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Canada has long stood shoulder to shoulder with the USA. Until the U.S. president began attacking us recently.
As US Ambassador to NATO on 9/11, the first to call me to suggest we invoke Article 5 was Canadian Ambassador David Wright. Our allies came to our rescue that terrible day. I’ll call David this morning 25 years later to thank him and our great neighbor Canada once again!
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Thx to the strong journalism of @Ash_Stewart_ and Charles Rusnell, we're learning more & more about the hidden, foul behaviour of the separatist leader Rath.
'An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm, Global News has learned.'
globalnews.ca/news/12049115/…
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Welcome to #Banff.
Our national parks give us reason to be patriotic.
Let's wrap our foreign policy in a green maple leaf:
defense; nature protection; investment & trade.
Consider the twin crises of our generation: global heating and the rapid loss of life & biodiversity.
Prime Minister Carney to hold fall Cabinet Planning Forum focused on building with greater speed and ambition: pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
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@McFaul fyi
Carney's message to Putin: "Get out of Ukraine. Give back all of Ukraine to Ukraine. End this war, which is killing more than 30k of your people every single month."
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My favourite part of the Bayeux Tapestry is Halley's Comet. It will next appear in 2061. Our daughter Irene, sings of it in one of her songs.
King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron viewed the Bayeux Tapestry in London, marking its first display on English soil since its creation nearly 1,000 years ago reut.rs/3SJORHW
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Worth a listen to Carl Sagan in 1985:
Here is the Late Great Scientist and Polymath, Carl Sagan, testifying to the US Congress about climate change, in 1985.
"... if you don't worry about it [climate change] now, it's too late, later on. And so in this issue, as in many other issues we are passing on extremely grave problems for our children. When the time to solve the problems, if they can be solved at all, is now. ..."
Remember, this was in 1985, and as I just made clear, that both climate change, its causes, and how to avoid them, was well known over 40 years ago i.e. burning fossil fuels and the release of CO2, was the cause, the solution, to stop burning fossil fuels. In fact, it was known about as long back as the 19th Century.
At what stage in the last 40 years, did people, or rather our leadership, the media etc, lose their ability to think?
It used to be so simple. The burning of fossil fuels is warming out climate by releasing CO2, and a subsequent increase in radiative forcing (increasing the greenhouse effect). Therefore, if we need to avoid those dangerous adverse consequences, we need to phase out fossil fuel burning now.
Obviously the fossil fuel companies weren't keen on that, as they made gigantic profits from the burning of fossil fuels. So the fossil fuel companies set out to use their vast wealth, to bamboozle the public with propaganda, and to capture our politicians and the media, to prevent them from ending their cash cow.
youtu.be/Wp-WiNXH6hI
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As Albertans, as citizens, we own the oil & gas. Not D Smith. It's our responsibility to walk shoulder to shoulder with other Canadians.
If their exports drop 10%, let's reduce our O&G exports by 10%, as a start.
Albertans sacrificed in great wars. True patriot love.
The latest @IpsosCanada polling on tariffs is a must read from @darrellbricker
Even 70% of Albertans support dollar for dollar tariff hit back, including openness to an export tax on energy.
Full results ipsos.com/en-ca/canadians-su…
#cdnpoli #abpoli #onpoli #cusma
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Good for you @jkenney
"We shouldn't leave anything off the table"
An export tax, etc on O&G would hit Trump's supporters, oil oligarchs.
This year, with high oil prices, is the right time to do it.
As Albertans, we are the owners of O&G, not @ABDanielleSmith Elbows up.
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Looking at the US negotiating behaviour from Alberta, we should join Team Canada and turn off the taps on oil exports to the USA for a day or two, and then reduce flow by 10%.
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How much would the K. XL increase per capita emissions in Canada @avilewis ?
The K XL, at 700,000 barrels per day, wd lead to an additional 110 million tonnes of CO2/ y, a vast quantity of pollution.
For the benefit of all the workers affected - in every industry from steel and aluminum to autos, forestry and more - a good deal with the US would be great news. But while we await the details, I’m urging the Prime Minister not to grant any concessions that would further undermine our economic independence.
We are dealing with a President who trades in chaos and unpredictability: there is no deal that will bring an end to the threats and uncertainty. For this reason, protecting Canadian workers without granting further unilateral concessions is essential. And the Keystone XL pipeline is a concession that makes no sense whatsoever - for our economy, our sovereignty, or the climate. Earlier this year, the Energy Minister said repeatedly that he wants to help the US achieve “energy dominance”. This should obviously not be any part of a trade deal between our two countries.
Canadians are not in the mood for more giveaways to the Trump administration. Even if that means walking away from the table to protect Canadian workers and industries.
No deal is better than a bad deal.
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MP: Thx for the link to NASA's FireMap site.
For context of humans & fire in our age, I recommend John Vaillant's award-winning book "Fire Weather."
And his recent essay for Time:
nitter.cf/time/status/2086080466…
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A lesson for those considering nuclear power plants in Alberta.
If costs rise & timelines extend in a much smaller jurisdiction (UK), with many skilled trades & an experienced regulatory system, how much slower & more costly might it be for us?
Nuclear power. The costs are staggering. Absolutely staggering.
Read this and prepare to weep: 'From HS2 to Hinkley, Britain's most staggeringly expensive construction projects rated'.
"Somerset’s Hinkley Point C...is overdue and over budget, but may come online by 2030 at a cost of £31–34bn."
"Meanwhile, Suffolk’s Sizewell C is due to set the UK back at least £40bn."
"Contracts entered into by previous governments mean the power stations will produce electricity that is much more expensive than from wind or solar."
Too slow. Too costly.
#EnergyTransition #Boondoggle #WhiteElephant @ScotNational
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What an eloquent leader!
Trump is an old man screaming at the smoke from a fire he helped light - yes, I'm biased but this is good stuff from @avilewis!
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Forked tongue speaks:
Might he want another distraction from:
Epstein files
Escalating Iran war he started
Economic problems
Rising oil prices
Rotten popularity
Repeat murders by his ICE militia
Foreign policy failures
Tampering with election rules
Etc.
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After the World Cup Final, as the Spanish goal-scorer Ferran said: "God gives to those who deserve it most."
We don't hear this phrase so often nowadays.
🚨🚨 FERRAN TORRES OPENS THE SCORING FOR SPAIN IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL! 🤯🤯
Spain 1-0 Argentina.
nitter.cf/tekkersfoot/status/207…
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Worth a listen.
Worth more. Action
New song!
Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)
youtu.be/LyyFIbaU45w
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In Alberta, this type of power would supply one-third to on-quarter of our electricity needs.
The future's here. Let's get on board.
The world's 2nd-largest wind farm and the U.S.' largest clean, renewable electricity project begins 100% operation in New Mexico.
3.65 GW Sun Zia wind farm
550-mile transmission line
Provides power to Arizona and California
The only larger operational wind farm is the 10 GW Gansu farm, China
msn.com/en-us/news/technolog…
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