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PM Carney: "Canada will double its electricity generation over the course of the next two decades because the path to affordability is electrification. The path to competitiveness is electrification. The path to net zero is electrification."

@JosephMooneyMP Isn't it handy the way natural gas reserves have declined by 25% over night, right before a budget?

In 2018 the NZ Labour-led government did this in New Zealand. Fast-forward to today, and our domestic gas reserves have dropped even faster than expected - down 27% last year alone, with production also falling around 21% in the same period. Gas is crucial as dry year backup for our electricity system: when hydro lakes run low, thermal generation from gas steps in to keep the lights on - and in 2024 we saw exactly that risk play out in real time, with wholesale electricity prices spiking from around $180/MWh to over $800/MWh, the highest on record. It will take time to undo the damage that Labour-led government did to our country, with abundant and affordable energy being one of the most critical things to ensure our future. The United States has declared an energy emergency including for oil and gas. This is despite already being the world’s largest producer of both oil and natural gas. I am pleased to be part of the @NZNationalParty team that campaigned to overturn the oil and gas ban in 2023, and having won the election did just that with the support of our coalition partners. It will take time for new exploration to get underway and start producing the energy that is key to our countries future. However it takes time for that long-term thinking to deliver rewards. I’m proud to be part of a team that has the long-term thinking and courage to address difficult issues and build a strong future for our country, and doesn’t make populist decisions for short-term political gain. stuff.co.nz/national/polit…

@JosephMooneyMP Is that why National is cutting public services across the board, taking 13 Bio away from NZ's women, serving up shitty school lunches, abolishing educational support of our young people? You must have been deluded by manifestation videos.

Generally speaking the Left sees things through a lens of scarcity (there are only limited resources, there are only limited opportunities to make money, therefore we must control everything as much as possible, to ensure we can allocate the limited resources we have, and work out how to share one pie around). Again generally speaking, the Right sees things through a lens of opportunity and abundance, there are unlimited resources - although we might not have worked out how to access them yet; there is an unlimited opportunity to create more wealth by creating things of value to others; we can bake many more pies (often called “growing the pie”). Now there are people who self-identify as right-wing and see the world through a deficit lens, and there are people who self-identify as left-wing and see the world through an abundance lens (although not many in my experience), so it isn’t always a perfect metric. And it isn’t to discount the challenges that there can be in baking more pies. It is often hard work and requires tenacity, commitment and creativity. But that mindset is crucial - if you don’t decide to bake more pies, you will only focus on cutting up the pie that has been put on the table by others.

Stroke patients in Waitakere Hospital lying in their own urine. This is the cost of removing 100s of millions from the health care system. Patients and burnt out staff pay. nzherald.co.nz/nz/waitakere-h…

If Lloyd Burr had issued a statement w/ @MaikiSherman explaining it was a private spat over a year ago & he said something to her he regretted, and she replied, it could have shut the hit down. But @NZStuff & @TVNZ allowed Sherman to be thrown to the wolves in a one sided story

@ChrisPenknz What plans has the your own government announced? Zilch. Not that that matters - you run on 100s policies you did not campaign for. Just wait until the budget - not long now.

In government, Labour announced announcements. In opposition, they are planning to make plans. Still no detail or actual policy 🤷🏻‍♂️

Over the past two years in power the Luxon-led coalition has cancelled dozens of climate policies & plans. It axed the clean car discount & EV sales collapsed from one in five new cars to one in 13. It abandoned plans to price agricultural emissions, thespinoff.co.nz/science/14-05-…

@actparty You have had 2.5 years to do something about the rort undertaken by our gentailers, and you have done NOTHING.

If your power policy relies on retailers selling electricity for less than they buy it, you don’t have a policy – you have a bumper sticker. The Greens just don't get it.

