Natasha Bulowski

There is nothing better than finding out stuff Finance Canada doesn’t want us to know about #TMX: We now know the reason the govt can claim TMX is “commercially viable” is because the secret TD & BMO reports assume the pipeline will operate for 100 yrs🧵 nationalobserver.com/2022/06/24/new…

My latest: NDP MP Heather McPherson proposed a second-ballot pact to fellow leadership contender Rob Ashton, who rejected it. Some of the behind the scenes via @TorontoStar thestar.com/politics/feder…

This is dangerous and will severely hinder journalists, researchers, archivists and more from holding govt accountable.

Israeli company LogiVote is pitching strategists and politicians an AI-powered campaign tool that turns voters into "digital fighters" as six provinces gear up for municipal elections in 2026. nationalobserver.com/2026/02/24/inv…

The Tumbler Ridge shooter's trans identity prompted disinformation the BC Human Rights Commissioner called "incorrect, irresponsible & frankly dangerous." But other rumours pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt. nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/new…

“I have no doubt that Scottie Barnes is an all-star … Canada, we need to get this fixed right now” - Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic on Barnes somehow not being in top-20 of Eastern Conference vote getters in first van vote.

The attacks on David Pugliese are disgusting and not unrelated the the fact that he's Canada's only decent military reporter.

Nothing much to add to what's said here, except that @davidpugliese is one of Canada's most invaluable reporters and it's transparently obvious what's behind the campaign to smear and discredit him.

+ opposition MPs reactions to the federal government's new emissions reduction progress report (which says the country is set to fall short of even the Harper government's climate target)

Guilbeault and Rick Smith, president of @ClimateInstit , worry the Alberta-Ottawa MOU risks unravelling climate policy across the country as other jursidctions copy Alberta and push for more carve outs and exemptions

NEW from me: “We have a federal [industrial pricing] backstop that we should be willing to enforce if provinces aren't willing to do what they're supposed to,” said @s_guilbeault. “It's in federal law. I don't understand why we're not doing it." nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/new…

NEW: Hundreds of public servants within NRCAN are being let go in teams that monitor climate risks, track wildfires and floods, and fight forest pests and diseases nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/new…

The AFN has adopted an emergency resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Canada-Alberta MOU, and for the oil tanker ban in northern BC to be upheld.

Environment minister Julie Dabrusin was grilled on whether she supports a new oil pipeline by both the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives at a committee meeting Monday morning. Dabrusin would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase GHGs. nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/new…

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.

“We talk about this issue amongst ourselves,” Greaves told me in an interview Tues afternoon. “So I know that other other MPs from my caucus have had similar concerns themselves and have heard similar things from their constituents.”

BC Liberal MP Will Greaves said the feedback he's getting from constituents "is almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to tidewater through the central interior of BC." nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/new…

Feds open to First Nations ownership of new LNG nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/new…

The chaos and confidence votes on the federal budget forced ministers to leave critical international climate negotiations a week early, right as negotiations are going down to the wire. nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/new…

Vancouver residents are having a huge, negative reaction to Mayor Ken Sim's proposed 2026 budget & alleged plans to eliminate the city's sustainbility department. More than 630 people registered to speak and the meetings will likely stretch into next week nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/new…