CIRCLE WITH A DOT

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/#Canada #CDNPoli

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116285738153948981The 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.https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/alberta-danielle-smith-new-southbound-pipelines-us#Canada #CDNPoli #NoPipelines #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #ClimateCrisis

@ohmu I think so too!

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:https://www.wcel.org/blog/write-your-mp-lets-keep-north-coast-oil-spill-free#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines

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.https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/03/24/canada-discusses-keystone-xl-revival-with-trump-administration-officials/#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #ElbowsUp

Title: Wakakusa-yama (c.1930s)Artist: Kasamatsu Shirohttps://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. https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/pipeline-leak-located-more-than-a-week-after-sheen-first-reported-on-ontario-river/article_e490424c-7a0b-5b01-988f-de7b718dcb76.html#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"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/un-weather-agency-confirms-hottest-decade-record-2026-03-23/#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

@atomicker In a minority government, the parties are expected to negotiate and compromise in order to get legislation passed. The fact the he think that's "stealing his ideas" is telling about his lack of knowledge about the parliamentary system.

Title: The Beginning of Spring (1964)Artist: Kasamatsu Shirohttps://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 Tsuchiyahttps://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 Yoshidahttps://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#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG

It's 2026, and Canada’s richest 1 per cent now have nearly as much wealth as its poorest 80 per cent combined.https://www.readthemaple.com/canadas-richest-1-nearly-as-wealthy-as-poorest-80/#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #Inequality

@atomicker Yeah if only we could buy cars that didn't run on gas.. if only.

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.https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/03/16/household-debt-to-income-ratio-rose-in-q4-for-fifth-straight-quarter-statcan/#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis

Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owed relative to their income climbed for the fifth consecutive quarter, reaching 177.2%.The seasonally adjusted stock of household credit market debt topped $3.2 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2025.https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/03/16/household-debt-to-income-ratio-rose-in-q4-for-fifth-straight-quarter-statcan/#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis

"Canadians have lost more than 100,000 full-time jobs since the beginning of 2026""February saw the sharpest drop in employment since the Covid-19 pandemic, wiping out much of the job growth recorded late last year, with the wholesale and retail trade sector taking the biggest hit."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d6lk1n91xo#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis