Jim Matkin

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Jim Matkin

Jim Matkin

@JamesMatkin

Vancouver policy lawyer, past Deputy Minister, CEO, UBC law prof., Bank of Canada director. Quora rated him most viewed writer in climatology.

VANCOUVER BC Beigetreten Eylül 2013
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Latimer Alder
Latimer Alder@latimeralder·
Climate Myth Buster: 'Fossil fuels are dying because of the Renewables Revolution' No. They're not. All three of oil, gas and coal are being used in record all-time high quantities! Don't let the Green Grifters hoodwink you!
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Melissa 🇨🇦
Melissa 🇨🇦@MelissaLMRogers·
YIKES 🤯 Canada’s relative productivity has fallen 26% since the late 1990s (red line) Canada’s relative per capita output in the 3rd quarter of 2025 was 14% below levels observed in 1997 🤯 (blue line) The Canada we once knew, is long gone 😒 How can Canada recover?
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govt.exe is corrupt
govt.exe is corrupt@govt_corrupt·
This is why prices are so high in Canada. We've increased the money supply by 400%. Stop blaming climate change, wars, or whatever other bullshit excuse. It's money printing and govt deficits.
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Gunther Eagleman™
Gunther Eagleman™@GuntherEagleman·
🚨 HUGE WIN in Denmark: The right-wing, anti-Islamic migration People’s Party just MORE THAN TRIPLED its vote share and seats in tonight’s election! Voters are fed up with open borders madness. Europe is waking up.
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Peter Clack
Peter Clack@PeterDClack·
This isn't just about losing balsa trees. It’s about dismantling the natural world's ancient biological architecture. Every tree is a self-contained ecosystem that evolved 350 million years ago, long before grass or flowers. Insects, birds and dinosaurs all relied on trees as the foundation of life on land. Luckily, Earth’s life-support system is vast. Between 50% and 70% of our photosynthesis takes place in the oceans via phytoplankton. But this oceanic engine room is not an excuse to justify the staggering cost of land-clearing for industrial-scale renewables, cash crops, farming or urban growth. You cannot protect the future by erasing the biological past. We must have climate policy rooted in reality, and not treat the Amazon wonderland as a hardware store for turbine parts.
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Jim Ferguson
Jim Ferguson@JimFergusonUK·
x.com/JimFergusonUK/… 🚨 NO FUEL — NO FOOD — THIS IS WHAT COMES NEXT An Australian farmer just exposed the reality most people don’t see: It takes tens of thousands of litres of diesel just to grow and harvest a single crop. Now imagine that fuel isn’t there. No diesel means no harvesting. No harvesting means no transport. No transport means no food reaching shelves. This is not theory — it’s already starting. Fuel shortages are building. Costs are rising. Deliveries are slowing. And this doesn’t stop at Australia. Around 20% of the world’s oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz — and that artery is under pressure. If that flow tightens further… This becomes global. Food disruption. Price shocks. Supply shortages. Most people are not prepared for how fast this can unfold. Because crises like this don’t begin with empty shelves. They begin quietly… And then suddenly everything changes.
Jim Ferguson@JimFergusonUK

x.com/JimFergusonUK/… 🚨 BREAKING: FUEL SHORTAGES SPREAD ACROSS AUSTRALIA 7News reports that over 160 petrol stations across Victoria have run out of fuel. Demand has surged by 300–400%. And the impact is already visible: • Empty pumps across multiple locations • Long queues forming for remaining supply • Households cutting back on travel • Food prices rising as transport costs increase Officials say supply isn’t the issue — panic buying is. But for people on the ground… The result is the same: No fuel. Higher prices. Disruption to daily life. This is how it starts. Not with total collapse… But with pressure building across the system: Fuel → Transport → Food → Cost of living And once that chain begins… It’s hard to stop. Australia is now feeling it. The question is: Who’s next?

