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2026-08-25 22:18:49 UTC

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"Climate watchdog Environmental Defence released a report last month about how many meetings various cabinet members and high-level officials have held with lobbyists from the oil and gas industry. Their findings are astounding, though not surprising: the industry has lobbied Carney’s government approximately five times a day, surpassing, by far, their efforts under Justin Trudeau’s government."
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines

2026-07-16 19:15:42 UTC

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Yes, for the third year running. It's all kinds of bad, and it's time we stopped literally pouring more fossil fuels on the fire.

2026-07-16 18:56:27 UTC

'There are currently 858 fires actively burning in Canada, including 30 new fires on Thursday'.
'The vast majority of wildfires are burning out of control.'
"This is associated with some of the extreme climate warming that we've been seeing, and the atmospheric drying of the surface".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m7n427xd8o
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #Wildfires #Smoke #ExtremeWeather

2026-06-24 20:02:25 UTC

Carney's plan to spend billions on unsold condos in Vancouver is "more about stabilizing the financial sector" & bailing out developers who overbuilt the wrong kind of housing:
https://www.timescolonist.com/national-business/plan-to-buy-bc-condos-might-be-more-about-stabilizing-sector-than-housing-expert-12462636
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #HousingCrisis

2026-06-05 20:36:42 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker/116699316958431010
Carney's proposal removes impact assessments on interprovincial pipelines, makes it easier to destroy fish habitats, and exempts select projects from the Species at Risk Act.
Public comments are open until June 7:
https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/services/simplifying-canada-process/engagement-supporting-timely-decision-making.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Ecocide #KillerWhales #Orcas
#note1nkd…knhn

2026-06-05 20:11:01 UTC

"Trading oil for orcas is a bargain Canada can't afford"
"If the [Species at Risk] Act is weakened to allow risk to this iconic West Coast population, no species, from caribou to monarch butterflies, will be safe.... It’s not too late to demand a path forward that preserves our natural heritage"
(via West Coast Environmental Law‬ ‪@wcelaw.bsky.social‬)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-trading-oil-orcas-bargain-canada-cant-afford
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #SpeciesAtRiskAct #Ecocide #NoPipelines #KillerWhales

2026-05-27 20:29:30 UTC

Title: Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach (1932)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://metropolisjapan.com/tsukimi/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Spring #Moon #FullMoon #Ninomiya #Kanagawa #Japan
https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/116/648/426/951/025/258/original/e9685b4781196178.jpg

2026-05-20 19:21:10 UTC

Ahead of a closed-door meeting with Mark Carney, BC Premier David Eby said developing the economy must go hand in hand with protecting the environment - and that includes the moratorium on oil tanker traffic off B.C.'s north coast.
Eby also said the federal government should not be rewarding Alberta's "bad behaviour" or "separatist premiers".
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/carney-lays-out-pipeline-conditions-ahead-of-meeting-with-bc-premier-12305668
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateBreakdown #PolyCrisis #NoPipelines

2026-05-19 22:22:50 UTC

“The economy isn’t seen as something resting on the very thing that keeps us alive and healthy (…). If we don’t acknowledge that nature is the source of our fundamental needs, our air, our water, our food, our energy, then we’re going to continue to trash nature, and that’s the crisis we face.“
https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/david-suzuki-birthday-90
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateBreakdown #PolyCrisis #NoPipelines

2026-05-15 23:21:25 UTC

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Carney's proposal removes impact assessments on interprovincial pipelines, allows construction to begin before impact decisions are made, makes it easier to destroy fish habitats & exempts select projects from the Species at Risk Act.
Public comments are open until June 7:
https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/services/simplifying-canada-process/engagement-supporting-timely-decision-making.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoPipelines #PolyCrisis

2026-05-15 23:02:25 UTC

Today is Endangered Species Day, which seems a good day to note the Prime Minister wants to grant himself the authority to force through fossil fuel projects, even if entire species go extinct as a consequence.
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #Ecocide #EndanderedSpeciesDay
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-proposal-targets-extinction-protections-for-endangered-killer-whales-off-bc-coast/article_f0da6bac-3a97-43a3-91e4-d9578503b04f.html

