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Jul 1, 2022 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
BINGO. Councillor Walcott nails it. Councillors have been asking for more analysis on growth & climate. Walcott: we're just trying to justify something we can't do: greenfield development. Bad for enviro. Will increase citywide GHGs by 1%. More analysis won't change that. #yyccc
Walcott: "If climate's holding you up from this decision—you already have that info. This is +1%. There's no more info that's going to tell you we can be climate-friendly overall net & grow...the q is are you ok with 1% & the benefits that come w 8 new comms? That's the q" #yyccc
Jun 27, 2022 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
Thread on urban sprawl and climate in Calgary. Right now #yyccc is looking at 8 potential new communities on city outskirts. Also looking at approving a new climate strategy next Tues. How do these intersect? Let's look at some of the fine print. 1/
Calgary's climate strategy actually downplays the most powerful tool city hall has: regulation. It's at the bottom of the list. Why? Because it's politically unpalatable. The strategy favours education, "capacity building" and softer approaches instead.
May 9, 2020 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
OK, now I'm mad. The newspaper lobby group that administers the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) has explained why it barred @sprawlcalgary from eligibility for federal funds. It's worse than I thought. THREAD niemanlab.org/2020/05/in-can…#cdnpoli
To recap: the Canadian government is funding reporter salaries for civic journalism as part of the govt's so-called news bailout. A few weeks ago, I shared how criteria had been added to specifically exclude @sprawlcalgary.
Soooo the newspaper lobby group administering the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) for the Canadian government explicitly barred @sprawlcalgary from eligibility for federal funds. Don't know whether to laugh or cry. THREAD
The LJI is part of the Cdn govt's so-called news bailout. It funds reporter salaries for civic journalism—specifically for underserved communities + "areas of news poverty." Indigenous affairs reporters, climate change reporters, education reporters etc. All good stuff. Needed.
Mar 27, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
This must absolutely be corrected. The idea that "this whole thing started with a lunatic making false claims on Twitter." This is a reference to @karliwithakay's tweet last week, which @shandro and @jkenney used to incite a poor-us pile-on. 1/? #ableg
Read @karliwithakay's tweet for yourself. This is a citizen expressing concern about potential conflict of interest, which is her right—an obligation, even. But UCP types have repeatedly portrayed dissident women as unhinged, crazy, etc. A pattern. #ableg