David Seymour wanted RNZ bosses sacked because RNZ hired John Campbell Then, when RNZ defended its editorial independence, Seymour said he'd sack RNZ Board members & replace them with government appointees to do it This is not only fascist, its intent is illegal #nzpol #kiwi

Sign the petition to stop the govt selling #NZ conservation land. action.greens.org.nz/protect_conser…

1. Join the dots: current #NZ Govt policy makes it easier to sell #conservation land & wants to build up the mining sector of the economy. Many permits would be likely to be on conservation land. This portends much destruction for little return. ➡️2⬇️ nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/sh…

If you want to know who a government is governing for, just look at who they protect. thespinoff.co.nz/science/14-05-…

Party Vote | Talbot Mills/Anacta - via NZ Herald Labour: 36% (-) National: 29% (-) NZF: 14% (-1) ACT: 6% (-2) Greens: 9% (+2) TPM: 2% (-) D: May 1-10 +/- April 2026.

Canada is an energy superpower and we’re going to lead the world in sustainable energy. That’s why we introduced new measures to cut methane emissions – to drive innovation, bring down pollution, and make Canada more competitive in global energy markets.

A trade deal with India is a great idea. But the more you look at the details you realise it will force us to hand over the Intellectual Property and know-how that is the backbone of NZ's economy.

The ongoing targeting of our youth with unfair policies and withdrawal of financial support is a travesty. Like ignoring the effects of climate change, it's the worst kind of governance and undermines NZ's future.

Sean Ackland I am convinced that Paul Goldsmith may be the best man for the worst people Because in this term he has truely stood out as the most effective when it comes to advancing the most, extreme, radical and far-reaching of policy directions While somehow managing to do so with minimal public scrutiny. Because Goldsmith has been the driving force behind the most far-reaching, dangerous and radical reform this government has proposed. Reform that will have long-term consequences for voting access, media accountability, public discourse, and now environmental and corporate accountability. Has scrapped same day enrolment to dissuade people from voting Has targeted our free press by using his influence to intimidate news agencies to be more favorable to his government He has scrapped the BSA making easier to spread disinformation that favors this government as well as making the media space less safe for the vulnerable and marginalized And now, here he is again. Blocking communities from pursuing lawsuits against large corporate polluters through the courts. I’ll be honest, I underestimated this man. I thought he was just another in a long line of pretentious pontificating blow hard, blue bloods. I was wrong. He is an EFFECTIVE pretentious pontificating blow-hard, blue blood.

@actparty The judiciary is inviolate in a democracy as you should well know. Once the executive - that is the government - assumes too much power as this govt does, the judiciary provides the only recourse. Once the judiciary is forced to lose its independence, democracy is shafted.

𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 The Government’s decision to shut down climate change tort claims against businesses is a long-overdue victory for New Zealand’s farmers, exporters, and productive economy, ACT Agriculture spokesperson Mark Cameron says. “Activists have tried to weaponise the courts to force radical climate ideology onto the very industries that feed, clothe, and power this country. We’re putting an end to their lawfare. “If these claims were allowed to succeed, every farmer, processor, exporter, energy company, and manufacturer in New Zealand would face years of uncertainty from politically motivated litigation designed to punish lawful economic activity. “New Zealanders elect governments to make climate policy through Parliament, not judges in courtrooms responding to activist campaigns. “This bill rightly recognises that any responsibility around emissions rests with central government through nationally consistent mechanisms like the ETS. “ACT would go further and get regional councils’ fingers out of the pie too. “For years, councils have used the Resource Management Act to pile climate-related restrictions onto landowners and productive businesses, despite emissions already being managed nationally. It’s duplicative, ideological, and economically destructive. “You cannot have every council in New Zealand trying to run its own mini climate crusade against farmers and rural communities. “That’s why I have lodged a Member's Bill to stop regional councils using the RMA to suppress productive land use in the name of climate policy. “Rural communities are sick and tired of being treated like villains by professional activists and bureaucrats who have never milked a cow, balanced a farm budget, or met a payroll. “Kiwi farmers are already producing some of the most emissions-efficient food on Earth. The last thing they need is endless litigation from activist lawyers in the courts and endless red tape from activist planners in council offices."

@nzfirst @actparty @NZNationalParty govt changing our laws to protect their mates from being sued for the environmental damage they cause This is not democracy and is putting #nzlast 'Affront to democracy': Law change halts landmark climate lawsuit rnz.co.nz/news/environme…

Shocking abuse of power. "... will pass a law preventing companies from being sued over climate change damage... ... applies to current and future cases, will stop a High Court case against Fonterra and six other major emitters in its tracks." share.google/dMVIcSbBG13HUj…