2026-05-15 18:37:23 UTC

In his 2025 MOU with Danielle Smith, Mark Carney required a private backer for a new pipeline, approval of First Nations, a new carbon capture facility, and a price on Alberta's industrial carbon pollution of $130/tonne by 2030.
Today, Carney has no private backer, unanimous oppostion from First Nations, no carbon capture facility (which doesn't work anyway), and now he's backed down on the price of pollution, giving Alberta an extra ten years to pollute at artificially low costs.
Mark Carney is obviously a terrible negotiator.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2026/05/15/ottawa-plans-to-greenlight-alberta-oil-pipeline-construction-by-fall-2027-no-private-proponent-yet/
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines

2026-05-13 19:59:19 UTC

Mark Carney's MOU with Danielle Smith required a private backer for his new pipeline, a carbon capture facility to reduce emissions at the source, deleting the tanker moratorium on the BC Coast, and a minimum price for industrial carbon emissions in Alberta of $130/tonne by 2030.
So far, Carney has no private backer for the pipeline, had the Pathways Alliance (now calling themselves the Oilsands Alliance) back out of carbon capture (which doesn't work anyway), faced nothing but determined resistance from Coastal First Nations in BC over the tanker moratorium, and now he's caving entirely on Alberta's industrial carbon emissions.
None of the conditions in his MOU have been met, and Mark Carney just keeps on retreating and backing down.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-expected-to-significantly-reduce-future-carbon-price-in-alberta/article_0f53c805-74ae-46f3-9597-749c33f50bbc.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #NoPipelines #ABPoli

2026-05-13 19:26:13 UTC

In the latest "and possibly most significant" climbdown in federal emissions-reduction policy, Mark Carney is expected to "significantly weaken the future industrial carbon price in Alberta".
It was described as the "final nail in Canada’s climate action coffin."
Mark Carney backs down yet again, in exchange for nothing at all. If Carney can't even negotiate with Danielle Smith, how can he be expected to effectively represent Canada in negotiations with Donald Trump?
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-expected-to-significantly-reduce-future-carbon-price-in-alberta/article_0f53c805-74ae-46f3-9597-749c33f50bbc.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #NoPipelines #ABPoli #ElbowsUp

2026-04-24 00:38:43 UTC

Two forest fires in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Iwate are still raging, with flames confirmed to be spreading toward the center of a town. More than 2,500 residents, or about a quarter of the municipality's population, are now under an evacuation order.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260424_01/
#Japan #Iwate #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather

2026-04-14 19:57:18 UTC

Tell Mark Carney to stand against Trump’s war on Iran, and to keep Canada out of oil wars and all resource exploitation that drives conflict, oppression and ecosystem collapse. No more wars. Not for oil, not for power, not for profit.
https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/no-more-oil-wars
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoWar #IranWar

2026-04-12 19:44:17 UTC

Prior to his arrest, Del Naja told the Press Association he wanted to attend the protest despite the consequences a potential arrest could have on his music career.
"Being a musician, obviously, there was a lot of trepidation around how we might not be able to travel and get visas," he said.
"But I thought 'this is ridiculous' and then the police making that U-turn to arrest people again, I thought that is even more ridiculous.
"So I'm going to hold a sign today.
"If I get arrested, I feel very confident that if I stand up in court with the right guidance and say 'this was an unlawful arrest and, therefore, I don't accept it'."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lexjez59ro
#MassiveAttack #Palestine #UKPoli

2026-04-09 20:01:28 UTC

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Marilyn Gladu is an anti-science, anti-vax, anti-choice, anti-diversity, anti-free-speech climate-change-denying Trump supporter. Is that what Carney's Liberals are about, now? Because all of that is what we voted to block last year.

