The Canadian gov could have literally done whatever they wanted. They had carte blanche. And despite knowing that job and economic opps are greater in clean energy...they shoveled cash to the fossils.
This...THIS...is their priority. Effin demoralizing. #cdnpoli
No AB, your oil isn't unfairly targeted. Opposition to fossil fuels exists everywhere. In fact, AB should expect more because:
-🇨🇦 climate activism has not been well funded
-🇨🇦 oil is 4th dirtiest globally
-🇨🇦 is #2 in oil prod'n growth
#ableg#cdnpoli
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Canada has missed every climate target it has ever set. We need legislative and institutional mechanisms to hold governments accountable to climate commitments so we never miss another one. Thanks @SenCoyle for inviting us to talk Canadian #climate accountability. Watch the vid!
How should we pay for Canada’s #COVID19 bills and get the money needed to rebuild? While ordinary Canadians lost their income and their jobs, the rich were largely unscathed — many actually got richer. Ordinary Canadians have already paid. Tax the rich! #cdnpoli
This seems like a pretty fundamental error in the #ableg Fair Deal Panel report, framing agriculture as AB's 2nd largest sector. It's not even the 2nd largest sector beginning with the letter A in terms of share of gdp per AB government stats. What metric was the panel using?
The founding chairman of the @Alberta_UCP has deleted his Twitter account after this boneheaded attack on @HonAhmedHussen.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them. #abpoli#cdnpoli
Stephen Harper thinks the problem with Canada ... is that we don’t have an equivalent to Fox News. In essence, he’s admitting that his brand of US-inspired nut-bar conservatism can’t win unless we have a billionaire-funded bullshit factory brainwashing people 24-7. #cdnpoli
An additional 100 organizations endorsed our call for a #justrecoveryforall in one day! Check out the 300 diverse endorsors and add your voice to the campaign 💚⚕️🌎
"Six-junction" solar cell breaks record with 47.1% efficiency
While We've Been in Lockdown, Solar Cell Technology Has Smashed Three Big Records
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NEW REPORT: AIMCo invested over $1.1 billion of Albertans' #pension savings in high-risk #oil & #gas companies with massive liabilities. As finance fled the sector, public pensions were used to bail them out. These bets are now collapsing. #ableg#cdnpoli https://t.co/WnOWxx8dBg
Please watch @jkenney steam-up and sputter from what to him seems like a surreal event: a Calgary reporter asking the crushingly obvious question of whether Alberta should transition from oil. This is the delicious sight of hegemony starting to unravel. https://t.co/wCJnU69wIx
An inspiring example for #EnergyDemocracy: In 2017, the city of #Mouscron launched an energy cooperative in the form of a public-citizen partnership. Read the interview with the city’s energy advisor here or listen to the podcast in French: https://t.co/B9VdaLFxiS
In a recent poll, 79% of Albertans thought their province should transition toward more #RenewableEnergy. “It's about … keeping the industries that we rely on strong, and diversifying so that in the future we're not so reliant on any single industry." https://t.co/0RSJcad19z
You’re telling me in the midst of the coronavirus crisis I could also compound the climate crisis by shovelling money at a death drive industry whose five biggest corporations made $15 billion in profit in the first part of 2019? Don’t mind if I do https://t.co/7wWcR8aN2R
A THREAD: In past days, Canadian politicians and media have invoked the spectre of “outside agitators” to infantilize and dismiss Indigenous peoples’ protests, and undermine the vital work of solidarity. It’s a racist myth deployed frequently in Canada's history. Some examples...
$0 increase to the $375 shelter - frozen for 12 years, 10 months!! $0 increase to support portion??!! Will have to move further out now! Might have to pitch a tent! Thanks @bcndp @bcliberals @BCGreens#poverty#dignity#bcpoli#Right2housing