The funny thing about this is that eventually that ship is going get freed, and people will recognize that that little backhoe played a key role in helping to clear the #Suez Canal.

Scheer is giving a lot of credit to @JustinTrudeau for solving world problems.

#cdnpoli
Reactionary Conservatives love to invoke a boogie-man to justify being shitty to each other.

During the Cold War it was Russia/Communism/The Red Scare.

Trump loved saying "China."
There's lots to be critical of China for, but the spectre of "they pollute more, so we shouldn't bother trying" is weak.

Xi told the United Nations: "We aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060."

scientificamerican.com/article/china-…
As a nation, China has a lot of work to do in order to meet those climate targets.

"Today, fossil fuels account for about 85% of China’s energy mix, and renewable energy makes up 15%."

theguardian.com/environment/20…
As a nation, when China is determined to do something they have a habit of actually trying.

"Over the past decade, the country has added over 35,000km to its high-speed rail (HSR) network."

(That's 35,000 MORE kilometres of high-speed rail than Canada.)

news.cgtn.com/news/2020-10-0…
China is also planting a bajillion trees, to fight desertification.

Will it work? I don't know, but they'll still try it.

ecobnb.com/blog/2019/07/c…
A thread about China is really outside my usual focus.

I'm not suggesting that we praise a foreign country where ~1/6th of the happens to live.

But I want to highlight the way foreign countries are as a scary boogie-man by people who have no real ideas of their own.
Jason Kenney, for example blamed China before engaging in policies to get Albertans killed during the pandemic.

"The Chinese government played a significant role in the devastating public health," Kenney said.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
China, however, can recognize a charlatan when they see one.

Perhaps we can learn something from them after all.

That's all I have to say on this topic for now.

If you enjoyed reading this, you might also appreciate this other thread I wrote about how Conservatism thrives on misinformation and lies.

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27 Mar
Here’s a quick thread on the rally to oppose the open pit coal mining that threatens to pollute the water on the Eastern slopes.

I arrived at the reconciliation bridge proud to see how many people came out today.

#MountainsNotMines
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Quick acknowledgement: I would not have learned about this rally to support @NiitsitapiWater without @N8V_Calgarian amplifying their voice on twitter.

Marching through Calgary’s business district.

🏔#MountainsNotMines
#DefendABparks
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24 Mar
Today I learned that Canadian Natural Resources--the giant company owned by Calgary Flames owner, Billionaire N. Murray Edwards--received $192,648,603.55 from the federal government in CEWS benefits & lobbied the #UCP government for another $117,338,000.00 in funding in 2020. ImageImageImage
Found by accident via the Alberta Lobbyist Registry.

albertalobbyistregistry.ca/apex/f?p=171:9…👀

If you like searching databases maybe you'll enjoy this one.
Since I'm mentioning Billionaire N. Murray Edwards again, here is an thread I did about how deeply entrenched he is with the governance of the province.

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14 Mar
This guy sounds like a teenager with affluenza raging against parents that already bought him a car, got him a job, and paid off a crooked judge to keep him out of truble after gunning down a wild horse on a woman’s private property and threatening to murder her.
"It feels good," said Jason Nixon.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

“Police [were] investigating the deaths of more than 22 other horses in the same area since 2007.”
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14 Mar
Changing our clocks twice a year stinks.

The vast majority of Albertans have wanted to dump the practice for years.

But thanks to the constant pressure of soulless corps like @WestJet, and out billionaire-serving NHL teams, the practice drags on.

ctvnews.ca/canada/alberta…
Here’s another article that points out how the billionaire-serving NHL teams in the province attacked the NDP on this issue.

buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/al…
Both Billionaire Daryl Katz and Billionaire N. Murray Edwards are members of the anti-labour Alberta Enterprise Group.

AEG uses Wellington Advocacy to lobby the #UCP for policy decisions.
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13 Mar
I just want to give a big thank-you to @AB_MD_WarRoom for all the work they’ve done to raise awareness about the #UCP’s war on doctors, and the erosion of healthcare.

Best of luck to all physicians in the province on their upcoming @Albertadoctors vote.
Here’s one of the issues they were active about:

“The #UCP Government of Premier Jason Kenney had something to celebrate in that war: What appeared to be the unconditional surrender of the @Albertadoctors bargaining committee.”

albertapolitics.ca/2021/03/as-wor…
Here’s something @AB_MD_WarRoom posted only yesterday.

I was lucky enough to grab a screen shot.
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7 Mar
Meanwhile over in covid denial, Alberta, anti-intellectualism doubles down on selfishness, covid is a hoax, and something about bum swabs. 🤷‍♂️
Remember that we are all in our own media silos. People who are unable to tell bad sources from factual sources often repeat and amplify misinformation.

Misinformation can be dangerous.
Jason Kenney began his career at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

The CTF is a foreign funded organization who’s mandate is to spread misinformation.

He was platformed again and again.

That misinformation spread.
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