2026-04-09 02:49:33 UTC

“Guys, maybe we should all re-read Values,” wrote Supriya Dwivedi, a former Liberal staffer in prime minister Justin Trudeau’s office, of Carney’s bestselling book. “It’s possible we all missed the part where Carney said we don’t need to actually have any”.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/mark-carneys-latest-floor-crosser-tests-more-than-the-size-of-the-liberal-tent/article_06a9f201-c67c-4640-8d9a-6886ed7a9491.html
#Canada #CDNPoli

2026-03-30 22:25:17 UTC

'Expect extremely high grocery prices,' farmer warns as diesel costs rise: thanks to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Canadian farmers are bracing for higher costs and warning consumers could soon feel the impact at the checkout line.
At this point, quitting fossil fuels is a matter of economic stability, sovereignty and national security.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/03/29/expect-extremely-high-grocery-prices-farmer-warns-as-diesel-costs-rise/
#Canada #CDNPoli #PolyCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis

2026-03-27 18:58:00 UTC

Mark Carney greenlights gas-powered AI data centres: an unholy marriage of climate-wrecking fossil fuels and society-destabilizing tech. This is completely irresponsible.
https://thewalrus.ca/after-intense-lobbying-carney-allows-gas-powered-data-centres-in-alberta/
#Canada #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoAI #Alberta

2026-03-25 20:24:35 UTC

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Reminder: in last year’s election, Mark Carney promised "to deploy more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad".
It's 2026, and he's laying off our highest-skilled diplomats. We may have voted for Mark Carney, but all he's giving us is Pierre Poilievre's Conservative policies.
#Canada #CDNPoli

2025-12-18 02:04:11 UTC

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Last month, Carney’s approval numbers in BC were a net +11, but have tumbled to 'net zero' since the Carney-Smith MOU.
'As for Alberta, it remains Carney’s toughest region: 40 percent approval versus 49 percent disapproval (net −9).'
#BCPoli #CDNPoli #Canada #NoPipelines #ClimateCrisis

2025-11-25 02:27:26 UTC

Tell Mark Carney: "Fast-Track Climate Solutions, Not Fossil Fuels"; "We need a fast-track process for climate solutions — not climate destruction"
https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/climate-solutions-not-fossil-fuels?utm_campaign=oil-pipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #NoLNG #NoPipelines #Greenpeace

2025-09-19 01:00:43 UTC

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Significant majorities of people worldwide want serious action on the #ClimateCrisis:
- 89% want "intensified political action" on climate
- 74% would be willing to contribute a small percentage of their income to the cause
Yet politicians "continue to promote fossil fuel development, including pipelines and fracking"
#CDNPoli #Canada #NoLNG #NoPipelines #GlobalBoiling #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #Heatwaves

2025-09-18 20:32:58 UTC

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On Canada failing to meet our emissions targets: “we see momentum is going in the wrong way (...) really it’s the upward pressure of oilsands that is driving emissions”.
Meanwhile, politicians are de-prioritizing emissions cuts, with “Mark Carney repealing the consumer carbon price and pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Saskatchewan moving to prolong its coal plants and Alberta maintaining a frozen industrial carbon price for 2026“
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG #ExtremeWeather #GlobalBoiling #Heatwaves #Wildfires

2025-09-16 19:48:16 UTC

67% of villages, towns, cities & wards across #Japan suffered disasters in the last 15 years - 30% more than once:
By type of disaster, typhoons & destructive torrential rain made up the largest portion, with a figure five times greater than the period up to 2010. Heavy snowfall had "catastrophic effects" as well, recording a tenfold increase.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16006189
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #NoLNG

2025-09-12 00:55:33 UTC

'Torrential rain batters Tokyo, surrounding areas'; 'Atmospheric conditions have become extremely unstable in wide areas'
'People are advised to be alert for flooding in low-lying areas and underground facilities, mudslides, swollen rivers, lightning strikes, strong gusts of wind such as tornadoes, and hail'
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250911_19/
#Japan #ExtremeWeather
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2025-09-11 19:16:25 UTC

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The promise to build an East-West electricity grid is still up on the Liberal website. They even call it a 'historic nation-building project' in their material! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://liberal.ca/mark-carneys-liberals-to-make-canada-the-worlds-leading-energy-superpower/
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #CostOfLivingCrisis

