This is also why #cdnpoli urgently needs to transition from fossil fuel production before the inevitable crash is imposed on us from outside.
A just transition is still possible.
See <https://t.co/FtlryC2BVo> to learn how.
#abpoli#ableg#oilandgas#redwater#bcpoli#skpoli
Even this figure from Parkland's 2010 report exaggerates the costs actually paid, but it still paints a stark picture explaining just how little we get for the trillions in carbon we're flooding the atmosphere with...
Today's crowing about how much royalties #bitmen is paying need to be put into yhe context of the value of production from Fort McMurray. We only ever got a tiny share...
And today is no different. The surpluses the UCP insurgents have been spreading around still pale in comparison to the vast sums pocketed by a handful of license holders mostly owned by foreign shareholders.
$152B last year, almost entirely from #abpoli#bitumen
'the bulk of the banks’ mortgages are also guaranteed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), meaning if there are losses here, it’ll affect taxpayers more than the banks themselves.'
BIG: NDP is proposing a public inquiry on foreign election interference, this will be moved tomorrow, "power to order and review all documents, including national security documents." This could split the NDP and Liberals.
Scooplet from @alexboutilier and I of what’s to come at committee. NDP will move a motion for a national inquiry into election interference and CPC to support w amendments
NDP to push for ‘national public inquiry’ into foreign interference - https://t.co/H4UZCcUttt