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@MatthewWielicki A reminder en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First… Because of the sudden absence of traditional enemies, new enemies must be identified. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine would fit the bill

@UCCavalier @tylermeredith @TDotResident Well, well, well... nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-…

@tylermeredith @TDotResident She's a spiteful nasty woman

Classless. Louise Arbour is one of our country’s most dedicated and accomplished public servants.

@cbcwatcher 'the elves in the IPCC factory who generate emission scenarios to feed into computer models have decided that, for the next IPCC report, they will finally drop the extreme RCP8.5 scenario & its SSP5-8.5 spawn, having concluded that they are “implausible”. climatediscussionnexus.com/2026/05/06/rip…

Must watch! Martha Hall Findley "There's no such thing as a green premium." "Yeah, climate change is a problem, but I also don't think it's appropriate for Canada to sacrifice the prosperity of Canadians for something the rest of the world isn't doing anymore. " "And if somebody says, well, we need the social licence, my answer is we need the leadership to go back to the people who are still saying that and say the world has changed." "This is based on a false arrogance of Canada's role in the world and our contribution to climate." @MHallFindlay @SenatorWallin @DadeSPP

Just a reminder, Canada never had a pandemic. They lied.

@TerryGlavin @Acadiegirl1755 @RedTory1 In his bedtime stories to himself Carney is GG in 20 years. Full arc.

@Acadiegirl1755 @RedTory1 I had exactly the same thought as soon as the announcement was made.

A fantastically bad appointment.

@libsoftiktok This is an ultimate troll - he is saying transwomen are the most masculine men.

Dwayne Johnson says he wore a skirt to the Met Gala because “the most masculine men wear skirts”

@middle_canadian @GhostsofIRCC Bought bagged sand at Home Depot for patio refurb. I remarked to young indian cashier that $10 seemed high for a basic product like sand. He said to make a small tear in the package and he would mark it 50% off. Dear Reader, I did not make that tear.

@GhostsofIRCC I see that an increasing number of Home Depot staff in Vancouver locations to be young persons of Indian descent to seem to have freshly arrived in the country.

The number of work permits I hear about for grocery staff in the lower mainland should make B.C. residents irate.

@stphnmaher Power Corp has a deep bench.

I am told PMO will tomorrow announce that a "well-respected francophone" will be the next GG. I don't know who it will be, or anything else but that.

@kunley_drukpa Out-Kazakhed by Circassians.

Becoming a ‘Kazakh-boo’ Kazakhstan nerd because Japan is too mainstream

Lena Dunham goes full showgirl in red feathers and sequins on Met Gala 2026 red carpet trib.al/DjhjeMi

@RomanFisher__ x.com/hollyanndoan/s…

Interesting way to say we’re going to spend more and get less

@Bratt_world Clean Fuel regulation forces oil cos. to buy carbon credits to offset emissions. Price of credits went up April 1 #toc6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">canada.ca/en/environment…

Sigh. Conservatives are stupid Truly. This price does not include the industrial carbon tax 😆🤣

@trelivetrelaugh @JBeercann You go to Pearson for long-haul, BB for short, as well as for the measurably better UX. Lots of demand for short hops to Hamilton, Ott, Mtl, NY. Fifferent product, different airport. Plus, unrealistic to import 100s of thousands of people and expect infrastructure to be the same.

@JBeercann @Chasingharmony1 @MarkJCarney Of course they will be missed, that’s permanent housing that can’t be developed. And obviously you would take the UP,

If @MarkJCarney supports Billy Bishop airport expansion, I will no longer support him.

@henry_ruler @clashreport Very thin. Europe dead in the water. Legacy-building nonsense usually ramps up for US presidents in the second half of their second term when they are wrapping up. Is this a sign? (Please let it be a sign.)

Canadian PM Mark Carney: It’s my strong personal view that the international order will be rebuilt — but it will be rebuilt out of Europe.

@SariArhoHavren China bullying EU for doing what they do themselves. rte.ie/news/business/…

The Economist gives a welcome glimpse from Kazakhstan of what a China-centred global order, aka governance, really means. It may not sound like much to exchange economic gains for loyalty, but in reality, sovereign countries need to be ready to sentence their citizens if they cross China’s red lines.

@CanadaRoast But we would need MORE CO2 for that!🤔

@MarkJCarney "We're going to uhhh catalyze photosynthesis, to be clear."

Landed in Yerevan, Armenia, for the 8th European Political Community Summit. This is the first time a non-European nation has taken part. Bound by shared values, Canada is working with our European partners to create more certainty, security, and prosperity for all our peoples.

On January 1, 2026, the European wind industry implemented a self-imposed landfill ban on turbine blades. This has left many countries scrambling silently for solutions. Landfill has become the next unwanted crisis, yet it's the conversation no one wants to have. Germany, Finland, and the Netherlands have banned blade landfills, and so for a time they are being exported to countries like the UK or France, where they can still be buried. Banning waste like turbine blades doesn't make it vanish though—it just puts it on a truck to a neighbour's backyard. Low-scale solutions are often cited as the answer, like turning blades into noise barriers, bridges or playground equipment. How do you turn 43 million tons of blade waste from turbines into park benches and koala crossings? How many park benches does one planet actually need? Modern recycling for glass and carbon fibre often requires pyrolysis (high-heat chemical decomposition). To recycle a 'green' blade, you must burn an immense amount of energy to break down the resins. We are trading a physical waste problem for a new energy demand problem. People love a quirky solution that highlights the absurdity of the problem—like the image of a massive 80-metre blade being used as a single, very long bus shelter. Even 'green' solutions have a physical footprint that can't be wished away by a spreadsheet.

@a_watzo @david_parker Interesting to know if tree permit or building permit is cheaper. If the latter: get permit, cut trees, never build. 🤷‍♂️

@david_parker I am aware that this is true also in York Region. You can own the land, you can cut trees for fence posts, but you cannot cut trees to use the property recreationally, or clean it up. Apparently the only approval to cut trees is when. Building permit has been approved. It’s wrong

In Canada, people can be fined for cutting down trees on their own property. Law abiding citizens are being fined three times the annual income of the average Canadian family while rapists and murderers are left to roam free. Canada is a failed state.

@terftasticwoman @boehmerB $10/day daycare Free dental for kids & family In Ontario, free prescriptions to age 25 Certain there are other benefits not captured in this calculation.

@boehmerB It pays to have kids on a low income. 80k isn't much, although you still get child benefit over 80k, just not as much.