2025-09-11 19:15:50 UTC

In Mark Carney's list of five "projects of national interest", we see mines, nuclear reactors, and dirty LNG. Notably, the East-West electricity grid he promised in the campaign is nowhere to be seen:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-major-projects-list-1.7630470
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #Canada #CostOfLivingCrisis

2025-09-09 23:14:55 UTC

Title: Rain at Yasuniwa, Nagano (1946)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.go-nagano.net/en/history-and-culture #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Rain #Summer #Nagano #Japan
https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/115/176/877/319/355/111/original/f39c2449af296665.jpg

2025-09-06 00:35:40 UTC

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"... in electric vehicles governments could help to build the charging infrastructure necessary to increase adoption and introduce policies to incentivise EV purchases, such as reduced road tax rates for EVs anc EV-only parking or motorway lanes, or regulation that mandates EV sales by a specific date."
- Mark Carney, 'Value(s)', p299
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/115/154/543/823/706/851/original/2bcbfaee02b3dc1b.jpg

2025-09-05 19:52:10 UTC

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“This man is a key architect of Donald Trump’s assault on the U.S. Constitution and it’s completely inappropriate that he be invited to address the federal Cabinet.”
#CDNPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #LPC #Project2025

2025-09-05 19:50:16 UTC

Re: Carney's invitation to Kevin Roberts, president of the far-right Heritage Foundation & architect of #Project2025:
”It’s a betrayal of Liberal voters, undermines the core theme of our campaign, and is an utter disgrace for a self-respecting democracy facing the rise of fascism next door”
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/09/05/Liberal-Backlash-Carney-Invite-Project-2025/
#CDNPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown #LPC

2025-09-05 19:33:25 UTC

Title: Cloudy Day at Mizuki, Ibaraki (1946)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16011504 #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Summer #Ibaraki #Japan
https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/115/153/355/058/263/432/original/b940b2c5866aa189.jpg

2025-09-03 20:26:27 UTC

"Canada’s unions warn against austerity"
"We urge Prime Minister Carney and his cabinet to change course, protect public services, and ensure that workers and communities come first."
https://canadianlabour.ca/canadas-unions-warn-against-austerity/
#CDNPoli #Canada #CostOfLivingCrisis
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2025-09-03 20:19:25 UTC

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'Canada's budget will focus on austerity and investment, says PM Carney'
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canadas-budget-focus-austerity-investment-152113429.html
#Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis

2025-09-03 03:33:31 UTC

Apparently some are surprised by the convicted felon Trump's comments today re: Carney wanting in on his ludicrous Golden Dome money pit... but Carney has been publicly talking about this idiocy since May.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/21/carney-needs-to-make-a-quick-decision-on-trumps-missile-defence-project-expert/
#CDNPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp #ElbowsDown
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2025-08-28 19:33:13 UTC

Cornell University has shown that GHG emissions from LNG are *33% worse than coal*, but the flat-earther our PM installed as Energy Minister "fundamentally reject(s)" the science.
Which party does Tim Hodgson belong to, again?
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/28/news/canada-europe-lng-export-concerns
#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #NoPipelines

2025-08-19 23:36:58 UTC

Mark Carney, 'The Daily Show', January 13 2025:
"Canadians have been very hard pressed in the last few years. Wages have not kept up with inflation, people are falling behind, not getting ahead, housing is very expensive (...) the government has been not as focused on those issues as it could be. We need to focus on them immediately. That can happen now."
Still waiting...
https://youtu.be/zs8St-fF0kE?si=xkOS32SNM2uW9C3p&t=673
#Canada #CostOfLivingCrisis #CDNPoli

2025-05-29 19:50:11 UTC

'Alberta #wildfires pose growing threat to oil output'
Not the Beaverton, but an actual headline. #Canada has blown straight past parody and is now in some deeply stupid territory.
https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/wildfires-alberta-threat-canadas-oil-output
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #ABPoli #NoPipelines

2025-05-29 19:13:56 UTC

Title: Evening Rain in Kawarago (1947)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://matcha-jp.com/en/2529 #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Spring #RainySeason #Tsuyu #Kawarago #Miyagi #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/592/705/594/965/139/original/e4e4590eac6eab0d.jpeg

