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Canadian living abroad ... in British Columbia. Supports the long transition to a non carbon economy.

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

A non carbon future is in everyone’s interest. Getting there is the challenge. A Green Party that I would vote for @AJWVictoriaBC would not oppose projects out of spite but work collaboratively to insist that profits from current energy go towards funding future energy. https://t.co/pGEcdy99QS

[Andrew Weaver @AJWVictoriaBC]

Canada Buys Pipeline as Oil Bubble Is About to Burst via @TheTyee https://t.co/yBq9zNhJd2 #bcpoli #cdnpoli

[Mark Marissen @marissenmark]

An ad on West Georgia, downtown Vancouver.

#vanpoli

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

I applaud @Tzeporah and @politicalham for calling out this BS in https://t.co/SarysCQcHI 4/4

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

This is ridiculous. While @FairQuestions has done great work exposing the money flow, the money is $40M over 10 years to 100 different eNGOS. The Kenney government is spending $30M taxpayer dollars this year on a war room. Never mind what industry is spending. 1/1

[CBC News Alerts @CBCAlerts]

Alberta to spend $2.5M on public inquiry into 'foreign-funded special interests' https://t.co/Aa6xLt2XMS

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

Foreign funds have contributed to local environmental voices, but so have Canadian funds. I agree there should be transparency in where money comes from, but it doesn’t delegitimize the message or the organizations. 3/3

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

The further implication that eNGOs taking money from foundations to support environmental causes is somehow nefarious is equally absurd. 2/2

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@votejesse2019 @HedyFry Parking lots for ships are called ports. It’s how countries do business.

[Blair King @BlairKing_ca]

More on the Southern Resident Killer Whales and the #TransMountain pipeline – this time on truthiness about acoustic threats and survivorship bias https://t.co/5ygEhSrrzX #kindermorgan #StopKM #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli @Duffling @Raincoast @MikeSmythNews @WoodfordCHNL

[Blair King @BlairKing_ca]

It never ceases to amaze that an apparently legitimate organization like @ecojustice_ca can make a completely unsupported (and completely unsupportable) statement like this. That 50% number has no scientific basis and yet they can get people to credulously retweet it. #bcpoli

[Blair King @BlairKing_ca]

On Southern Resident Killer Whales and the #TransMountain Expansion Project - evaluating the risks https://t.co/TWyZwkDSgL @sjmuir #bcpoli #cdnpoli @OilsandsAction @keithbaldrey @MikeSmythNews #KinderMorgan #abpoli @jkenney @jjhorgan @RachelNotley @JustinTrudeau @AJWVictoriaBC

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@Cheyom1 The left I want to belong to is one where we advocate for all rights but not at the exclusion of others. Not really complicated, it’s where we were a couple years ago.

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@Cheyom1 The “far left” is a nostalgia for a time before anyone had rights

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@ellisbross We will fight back

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

2/2 Some interesting takeaways:
- Chance of a worst case spill from a tanker (140,000 DWT) in Juan de Fuca Strait = 1 in 7.8 billion years
- Chance of a spill from an Aframax tanker anywhere in southern BC = 1 in 3,863 years
@BlairKing_ca @politicalham @sjmuir

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

1/2 Transport Canada has released the risk assessment for oil spills in southern BC. Here is the link to request the report: https://t.co/KfYL1ZgStM
@BlairKing_ca @politicalham @sjmuir

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

The recent Greenpeace USA report on Canadian tanker traffic was a nice summary of how minor Canadian traffic actually is compared to the tanker traffic in Washington State. https://t.co/YZ02pvjsNp

[Blair King @BlairKing_ca]

For the daytime tweeters here is a re-post of my blog post debunking the @guardian article about @TransMtn :

Debunking another compilation of Trans Mountain pipeline myths https://t.co/3pj3QfnCOJ #bcpoli #KinderMorgan @MikeSmythNews #cdnpoli #abpoli

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

So true. Only in British Columbia will people take pride in leading climate initiatives and then whine about high gas prices. High prices on carbon is how we transition off of it. https://t.co/tKzRYWlfyx

[Blair King @BlairKing_ca]

Just a reminder folks. Carbon taxes are intended to increase the cost of gasoline to encourage consumers to use less or find alternatives. A well-designed tax will protect the poorest from the worst of those effects #bcpoli #abpoli #bctransit #vanre #translink #vanpoli 1/

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@StandUpToOil And how many tankers call on WA every year?

[Shuswap Coyote @keith_seklep]

Our people fought hard to get to the table only to be derailed by our own eco-Ndns who are disenfranchised and never grew up on the Rez. https://t.co/94ZGGk49qp

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@dogwoodbc @MikeSoron If you think we can entirely get off fossil fuels in the next 10-20 years, then yeah a pipeline might not make sense. If you recognize it will take a lot longer than that, then you look at the pipeline as a profit maker to get you to the fossil fuel free future. 2/2

[CanadaStrong @strong_canada]

@dogwoodbc @MikeSoron This is an interesting argument that creates a false dichotomy between interior and coastal interests. The real divide isn’t between believers and non believers in climate issues, it’s between how long we all think it will take to get off fossil fuels. 1/2