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The world faces "geopolitical calamity", and Mark Carney is laying off Canada's highest-skilled diplomats:
"You just cut the entire cadre of most experienced, most specialized people (…) Your influence doesn’t come really from your press releases in Ottawa"
"I just don’t think that things have really been thought through"
https://globalnews.ca/news/11745219/global-affairs-canada-laying-off-union-says/
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116285738153948981
The vast majority of Canadians want to reduce our reliance on / exposure to Donald Trump's United States. Mark Carney, Danielle Smith, Tim Hodgson & co are all working to achieve the exact opposite.
#Canada #CDNPoli #NoPipelines #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #ClimateCrisis
@ohmu I think so too!
'Canadians do not have to take the world as it is. We do not have to stay silent on violations of international law. We do not have to look away when schoolchildren are bombed. We do not have to rationalize injustice to appease a bully. We do not have to ignore our responsibilities or forget our values.'
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/23/Carney-Defeatist-Dismissal-International-Law/
Write your MP and the Minister of Transport to demand that they protect Canada's west coast from oil spills by standing up for the tanker ban:
A north coast crude oil pipeline and tankers project would pose an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic spill that would irreparably harm the rich ecology of the area and the coastal economies that depend on it. Take action by contacting your local MP and the Minister of Transport to demand that they stand up for the tanker ban.
(www.wcel.org)
Mark Carney working to resurrect Stephen Harper's long-dead #KeystoneXL pipeline to send more oil directly to Trump's United States is about as #ElbowsDown a surrender as you can get.
Title: Wakakusa-yama (c.1930s)
Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260323_14/ #ShinHanga #Art #KasamatsuShiro #Showa #Spring #WakakusaYama #MountWakakusa #Nara #Deer #Japan
Trump's attack on #Iran has been catastrophe for human life, for peace, for international law - and also for our climate.
'The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate (…) it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/middle-east-iran-conflict-environment-climate
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #USPoli #ExtremeWeather #NoPipelines #NoLNG
There's no such thing as a good pipeline, part infinity: it took nine days for Sun-Canadian to locate where their pipeline was leaking into Ontario's St Clair River.
Aamjiwnaang First Nation, whose reserve is located just adjacent to the spill, said it had been left in the dark about its size and extent.
#Canada #CDNPoli #ONPoli #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #NoPipelines #NoLNG
The years between 2015-2025 have been the hottest since records began, the UN weather agency said on Monday.
"The state of the global climate is in a state of emergency. Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is flashing red"
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #NoPipelines #NoLNG
UN SG António Guterres called for countries to move away from fossil fuels to renewable energy to "deliver climate security, energy security and national security".
"Planet Earth is being pushed beyond its limits. Every key climate indicator is flashing red"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203rdxkezwo
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #NoPipelines #NoLNG
Pierre Poilievre's appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast was toxic as expected - but he was right about one thing, and Canadians supporting Mark Carney need to realize it:
"… if the government that's in power now steals all my ideas and does the things I want to do, then I've won."
https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/the-joe-rogan-experience/2470-pierre-poilievre
Title: The Beginning of Spring (1964)
Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/b09705/shunbun-spring-equinox.html #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Winter #Snow #Spring #FirstDayOfSpring #SpringEquinox #VernalEquinox #Shunbun #Japan
Title: Sarusawa Pond, Nara (1934)
Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/winter-s-grip-continues-across-much-of-canada-forecasts-call-for-snow-freezing-rain/ar-AA1YF9aZ #ShinHanga #Art #KoitsuTsuchiya #Showa #Winter #Snow #Nara #Japan
Title: Gentoo Penguins (1977)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204626888zo #ShinHanga #Art #ToshiYoshida #Showa #Winter #Snow #Penguins #Japan
"Who gets to catch the last salmon? If we have to ask that question, we have failed."
"70 per cent of B.C. salmon populations are in decline. Aggressive forestry leads to landslides and flooding. Poorly regulated mines pollute waters. The federal government recently passed legislation that can fast-track major projects and bypass environmental assessments, and are also talking of more pipelines. Continued inaction to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is making the ocean increasingly inhospitably warm for salmon."
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-who-gets-to-catch-the-last-salmon
It's 2026, and Canada’s richest 1 per cent now have nearly as much wealth as its poorest 80 per cent combined.
Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada
The Maple (www.readthemaple.com)
Today would be a great day for #Canada to quit fossil fuels for good.
"Economists warn that the spike in gas prices, triggered by the ongoing war in Iran, threatens to reverse recent progress in Canada’s inflation rate."
#CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Inflation
Mark Carney, January 2025: "Wages have not kept up with inflation, people are falling behind, not getting ahead, housing is very expensive (...) gov't has been not as focused on those issues as it could be. We need to focus on them immediately. That can happen now."
Still waiting.
