Tina Pearson

In case there is anyone still using Amazon, now is well past the time to stop. It is not that hard. Just stop.

I don't understand why this court case is not being widely covered by mainstream media - I mean, at least the CBC, FFS, but also international media. Go Amber.

The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI.

All gas, no brakes, no real consultation

So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI

You can find out more here 👇:

www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/

Another insightful critique:

"Carney was not challenging the old order as much as he was attempting to rescue that order from Trump.

Carney’s speech is best seen, then, as an attempt to save neoliberalism from its own creation. As an attempt to save neoliberalism from itself."

What Carney’s Davos Speech Reveals about the Future | The Tyee And why Canadians should get ready for a spring election.

@crof.bsky.social: At first, Mark Carney’s 2021 book “Value(s): Building a Better World for All” seems like an attempt to portray capitalism with a human face.

But after his Davos speech, it also offers glimpses of how he intends to build a resilient Canada next door to a collapsing power.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Since so many people are fangirling over Carney's supposed "historic" speech in Davos, I want to offer an alternative reading.

This is not left cynicism, but a sober reading of imperial positioning in this moment.

1) Carney squarely positioned Canada as a middle power.

Minneapolis, 2026

It would be nice if Canadian journalists started asking our politicians why they continue to use X despite all of the CSAM and fascism, but a lot of Canadian journalists still use it, too.

What are you making, baking and sewing this year? 🎁 The Holidays can be meaningful without contributing to unnecessary wasteful consumption ✨🎄

Here's your Let's Get Wasteless Holiday Gift Guide >> act.gp/4jfgLog

Statement by Steven Guilbeault This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud of the achievements I have helped bring forward: • Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and placing them on a downward trajectory • Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation • Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our communities • Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's history • Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19 crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country

First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes.

Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet remains unchanged. Steven Guilbeault Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie

Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:

Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.

Here in Canada, we were also let out of school (I was about the same age). I remember riding home on the bus, everyone silent, wondering what it meant, later seeing my immigrant grandmother (from Sweden) crying in despair.

On the left: a grayscale photo of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and US president Donald Trump shaking hands. A red line separates them down the middle of the image. On the right: text that reads “Carney promised defiance. All we’re getting is deference. How far are we willing to go to preserve our relationship with the US?”

Seven months into Mark Carney’s tenure as prime minister, Canada’s “elbows up” promise has turned into a string of climbdowns and humiliations. The Walrus contributing writer @davidmoscrop.com asks: How long can we pretend this strategy is working? thewalrus.ca/carney-promised-...

"Since the [Canadian] election, there has been a systematic dismantling of (or threats to dismantle) almost every policy that would accelerate our energy transition to a climate-safe economy and society."

Carney, with a boyish smile, is proving disastrous.

At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.

it’s wild this man built his political career opposing Christy Clark’s messaging, policies and politics only to wholeheartedly adopt all of them 8 years later

At first I thought the audio was someone mimicking him, it is so incoherent. Good grief.

Part of the set for Displaced and Drifting, an interactive virtual audiovisual installation loosely reflecting post WWII forced migration + post apocalyptic realities. A little dark, I suppose, but ... the times are the times.

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Today's essential listen for all who care about patient and HCW safety.

Dr. Iris Gorfinkel talks about masking policies in health care settings as cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV rise
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Thank you, Mary Gillis for perfectly expressing the shameful leadership failure we are witnessing in Canada (and elsewhere).

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Today's floods are tomorrow's warnings Another pope speaks out, devastating Texas floods, and why it's so important to connect the dots on extreme weather and climate

As the world faces intensifying climate extremes, voices of compassion are speaking out. This week’s newsletter explores hope, heartbreak, and how each of us can help connect the dots.

Read the full edition of the newsletter below!

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

This is happening right now in Canada 🇨🇦, while you look at 🇺🇸 in disgust. Carney is on a march of upward wealth transfer while consolidating power in legislation. It’s arrived. It’s here. We have to fight it. #Canadasky

They are sending roving bands of masked thugs with the stated goal of kidnapping 20 million brown people to transport them to any country they can pay to take them. All this has been cleared by The Stolen Court.

This is not deportation.

This is ethnic cleansing.

Israel has turned into a terrorist state. They better not harm the children.
The youth stepped up because of the absolute failure of the west - Germany, UK, Canada, France to defend the international rule of law.

Happy Pride Month