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Marc Nixon
Marc Nixon@MarcNixon24·
BIGGEST CASE of immigration FRAUD discovered in Canadian history 153,000 fraud cases and they only reviewed 2000 of them Many of the fraud have now turned into permanent Canadian residence The liberals have destroyed this country
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Willis Eschenbach
Willis Eschenbach@WEschenbach·
I asked Grok the following: "List the 20 largest religious terrorist organizations in the world. Rank them by approximate size, and specify what religion they adhere to. No explanations." Below is the reply. Are we sensing a theme here? Islam is not only 100% incompatible with Western ideas, ideals, and freedoms. It is engaged in a 1,400 year war to defeat and dominate the West … and most folks either don't know or refuse to believe that the war is going on. Wake up, folks, or our countries will be taken over either by violence or by immigration and subversion. w. Hezbollah — approx. 20,000–25,000 — Islam Hamas — approx. 15,000–20,000 — Islam Al-Shabaab — approx. 7,000–12,000 — Islam Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) — approx. 4,000–7,000 — Islam Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) — approx. 5,000–7,000 — Islam Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-K) — approx. 4,000–6,000 — Islam Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — approx. 4,000–6,000 — Islam Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) — approx. 5,000 — Islam Haqqani Network — approx. 3,000–4,000 — Islam Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP / ISGS) — approx. 2,000–3,000 — Islam Jaish-e-Mohammed — approx. 2,000–3,000 — Islam Boko Haram — approx. 1,500–2,000 — Islam Islamic State core (Syria/Iraq) — approx. 1,500–3,000 — Islam Hizbul Mujahideen — approx. 1,000–2,000 — Islam Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) — approx. 1,000 — Islam Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) — approx. 1,000 — Islam Islamic State – Sinai Province — approx. 500–1,000 — Islam Lashkar-e-Jhangvi — approx. 500–1,000 — Islam Abu Sayyaf Group — approx. 300–500 — Islam Al-Qaeda core — approx. 400 — Islam rosebyanyothernameblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/the…
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cbcwatcher
cbcwatcher@cbcwatcher·
Harrison points out that "...at a time when the global demand signal for oil and gas has perhaps never been as high as it has been in the last decade or more, that Canada can't get its act together to help solve for these things is a very detrimental signal to provide to the market." Tasker pulls a classic David Cochrane move and gives the Liberal parliamentary secretary who is in love with "conversations" the final word "I will say that Corey Hogan, the parliamentary secretary to the minister, sounded pretty optimistic when I spoke to him earlier." Trudeau sounded optimistic about EV battery plants too and look where that got Canada @KatlynHarrison @jptasker
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Imtiaz Mahmood
Imtiaz Mahmood@ImtiazMadmood·
They laughed in Trump’s face about energy. Mocked him relentlessly. “Europe will diversify!” “Green transition will save us!” “Russian dependence? Totally fine, bigot!” Fast forward to right now… After months of slow-walking and lame Greenland excuses, Europe is suddenly sprinting to ram through a $750 BILLION energy deal with the United States...this Thursday. What magically changed? The Iran war just ripped the mask off: Europe has zero energy. America has all of it. And just like that, their smug, virtue-signaling arrogance has collapsed into desperate, pants-wetting urgency. Welcome to reality, clowns. Trump was right. Again. - @FloppingAces
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Dallas Brodie
Dallas Brodie@Dallas_Brodie·
If this Reconciliation Grift is not forcefully shut down, it will destroy British Columbia and Canada. The “de-colonization” activists want to take our public and private land title and use it to advantage Communist China. OneBC is the only party in British Columbia that is fighting to rip the Reconciliation Industry influence out of the BC government permanently. Stop the grift. Join OneBC: 1bc.ca
Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸@Tablesalt13

‼️MAJOR BREAKING - NEW DOCUMENT Now that First Nations in BC have started TAKING land title they are developing a strategy to SELL the resources to China, who has already expressed INTEREST B.C First Nations Energy and Mining Council has released a ROADMAP to doing this 👇🏼