2025-05-06 19:03:41 UTC

Title: Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond (1932)
Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro
https://swindon-bonsai.co.uk/2011/06/22/propping-trees/ #ShinHanga #Art #Aizurie #Showa #Spring #BlueHour #ShinobazuPond #KanejiTemple #Ueno #Tokyo #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/462/435/878/350/115/original/559433b749873dd1.jpeg

2025-05-03 00:25:28 UTC

'Prime Minister Carney says we must do the impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations, and that starts with leaving fossil fuel nostalgia behind'
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/02/analysis/mark-carney-climate-fossil-fuels-trudeau
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #Canada #NoPipelines

2025-04-29 19:21:57 UTC

Title: Rice Planting (1953)
Artist: Kawasamatsu Shiro
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1082/food--agriculture-in-ancient-japan/ #ShinHanga #KasamatsuShiro #Spring #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/422/850/789/945/388/original/dc78ce7ffd997cdd.jpeg

2025-04-23 19:18:17 UTC

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The new model allows researchers 'to zero in on locations that suffered the biggest losses and estimate how much individual major polluters contributed to each heat wave', leaving 'little doubt' that individual polluters like ExxonMobil and Chevron bear direct responsibility for climate disasters.
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #Canada #NoPipelines

2025-04-16 19:15:10 UTC

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Reminder: 'Carney declined French TVA debate upon learning Green Party wasn’t invited, he says'
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/article834014.html
#CDNPoli #Canada #Election2025

2025-04-16 19:14:41 UTC

With the Green Party now out of the Radio Canada debate, does that mean Mark Carney & the Liberals will withdraw from this debate too? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leaders-debate-commission-green-party-removed-1.7511447
#CDNPoli #Canada #Election2025

2025-04-16 19:02:19 UTC

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Not every meeting can be an email. Sometimes you need to get in the same room with other people who are working on the same problem and hash things out, right?
Almost 200 countries are working with the IPCC, each with their own teams, languages, pressures from politics, etc. For international negotiations / coordination on climate, in-person meetings are unavoidable.

2025-04-16 00:32:04 UTC

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'Canadian scientists who participate in the IPCC's reports don't get paid for their work', but do need to travel 'to meet their scientific collaborators, who are other experts from around the world'.
Canada used to contribute to those travel costs - economy class airfare, food & hotels - but researchers are now left trying to find money elsewhere.
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #Canada

2025-04-16 00:27:04 UTC

Canada will no longer cover travel costs of experts it nominates to UN's climate science body. Funding cut leaves scientists wondering if they can be part of key global climate assessment:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-climate-scientist-ippc-assessment-1.7507979
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #Canada

2025-04-16 00:20:39 UTC

Title: Ueno Toshogu (1953)
Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro
https://wonderer.ueno-bunka.jp/en/article/20200506/803/ #Art #ShinHanga #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Spring #Sakura #CherryBlossoms #UenoToshogu #Ueno #Tokyo #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/344/771/790/331/321/original/9decaca1a2713f89.jpeg

2025-04-11 19:21:51 UTC

'... just ask yourself one simple question: How can we trust a Trump Administration to honour a new CUSMA 2.0 when he has so flagrantly violated the original trilateral pact?'
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/2025/04/11/this-is-not-the-time-for-renegotiating-the-cusma
#Canada #CDNPoli #USPoli #UnitedStates

2025-03-28 22:05:15 UTC

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Harper certainly was no friend to transparency in his time, I would never defend that guy -- but yeah, even Harper wouldn't refuse to turn up for the Face-à-Face debate.
Carney is new to politics, his public statements have been muddled, his policies as PM have been capital-C Conservative -- so it's really not OK for him to refuse to appear in any unscripted public events at this point, much less the very popular TVA debate.

