Energy writer at The Globe and Mail. Quite Australian. Always stops to pet animals. [email protected], DM for Signal/WhatsApp. Please give me a cupcake?
Excellent read here on how Saskatchewan’s ‘soft power’ laid the groundwork for Canada to diversify trade https://t.co/7o5g4xeqOW #skpoli#cdnpoli#cdnecon
Oh my. The International Cricket Council has suspended Canada’s membership. It didn't specify why, but confirmed its anti-corruption unit was investigating allegations raised in a CBC Fifth Estate program titled “Corruption, Crime and Cricket.” https://t.co/rl6NAbYO7T
"We are not an independence party at this point in time," says UCP president. But if a majority of Albertans vote in favour, he'll work with the board to see if the party should morph into one via a policy debate at its next AGM https://t.co/uU11jGJtc3 #ableg#cdnpoli
Alberta separation vote a ‘dangerous bluff,’ Carney warns. “Is it the democratic will of Albertans? Did they vote for this in the last provincial election? No, they didn’t.” https://t.co/dofHpsMX2p #ableg#cdnpoli
Mapping how Alberta’s electoral boundary changes could reshape the political landscape. Some of these minority redraws are wild. Via @mattscace67 https://t.co/SuESuqW3qw #ableg#cdnpoli
Keyera has closed its deal to buy Plains’ Canadian natural gas liquids biz amid challenge from the Competition Bureau. Keyera’s CEO told me the company wouldn't have closed if it didn’t have a high degree of conviction in its case https://t.co/nyvtVbNwmK #cdnecon#cdnpoli
This is a great deep look at the the Hecate Strait, and how Canada's energy ambitions may run through these perilous waters, considered the fourth most dangerous in the world. Via @justine_hunter https://t.co/W1kwDzFxOp #ableg#bcpoli#cdnpoli#cdnecon
Separatist leader accused of misusing Alberta electors list refuses to co-operate with investigators. Via @mattscace67 and @CarrieTait https://t.co/FJMBlEYa24 #ableg#cdnpoli
Six months after the loss of its measles elimination status, Canada is nowhere close to stamping out the virus. There have been more than 600 cases in Manitoba alone this year. https://t.co/IPNQoH4fVD
ICYMI, Trump signed an order authorizing a new pipeline that would partly revive the long-dead Keystone XL route. Whether that will translate to a corresponding line in Canada is unclear, as oil companies mull over how much they want to send south https://t.co/j5gUFaSK7R #cdnecon
The RCMP is investigating allegations that a separatist organization in Alberta inappropriately accessed and distributed personal information originating from the province’s list of electors, containing data for 2.9 million residents https://t.co/D9u6zsgRyp #ableg#cdnpoli
Alberta separatist group ordered to pull down list of voters following court injunction. Elections Alberta alleges Centurion Project has unauthorized access to list of electors containing personal info belonging to 2.9 million residents https://t.co/D9u6zsgRyp #ableg#cdnpoli
“The unfolding situation is believed to involve a third party and to have occurred as a result of the inappropriate use and/or distribution of the list of electors by a registered political party that was a legitimate recipient of the list,” Elections Alberta said #ableg#cdnpoli
Alberta’s separatist campaign has access to the personal info of 2.9 million residents - data that closely resembles the province's most recent list of electors, raising Qs about a potential privacy breach and violation of election laws https://t.co/D9u6zsgRyp #ableg#cdnpoli
The ranching business of Alberta's finance minister has received $87k in compensation from taxpayer funds since 2021 for oil and gas wells on his property and grazing leases. Important read by my pal Drew at The Narwhal https://t.co/mshGyd29M9 #ableg#abpoli#cdnpoli
Last year, someone harassed and followed people who spoke out about an Alberta procurement controversy – and a journalist who told their story. Who was behind it? https://t.co/HIwhHEyikd #ableg#cdnpoli
The federal government is eyeing a new oil pipeline route in southern BC that some in Ottawa believe would face fewer environmental hurdles and less resistance from Indigenous groups than the northern route Alberta wants #ableg#cdnpoli https://t.co/Do3ActUU1c
Alberta's UCP gvt has rejected an independent commission’s proposed changes to the province’s electoral map. Instead, it wants to create a new committee controlled by government MLAs, fuelling accusations of gerrymandering https://t.co/2Z179RuuXw #ableg#cdnpoli