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Stokdog
Stokdog@stokdog·
This photo shows 180 tonnes of steel reinforcement used at the base of a wind turbine. To complete it, approximately 800 cubic meters of concrete remain to be added. It will remain in the ground. IT'S NOT GREEN. Hit ♥️ if you think renewables are a scam
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Brian Lilley
Brian Lilley@brianlilley·
Remember the Liberals claiming for years that the carbon tax wasn't impacting the price of gas or anything else? Mark Carney, under questioning from Pierre Poilievre, says his decision to lower the carbon tax rate to zero is saving you 18 cents a litre. Strange, no?
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Bruce McGonigal
Bruce McGonigal@bruce_mcgonigal·
🇨🇦🇺🇸🏭🧑‍🏭 : Mark Carney gaslights Canadians that the Canadian job sector is better than the United States job sector. 🤥 Fact Checked as FALSE. 🇺🇸 The US unemployment rate is 4.4% but they did lose 93K jobs in February. 🇨🇦 The Canadian unemployment rate is 6.7% & Canada lost 100K jobs between January - February 2026. Considering the size of the US population vs the Canadian population, Canada is clearly losing way, way more jobs compared to the USA & has a dramatically higher unemployment rate. Also, 14% of Canadian youth are unemployed compared to under 10% in America. Why do Liberals idolize a leader who lies just as badly as Justin Trudeau? Why does the Liberal government cherish and celebrate their extreme failures so openly?
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UnveiledChina
UnveiledChina@Unveiled_ChinaX·
This should alarm every Canadian — and every Western democracy. A sitting Canadian Senator co-founded an organization now formally classified as linked to the CCP's United Front Work Department — the same apparatus Beijing uses to infiltrate governments, manipulate diaspora communities, and quietly shape foreign policy. When a landmark study exposed 575 such organizations operating inside Canada, this Senator didn't stay quiet. He attacked the report. Called it disinformation. From the Senate floor, under parliamentary privilege. The CCP didn't knock on Canada's door — it built a network inside the house. And some of the people holding the keys are the loudest voices telling you there's nothing to worry about. Parliament voted to implement a foreign agent registry. Senators Woo and Oh campaigned against it. Canada has the highest per-capita density of CCP-linked organizations among all Western democracies studied — nearly five times the rate of the United States. That's not a coincidence. That's a strategy. And if it's this deep in Canada, the rest of the West should be looking inward too. At what point does "defending your community" end and "serving a foreign government" begin — and who in Ottawa is even asking that question? Source: thebureau.news/p/canadian-sen… #Canada #CCP #UnitedFront #ForeignInterference #ChinaWatch #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #SenatorWoo #Jamestown #FiveEyes
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This is bigger than one Senator's advocacy group. A Canadian Senator's organization has been formally linked to the CCP's United Front Work Department — the same apparatus Beijing uses to infiltrate foreign governments, manipulate diaspora communities, and quietly shape foreign policy from the inside. Over 575 United Front-linked organizations have been identified operating inside Canada alone. The CCP didn't knock on Canada's door — it built a network inside the house. This is what modern authoritarian infiltration looks like. No tanks. No threats. Just access, influence, and patience. If a sitting Senator's group can be a CCP influence vehicle, how many more are still operating undetected in Ottawa? #Canada #CCP #UnitedFront #ForeignInterference #Trudeau #ChinaWatch #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics

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Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH@NicHulscher·
We are about to publish the LARGEST human ivermectin-cancer study ever conducted. After 6 months, many patients reported their cancer was GONE. HUNDREDS of preclinical studies have shown anti-parasitics attack tumors via 12 distinct mechanisms across more than 12 cancer types.
Defiant Ghost@TheDefiantGhost

Mel Gibson: "I have 3 friends. All 3 of them had stage 4 cancer…and all 3 of them…don't have cancer right now at all…" "What did they take…? Ivermectin and Fenbendazole…" "This stuff works man." I actually believe this is the cure.

