Arno Kopecky

really worth watching the clip here

this deserves an Emmy

100%
Bonkers that mass transit is so absent from the national chat.
I mean trains are even compatible with fascism! Pan-partisan appeal! Make em run on time and rule for life…

Every time the term comes up, I have to remind myself exactly what "the notwithstanding clause" means, and why it's nuclear.

I get the narrative mechanics in play, but it would be lovely to see this story get as much (national) attention as the premier’s pipeline rhetoric.

Pretty sure that's 'pervert'

This clip does not do justice to the size of the crowd - didn‘t have time to get a proper angle.
But it is encouragingly yuge

Alberta teachers have entered the chat.
Massive turnout to greet Danielle Smith at the Ledge…

That's a long flight

Great thread

David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays.

He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

This is dangerous rhetoric. Attempts to delegitimize opponents' right to take part in a conversation inevitably undermine respect on both sides.

It polarizes our politics, undermining trust in democracy, which depends on expressing disagreement.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Dear progressives in BC (and beyond): let's shout our support for @davidebybc.bsky.social's position on Northern Gateway.

Lord knows we tell him when we're upset. There has to be a political upside for him doing the right thing now.

Feels like the whole country is leaning on him to cave.

Ohh!

After Danielle Smith's pipeline announcement, Carney should brace for impact Alberta’s decision to submit a pipeline proposal forces Ottawa to choose between BC and Alberta

”This is a test of whether Canada works as a country,” said Danielle Smith of Alberta’s latest pipeline salvo.

She’s right, just not for the reason she thinks.

My latest for @nationalobserver.com

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/a...

They Called Her “Climate Barbie.” She Fired Back | The Walrus Catherine McKenna on misogyny, rage farming, and the toll of online violence in Canadian politics

I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now.

🔗 thewalrus.ca/they-called-...

woot! congrats @noorazrieh.bsky.social!
So well deserved...one of my favourite people to talk politics with -- rare gift of embedding humour & personal reflection into the conversation.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

And that‘s before he got to climate change

An AI-generated image featuring "ICLEI" "Net Zero" and "National Observer" depicted as shadowy figures behind a building labeled "town hall"

From a climate denial group's mailout... I want to frame this

Journalism Opportunity Alert!

The Knight-Wallace Fellowship was transformative for me, on too many levels to name; I'd recommend it even if our industry wasn't being assaulted on every front.

But here we are. Check out the webinar, learn more, and go get it.

Me yelling into the void: SHE'S JUST SHORT!!

As Israeli ground invasion begins, Palestinians in Gaza City say they’re trapped or fleeing on unsafe roads More than 700,000 men, women and children in Gaza City are living under direct bombardment

Pay attention to the extraordinary work of my colleague Hasan Jaber, whose reporting from Gaza has graced our front pages for the past two years. Despite having lost dozens of family and being trapped himself, his work is a beacon of impartial professionalism

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

A Liberal environment caucus is born About 50 Liberal MPs have formed a sub-caucus on environment to serve as a forum for the party’s environmental advocates to compare notes and speak with a collective voice as they push for progressive...

Climate advocates within the Liberal party are finding common cause and voice, on the eve of parliament's resumption.

“I was not elected to parliament to either bite my tongue or not use my brain,” Will Greaves, freshman MP for Victoria, told me.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/a...

Prime Minister Carney announces first projects to be reviewed by the new Major Projects Office The MPO will help to identify projects that are in Canada’s national interest and accelerate their development, including by creating a single set of conditions – reducing the approval timeline for pr...

It's official.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Mercredi's exchange with Liberal MP Will Greaves is well worth a watch - starts at 3:09:
www.cpac.ca/in-committee...

Ottawa taps major-projects critic to Indigenous Advisory Council Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi is one of 11 First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders who will serve on council advising on Bill C-5’s implementation

Holy smokes.

Highly recommend watching Trevor Mercredi's testimony at the C-5 hearings - he was one of very few Indigenous leaders who got to have a say before the Bill became law. Whithering, and riveting, legal critique...

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

civilizational slogan right there

20 line graphs showing solar power imports for 20 sub-Saharan countries over the last year, all with lines nearly vertical to indicate rapidly accelerating increases

If you're wondering what "enabling other countries to move swiftly from fossil to clean energy" looks like, here's a snapshot