…
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/26/a...
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Caroline
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infrastructure, property loss, insurance rates - which immediately reduce our GDP. Why not compare those two scenarios to Cdn GDP
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Caroline
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Much like our @PBO_DPB , Deloitte didn’t consider the world is working towards Net Zero, irrespective of what Canada does. And that incl carbon tariffs for all imported products.
Nor does it factor impact of carbon emissions to our healthcare,
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Caroline
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Once upon a time, folks took responsibility for their direct impact on all forms of life around them. Consumerism was a dirty word. Now it’s all about “freedom”.
“The list now includes 163,040 species, an increase of about 6,000 from last year.“
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Caroline
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What @ABDanielleSmith @PierrePoilievre @fordnation don’t want you to know: ‘the UK Supreme Court pooh poohed claims of “net zero” oil/gas. The court ruled that fossil fuel projects must be assessed on full climate impact, not just emissions from getting oil/gas out of the ground’
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Caroline
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.. respiratory distress, homes lost and people helping people in evacuation centres.”
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Caroline
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Something @liberal_party hadn’t figured out: “You might think fires would burn through the lens but it’s actually difficult to capture human suffering and scale simultaneously. Smoky skylines, blazing mountainsides and lines of evacuating vehicles don’t have the same impact as..
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Caroline
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.. simple language, advises Re.Climate: “fires will keep getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels.” And then, the pathway reveals itself: we need to regulate fossil fuel pollution and hold big polluters accountable.”
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Caroline
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.. pollution. But only 11 per cent of news stories about climate change mention fossil fuels, even in passing. No wonder most people think about recycling when they think about tackling climate change — if you don’t understand the cause of a problem, you won’t aim at it. Use..
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Caroline
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Chris Hatch: The storytelling we need to drown out climate change denialism. “these are “unnatural disasters.” Climate change turns fires into mega-fires. That’s the “what.” The “why” is fossil fuels. Burning oil, gas and coal accounts for 91 per cent of heat-trapping carbon…
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Caroline
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I’m still gobsmacked by Andrew Coyne’s delusional celebration that the far right hadn’t taken a foothold in Canada. Has he any sense how entitled, ludicrous an opinion he has published during the same week that racist, xenophobic, far right hate van traversed Toronto sts?
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Caroline
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A necessary reminder. If anyone think Poilievre can magically create $20B he needs to ⬆️ our military funding to meet our obligations to NATO, w/ out deep cuts to the below & commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, I have some beachfront property to sell you in Mississauga.
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Caroline
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Cue business & industry’s framing of being asked to provide evidence of claims made in advertising or web sites, as “freedom of speech”.
You know who else used that tactic - Donald J Trump.
Heaven forbid we hold folks accountable for false claims
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Brian McFadden
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My uncle works at the Werther's Originals factory and he saw the secret super-serum Werther's they've been working on get put in a box addressed to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Happy Clam
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Should NEVER be politicized:
1/ gender choice
2/ womens right to choose
3/ addiction policy
4/ books
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Caroline
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The rise in Cdn inflation rate, from 2.7% to 2.9%, is mostly explained by the rising price in gasoline. Note, utter silence from Mr Poilievre & Mr Singh - two faux representatives of the working and middle class. Who is to blame? Canadians who fall for their schtick
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Caroline
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report says more books were banned in those six months than in the 12 months of the 2022-23 school year, when 3,362 books were targeted.”
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Caroline
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Coordinated campaign of conservative Christian orthodoxy looking to ban books, will overtake us if we allow populists to govern Canada:
“4,349 books were banned across 23 states and 52 public school districts between July and December of last year. The
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Caroline
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Agreed. But also by a poor group of advisers, strategists and a very tired PMO. A yr ago, I thought the only person who would give PM Trudeau half a chance, was the return of Butts. Still think so, but we’re also one yr later - perhaps too late, now
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Caroline
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we’ve made with a leader prepared to take the baton from PM Trudeau, and run hard w/ new approach to take down Poilievre. Someone who will be heard the by the Cdns who unfortunately have tuned out Trudeau
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Caroline
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They do not think beyond the tips of their noses. Having said that, the why matters less here - it simply is what it has become. 2018 OLP Govt going down in flames also didn’t make sense, if you consider what we were about to lose. IMO - I would much rather fight like hell to hang onto the gains
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Caroline
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What’s more important? To allow PM Trudeau the opportunity to hold onto the crucial legacy he will leave behind, one which focused on creating greater equity for all Cdns, incl Indigenous communities? Or for him to hang on & possibly go down in smouldering defeat?
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Caroline
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If you’re an LPC supporter, now is not the time to make excuse. You’re doing yourself and LPC Govt a disservice. Many Cdns have tuned out PM Trudeau, and blame him for their frustrations. Often for things out of anyone’s control. Rightly or not, it’s simply the case.
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