2025-03-28 05:08:04 UTC

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You're mistaken. Here's Harper at the Face-à-Face debate in 2015, along with Trudeau, Mulcair and Duceppe.
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/238/315/527/497/740/original/8c73131e97cdaddf.png

2025-03-28 01:16:11 UTC

'If there is still time for Mark Carney to reverse his decision to duck out of the TVA French-language leaders’ debate, he should.'
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-pourquoi-pas-mark-carney/
#Canada #CDNPoli #Election2025

2025-03-19 19:32:18 UTC

Title: Ojiya, Echigo (1941)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://enjoyniigata.com/en/spot/6096 #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Winter #Snow #Niigata #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/190/756/735/701/547/original/0e388fbc538547c4.jpeg

2025-03-15 01:46:13 UTC

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It's definitely OK to like! :D This is a shin-hanga print, part of a 20th century art movement in Japan that combined the traditional ukiyo-e style with western elements. This one is by Hasui Kawase, one of the genre's most prolific artists. Here's a video featuring the nuts & bolts of the process, with artist, block carver & printer working to produce the final result:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmF3HHyWwI

2025-03-14 19:30:09 UTC

Title: Winter Moon Over Toyama (1931)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2025/03/14/stargazers-enjoy-dramatic-blood-moon-a-total-lunar-eclipse_6739134_10.html #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #FullMoon #Moon #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/162/437/964/448/856/original/e5e76f4039320f9f.jpeg

2025-03-12 00:03:56 UTC

The story of Doug Ford's surrender in two search results.
#ONPoli #Ontario #CDNPoli #Canada
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2025-03-11 19:19:49 UTC

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Only about 38% of registered Liberals voted in the leadership race. For comparison, 55% of registered Conservatives voted in the race O'Toole won, and about 53% of registered NDP members voted in the race Singh won.
#CDNPoli #Canada #LiberalParty

2025-03-11 19:19:10 UTC

Only about 38% of registered Liberals made it through the verification process to vote in the leadership race.
Dalhouse University political science professor Lori Turnbull: "That strikes me as a very low number"
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-fewer-than-40-per-cent-of-400000-registered-liberals-voted-in/
#CDNPoli #Canada #LiberalParty

2025-03-05 21:18:24 UTC

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Sorry to break it to you, but widespread apathy is what's keeping U.S. protests small, not any plan to be "strategic and safe". Continuing on your present course will do exactly nothing against the convicted criminal and his co-conspirators who have hijacked your country. The longer it takes for you to realize this, the worse off you'll be.

2025-03-05 20:52:24 UTC

'Where is the backlash from the American people? The silence is deafening.'
'Until that happens, the gloves are off. Canadians will not stand idly by while a lying and morally bankrupt U.S. president and his sycophant cabinet ministers try to undermine Canada's sovereignty' 'by attempting to destroy its economy with punishing tariffs.'
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/03/04/silence-from-regular-americans-on-trade-war-speaks-volumes
#Canada #CDNPoli #UnitedStates #USPoli

2025-03-03 23:12:31 UTC

Jamie Carroll, former director of the Liberal Party, says using Canada Post will likely negatively impact the party's voting process; “They seem to have found the most awkward and least efficient possible way” to verify voters:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-to-rely-on-canada-post-app-to-confirm-voters-identities/
#Canada #CDNPoli

2025-03-02 05:14:20 UTC

'Shinjuku ALTA meetup spot in Tokyo closes after 45 years'
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15650423
#StudioALTA #Shinjuku #Tokyo #Japan

2025-03-01 06:27:55 UTC

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That's awesome! It's been terrific seeing so many Canadians being more intentional about where we spend our money - this is one of the best ways we can make an impact on Americans and get them to wake up, push them to take responsibility for their rogue politicians.
Really hoping we can keep the pressure up on the premiers & the federal government - cancelling Starlink contracts and ditching that purchase order for F-35s would be solid next steps, I think.

