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Conor Curtis

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Communications director @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social / former manager at a food bank / writer from Corner Brook, NL. Views are mine. Most important thing I've written: https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fundamental-fairness-can-save

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And to be clear, maybe we'll get some news about a deal after today, maybe it won't all be bad news. But when we scrap things like the Digital Services Tax to get to that point we're also emboldening our opponents in the long run. Flattering the tyrant that doesnt work long term.

07.10.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this point too this is about more than trade, and what really worries me is that Carney doesn't see that.

Trump is clearly making a run for a military enforced dictatorship. A PM should be preparing for the very real possibility Trump intends that include Canada at some point down the line.

07.10.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My bet: Not actually a warm embrace, Carney's being sarcastic about the 'transformative.' He doesn't actually like Trump & is trying to use flattery to get a deal BUT

He's also making the mistake of thinking any of that will work. It won't, you make concessions to Trump and he'll just take more.

07.10.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That does pretty much sum it up.

07.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, we don't like you Donald. Most Americans are lovely people. But we don't like you.

07.10.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump 'we are the king of being screwed by tarrifs.' Yeah Donald, that is true actually. It is in fact remarkably special the level to which you have hurt your own country with #tarrifs.... it would be hard to do a better job of hurting one's own country if one tried.... oh right... #USpoli #CDNpoli

07.10.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Again, just going to say it, very, very bad time to further integrate our defensive infrastructure with that of the U.S. Not a good idea. #CDNpoli #GoldenDome #Carney

07.10.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is* Been* missing words on account of the disgust of having to listen to this.

07.10.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I get #Carney sees this as strategic ego flattering, but ouf this hard to listen to. Yeah there has 'transformation of the U.S. economy.' I hope at least in Carney's head that was sarcastic... #CDNpoli

07.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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A lot of what's going on in the world ultimately comes back to #environment and #energy issues: try to keep a balance of positive/negative news with ways to take action

07.10.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This post confused me for much longer than I'd like to admit.

06.10.2025 06:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(3/3) I'll add one final note. Everything on social media is about generating a PERCEPTION of public opinion. So basically ignoring everything you see (hard to do admittedly) and focussing on finding those people you can bring over in the noise is still really useful. Get them over the bluesky :)

05.10.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(2/2)

2. Can you help funnel people to better platforms who are maybe there for the first time? Find the people really on the fence and bring them somewhere better?

3. Do the owners (Musk) want you to stay or want you to leave? Does leaving hurt them or on balance help them?

Not an easy choice.

05.10.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(1/2) I think the strategic value of staying on any platform that's clearly meant to be an echo chamber for horrible things is determined by:

1. By staying there can you disrupt it? Cause problems in the echo chamber? This might mean staying but using the platform in unexpected/nonstandard ways.

05.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(14/n) We have a goal. The rest is simply a lot of work.

04.10.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(13/n) This is the mentality we must adopt. Not one of being encircled, but one focused on encircling those who want to destroy democracy - on mutiple fronts: across borders and within them. We have the power to do this through understanding communications and framing already.

04.10.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(12/n) Psycological orientation matters: The darkest moments are also moments when a boomerang effect can occur: when great positive change can happen. But only if we act quickly and proactively to control narratives. In every crisis is an opportunity, in every connection we make a new strength.

04.10.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(11/n) To defeat a pincer movement start undermining the pincer's arms and set the stage to flip it backwards in the opposite direction. Canadians can start reaching out to American contacts who care about democracy to provide them aid. We are in a unique position to address one side of this pincer.

04.10.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(10/n) We need to not only list enemies of democracy but also realize all the allies we have: It's not Canada versus America, it is Canada, a lot of other countries, and a lot of Americans (most) versus a few very rich people and wannabe autocrats. Not terrible odds if we stick together.

04.10.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Full Spectrum Resistance Podcast - Sierra Club Canada Aric McBay podcast about why we need to explore multiple avenues to winning in the environmental movement through full spectrum resistance.

(9/n) This is going to take a full spectrum of resistance, and for that to work we need to focus on synergies between our different tactics and strategies: www.sierraclub.ca/full-spectru...

04.10.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s โ€˜Annexationโ€™ of Canada Has Already Begun. Hereโ€™s How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It. Canadians don't want it. Neither do Americans. But Trump keeps talking about it. And nobody is coming to the rescue except all of us. Sierra Club of Canada's Conor Curtis tells us where to start.

(8/n) Next comes the practical, the doing: Focussing only on what doesnt work gets us nowhere. Let's first hear it for Canadians for thusfar successfully repelling 51st statism from being able to divide us and control the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/energymi...

04.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A New โ€˜Fundamental Fairnessโ€™ Can Save Democracy, the Environment, and Canada As major media focus on negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump, itโ€™s the Canadian people who are our best line of defence. We need a new fairness to empower ourselves.

(7/n) We need to fix the core problem. I've proposed a limit on individual wealth with direct - equal - redistribution. Because it's transparent & difficult to erode: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fund...

But in whatever form, we need to end unlimited individual wealth relative to others

04.10.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(6/n) Next, understand that victory for democracy is not actually nebulous: the goal is actually rather simple even if getting there is not. We need to end the massive imbalance of power between people in terms of wealth by establishing a new safeguard limit.

04.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(5/n) It is first and foremost a communications war: Fascist use of force always takes places within framing.

Blame the PR industry for figuring out how to change wealth into influence as smoothly as possible, but here we are. We need to understand communications tools and learn how to use them.

04.10.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(4/n) Secondly, we need to understand how this is not like the previous world wars. It does play out on national boundaries, but it's also within nations. It is very clearly a war between democracy for all or oligarchy (which might express through Fascism, but which is the real driving force).

04.10.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Resisting the United States Annexation of Canada: Through Renewable Energy Democracy & Community - Sierra Club Canada A national and grassroots non-profit organization committed to protecting our environment, communities, and future.

(3/n) Thatโ€™s why back in January it seemed obvious Trump was serious about wanting to annex Canada: www.sierraclub.ca/sovereignty/

To be proactive about this situation one first has to acknowledge internally the stakes. Once oriented taking action to pre-emt attacks becomes easier.

04.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(2/n) Firstly, we need to wake up to the fact this is a war - an inevitable war caused by an imbalance of wealth that either created the problems we face or exacerbated existing problems to the point of crises. For me, at least, it has been a good two years since I started seeing it in these terms.

04.10.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(1/n) Vital piece of reading: From a communications standpoint I have argued and continue to that this war has already been going on for some time: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/20/o...

To truly go on the communications 'offensive' there are opportunities we should start acting on now. A thread:

04.10.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(5/5) "This is not something that we would ever support. There is no project [for which] โ€ฆ we would ever support the lifting of that moratorium," she said."

04.10.2025 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(4/5) "Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative and the elected chief of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council, said her community is opposed to lifting its moratorium on oil tankers along the northern B.C. coast."

04.10.2025 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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