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Latimer Alder
Latimer Alder@latimeralder·
The only way for the world to go to Net Zero is to reduce its fossil fuel consumption to zero. And yet the use of all three fossil fuels continues to rise Here's the real proof that the world as a whole just doesn't care about Net Zero. In Britain, we're not 'leading'. Just sacrificing ourselves for a cause nobody else believes in We're nuts
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Afshin Rattansi
Afshin Rattansi@afshinrattansi·
Vladimir Putin🇷🇺: “There is one pipe left of Nord Stream 2, it's not damaged and can deliver 27.5 trillion cubic meters of gas. It only takes a decision from the German government today and tomorrow we turn on the tap, but they aren’t making it because Washington says no.” Germany’s energy crisis is now partly a crisis of choice. At any point, the German government can phone the Russian government, switch on the pipeline, and reduce the skyrocketing energy costs… But the German government, and European Commission, so trapped by their own ridiculous and bellicose rhetoric against Russia, can’t bring themselves to take this simple step out of fear of humiliation. These are the results of refusing basic diplomacy for years, with the natural resource superpower right on their own border.
New Order with Afshin Rattansi@NewOrder_TV

🛢 Western Efforts to Isolate 🇷🇺 Russia FAIL as Southeast Asia Turns to Moscow Amid Supply Crisis Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister, Roman Marshavin, has reportedly said that most Southeast Asian countries are showing strong interest in Russian energy resources amid tightening supplies from the Middle East. The development reflects a broader shift in energy sourcing patterns, as countries diversify supply options in response to evolving market conditions and geopolitical pressures. As oil prices have risen to nearly $100 per barrel, the European Union has reportedly postponed plans for a new ban on certain categories of Russian oil, citing market uncertainties linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Beyond oil and gas, Russia is increasingly being viewed by some countries as a consistent energy supplier and a potential economic partner within a changing global energy landscape. The US’ incompetent neocon foreign policy in Iran has only ended up enriching Russia further, after the previous Biden administration failed to bring Russia to its knees as planned with the Ukraine proxy war.

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Bill Tufts
Bill Tufts@BillTufts·
Government workers have been elevated to the ranks of the Elites. Helped along by men like Carney, who became billionaires themselves Canada's government employees own more wealth than most nations in the world. There are 3.3 million members inside the government pensions that own vast assets around the world and within Canada As a bonus these pensions are tax-free, extracting hundreds of billions in profits from Canadian businesses and paying nothing in taxes. You as a taxpayer funded the money going into these plans and have to pay their share of taxes, amounting to hundreds of billions .@AndrewLawton @Swiftie01 @AaronGunn @Joe_Meyer1 @hollydo AI estimate OPP = Ontario teachers CDPQ - Quebec PSP - Federal employees BCI - BC workers OMERS - Ontario municipalitites AIMCO - Alberta HOOP - Hospitals of Ontario The Maple 8 would sit just below the G7 and major emerging markets, essentially acting as a "G20-sized" financial power.
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THE OFFICIAL RECORD
THE OFFICIAL RECORD@SatireSquadHQ·
Vancouver Is a Playground for Shadow Money. Now the U.S. Is Sanctioning It. A study says one-third of Vancouver’s most expensive homes are owned by shell corporations. Let that sink in. Some of the most valuable real estate in Canada’s most expensive city isn’t owned by families, entrepreneurs, or even identifiable investors but by opaque entities with no clear public ownership. At the same time, the U.S. has just sanctioned a Vancouver-based company over alleged ties to terrorist financing. Two separate stories. Same city. That’s where the questions start. Because this isn’t just about one company or one housing report. It’s about a system that, for years, has allowed money to move quietly through real estate, corporations, and financial channels with limited transparency. Luxury homes bought through shell companies. Corporate structures with unclear ownership. Now, sanctioned entities operating within the same environment. Individually, each headline raises eyebrows. Together, they point to something bigger. Vancouver has long been seen as a stable, desirable place to park capital. But stability without transparency creates a different kind of risk one where it becomes difficult to distinguish between legitimate investment and something else entirely. That’s the concern. Because when ownership is hidden and oversight is questioned, confidence starts to erode. And when another country steps in with sanctions before domestic action is visible, it raises an even more uncomfortable question: Who’s actually watching the system? For now, Canadians are left connecting the dots themselves. And they’re starting to notice the pattern.
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