2025-03-01 05:51:25 UTC

Title: Katsura Rikyu (c.1980s)
Artist: Clifton Karhu
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250227_10/ ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #CliftonKarhu #Winter #Snow #KatsuraRikyu #Kyoto #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/085/607/072/337/629/original/42e5203abc7392de.jpg

2025-03-01 05:44:56 UTC

'People in Canada: what is the impact of the new Trump administration on you so far? We’d like to hear from Canadians about any plans you have made or changed because of the US president’s stance towards the country'
Don't hold back, #Canada. Let it all out.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/28/people-in-canada-what-is-the-impact-of-the-new-trump-administration-on-you-so-far
#CDNPoli

2025-02-26 21:12:19 UTC

'NASA cuts off international climate science support'
https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-cuts-international-climate-science-support
#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #USPoli #NASA

2025-02-23 22:08:12 UTC

#Canada could challenge the #UnitedStates' tariffs at the WTO or through CUSMA - but the real question is 'whether the U.S. would respect any decisions from the outcome'
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2025/02/21/canada-can-legally-challenge-tariffs-but-will-trump-fall-in-line-with-the-ruling/
#CDNPoli #USPoli

2025-02-23 22:07:16 UTC

'Is the #UnitedStates in a #ConstitutionalCrisis? Yes, says BU LAW Professor Jessica Silbey, but it’s up to elected representatives and individual citizens — not the courts — to save democracy'
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/is-the-us-in-a-constitutional-crisis/
#USPoli #CDNPoli #Canada

2025-02-22 05:47:59 UTC

It 'seems more than just sloppy' for a president 'to quote words used by a neo-Nazi mass murderer to justify the slaughter of 77 people, including children. Unless, of course, that’s exactly what you intended to do.'
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/2025/02/21/when-a-presidents-words-echo-a-killer
#Canada #UnitedStates #CDNPoli #USPoli

2025-02-19 03:55:01 UTC

Title: Snow at Mukojima (1931)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250219_04/ #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Snow #Winter #SumidaRiver #Tokyo #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/028/527/591/942/511/original/0d340a04147d5344.jpeg

2025-02-14 20:05:39 UTC

Title: Honmon-ji Temple, Ikegami (1931)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://honmonji.jp/foreign/en.html #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #Honmonji #Tokyo #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/004/034/162/563/793/original/3e815b83af626b47.jpeg

2025-02-11 20:23:40 UTC

Title: Screaming Crow (c.1912)
Artist: Ohara Koson
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15606106 #ShinHanga #Art #Taisho #Winter #Snow #Crow #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/987/116/509/636/602/original/9ba83325d184d780.jpeg

2025-02-10 20:23:52 UTC

See the area in the image above around the 27:00 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYtm-f-atI
#Winter #Snow #KiyomizuDera #Kyoto #Japan

2025-02-10 20:19:30 UTC

Title: Kiyomizu Temple in the Snow (1932)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250210_06/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #KiyomizuDera #Kyoto
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/981/435/020/659/402/original/d87935ec31aae2b9.jpeg

2025-02-08 22:02:37 UTC

From 2022: Saab's pitch for the #Gripen would have seen the planes assembled in Canada, with rights for sustainment & operations controlled by the Canadian government -- 'a significant concession that would give Canada sovereign control over its fighter jet fleet'. Why did we go with the F-35s, again?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-fighter-jets-defence-1.6296021
#Canada #CDNPoli

2025-02-08 21:22:17 UTC

Title: Steady Gaze (Two Cats) (1960)
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/6032026/ #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #KiyoshiSaito #Showa #Cats #Caturday #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/970/361/534/634/552/original/2c6a1cdbb7475172.jpeg

2025-02-08 20:41:29 UTC

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'British Columbia Premier David Eby said Monday that Trump is deploying a deliberate strategy to “destroy Canada’s economy” and drive it into becoming the 51st state.'
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #USPoli #Tariffs

2025-02-08 20:40:46 UTC

In response to Trump's threats, Canada 'needs to urgently shift trade patterns and forge new international relationships'
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/politics/2025/02/07/ceos-trudeau-try-to-plot-canadian-export-strategy-that-looks-beyond-us/
#Canada #CDNPoli #USPoli #Tariffs

2025-02-08 01:47:31 UTC

Title: The Remains of the Checkpoint at Shitomae (1956)
Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15615429 #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Winter #Snow #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/965/742/981/873/757/original/9e783624a30b1b56.jpeg

2025-02-05 20:58:25 UTC

"The momentum is palpable. The moment is here and we are seizing the moment."
Anand has previously said that removing provincial trade barriers could lower prices by up to 15%, boost productivity by up to 7% and add up to $200 billion to the economy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/interprovincial-trade-barriers-rules-regulations-standards-1.7451128
#Canada #CDNPoli #BuyCanadian

2025-02-05 20:14:55 UTC

New Brunswick B&B owner Carol Ann McDevitt has 'found she could easily find Canadian products to replace those with a U.S. label.'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/oj-apple-cider-products-tariffs-1.7449051
#Canada #CDNPoli #NBPoli #NewBrunswick #BuyCanadian

2025-02-05 03:20:40 UTC

Canadians feel 'disrespected and betrayed' by Trump's #tariffs, and 'are resolutely pushing back by keeping whatever personal cash they can spare away from the U.S.':
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/buy-canadian-shopping-response-tariffs-1.7449341
#Canada #CDNPoli #BuyCanadian #USPoli

2025-02-05 03:08:03 UTC

Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is looking to 'strengthen our national unity', 'make life more affordable for Canadians' and 'spur the country's growth, competitiveness and productivity':
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leblanc-memo-budget-us-protectionism-1.7450164
#Canada #CDNPoli

2025-02-02 20:37:46 UTC

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250202_14/index.html
#Setsubun #Kyoto #Japan

2025-01-30 03:18:11 UTC

Title: The Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi (1957)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://meguri-japan.com/en/exploring-the-regions/20210719_4649/ #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Winter #Snow #Hiraizumi #Chusonji #Konjikido #Iwate #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/915/138/890/566/533/original/b5618f756a2c5406.jpeg

2025-01-27 20:17:14 UTC

'The St. Albert RCMP is working wih the Alberta RCMP Hate Crimes Coordinator after a group was photographed over the weekend anti-immigration signs and performing Nazi salutes.'
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/st-albert-rcmp-working-with-hate-crimes-coordinator-after-nazi-salutes-on-trail-10137003
#Canada #CDNPoli #ABPoli #Alberta

2025-01-27 20:09:59 UTC

'The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse gas emissions'
We might still turn things around if we actually try.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15566339
#ClimateCrisis

2025-01-25 19:44:32 UTC

https://liberal.ca/register/
#Canada #CDNPoli

2025-01-24 21:43:25 UTC

Title: Senzoku Pond (1928)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://matcha-jp.com/en/9903 #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #SenzokuikePark #Ota #Tokyo #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/885/510/969/625/606/original/1236e5d9d211d817.jpeg

2025-01-23 20:43:38 UTC

Title: Sarusawa Pond, Nara (1934)
Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya
https://www.visitnara.jp/venues/A01559/ #ShinHanga #Art #KoitsuTsuchiya #Showa #Winter #Snow #Nara #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/879/606/687/039/184/original/a50e8b67a83805dc.jpeg

2025-01-21 20:46:54 UTC

Title: Bell Tower, Mt Koya (1935)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspiration/visit-japan-s-most-sacred-mountain/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Sepia #Winter #Snow #MountKoya #MtKoya #Wakayama #Japan
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/868/299/640/080/794/original/d9de7d70039a17f4.jpeg

2025-01-21 20:41:12 UTC

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Gorgeous! No shin-hanga artist did snow quite like Hasui Kawase. :D

2025-01-20 21:43:40 UTC

Title: Tennoji Temple, Osaka (1927)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://insideosaka.com/shitenno-ji-temple/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #Osaka #Japan #Mood
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/113/862/853/271/035/866/original/e78340104a914756.jpeg

2025-01-17 21:40:20 UTC

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15588958
#Earthquake #GreatHanshinEarthquake #Japan

2025-01-17 06:22:43 UTC

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Done! Thanks! :D

2025-01-17 06:18:07 UTC

Danielle Smith & the UCP are running Alberta straight into the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEKVuyfMTjo
#ABPoli #Canada #CDNPoli