Steve MacLellan

BREAKING: Report Calls Trans Mountain a ‘Red Flag’ for Future Subsidies After Price Rises 584% The “financial quagmire” of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion—a project whose final price tag ballooned 584% from 2012 to 2024—should serve as a cautionary tale against risking public funds when b...

IEEFA writes that taxpayers could ultimately be burdened with paying the costs of another such project www.theenergymix.com/breaking-rep...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #TMX #taxpayers_expense

Pierre Poilievre hasn't learned a thing The more things change, it seems, the more the leader of the official opposition stays the same. Will his party's members give him the chance to run the same failed political playbook again?

After more than four months and a byelection since his April defeat, Pierre Poilievre has made one thing abundantly clear: his song will remain the same.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/o...

Meet the Canadian Aiding Trump’s 'Insane' War on Climate Science Ross McKitrick claims his views have long been ‘overlooked.' Now his work is helping guide the MAGA assault on climate regulations.

“I cannot state enough how insane it is that the same old debunked arguments from the same old debunked individuals are actually emerging in the year 2025” www.desmog.com/2025/09/01/m...
#cdnpoli #USA #lies #climate_denial #debunked

For some federal disability benefit recipients, the rollout has been a 'slap in the face' | CBC News Some Canadians with disabilities say a tumultuous rollout, an arduous application process and a meager payout have soured their view of the Canada Disability Benefit.

The new Canada Disability Benefit that is supposed to lift thousands of Canadians with disabilities out of poverty, pays Mark Davison $53.36, who after a stroke struggles to walk and use his left hand www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #disability #benefits

And, Postmedia news helps, by keeping us focused on more trivial matters, rather than issues that need to be dealt with.

I wouldn't doubt it! 😒

Letter to the Editor: Smith and UCP ignore Alberta's Poverty As long as federal and provincial governments are separated in their poverty reduction and financial strategies, Danielle Smith will always opt out of federal programs.

As long as federal and provincial governments are separated in their poverty reduction and financial strategies, Danielle Smith will always opt out of federal programs www.cochraneeagle.ca/opinion/lett...
#abpoli #poverty #UCP_ignoires

Cost to clean up orphan wells in Alberta reaches all-time high | CBC News The expected cost to clean up orphan oil and natural gas wells in Alberta has surpassed one billion dollars — reaching an all-time high.

The number of orphan wells in need of cleanup nearly doubled over the last year to reach 3,388 compared to 1,719 the previous year www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #orphan_wells #abandoned #Cleanup

He's obviously not afraid of lawsuits:
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Neil Young unveils new anti-Trump song, Big Crime | CBC Music 'Got to clean the White House out,' Young sings on the new track.

"Got to get the fascists out, got to clean the White House out," and "There's big crime in D.C. at the White House." www.cbc.ca/music/neil-y...
#cdnpoli #music #NeilYoung #trump #crime

No rush on new crude oil pipelines, Trans Mountain chief executive says | Globalnews.ca The head of the company that operates the Trans Mountain pipeline says there is no immediate need for new pipeline space in Canada.

There should be ample pipeline space to get Canadian crude oil to market until at least 2030 without the need for a whole new project being built from scratch globalnews.ca/news/1135458...
#cdnpoli #abpoli #No_new_pipelines

Trump tariffs: What happens next after court rules them illegal? A US appeals court has ruled that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal - so what happens now?

The court did not halt the tariffs but instead said they would remain in place until mid-October, setting up a further legal challenge in the US Supreme Court www.bbc.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #trade #tariffs #illegal

The cost and consequences of the climate crisis continue to break records As the federal government talks about building pipelines, they seem to ignore the cost of the climate crisis.

Big Oil is awash with profits, and the last thing any government needs to do is to continue to subsidize their operations or plow public money into their long-overdue efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the oil sands rabble.ca/environment/...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #fires #ClimateChange

We'll try not to make it easy for them :-)

Why Forever Canadian And not Never More Canadian

Canada is a nation-state. Canadian is a personal state of being. And as proud Albertans and loyal Canadians, we felt a dual identity. We believed that this was the same as most of our fellow Albertans kenchapman.substack.com/p/why-foreve...
#abpoli #ForeverCanadian #RebootAlberta

A look at Mark Carney’s priorities as he visits Poland, Germany and Latvia - National | Globalnews.ca Poland is Europe's fastest-growing economy and while Prime Minister Mark Carney is there, he is expected to sign a strategic partnership on energy and security.

Officials travelling with the PM told reporters that bringing Canada and Europe closer together is a top priority for the Carney government globalnews.ca/news/1134747...
#cdnpoli #trade #ukraine #poland #Germany #Latvia

‘Something is broken’: Ford slams assault charges against homeowner after break-in | Globalnews.ca Premier Doug Ford says "something is broken" after a Lindsay man was charged for injuring an alleged intruder during a violent break-in at his home.

“This criminal that’s wanted by the police breaks into this guy’s house, this guy gives him a beating, and this guy gets charged. Something is broken,” globalnews.ca/news/1134240...
#onpoli #ford #intruder #victim_charged

Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins  - Alberta Politics Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...

They’re also going to make you go through the same excessively bureaucratic process to get an influenza shot this fall, by the way, but no one will have to pay for that one … yet albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...
#abpoli #vaccines

UCP MLA Nathan Neudorf wants Lethbridge carved into 3-4 big rural-urban ridings I read all 197 submissions to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission so you don’t have to

This would almost certainly be seen as gerrymandering that would guarantee a UCP sweep of Lethbridge’s representation in the Legislature daveberta.substack.com/p/ucp-mla-na...
#abpoli #UCP #rural-urban-ridings

'Bout time these people reconsider voting for Conservatives for the next 40 years....

Alberta government accused of being anti-science over COVID-19 vaccination plan | Globalnews.ca Most Albertans who want a COVID-19 shot this year must pre-order and pay for it out of their own pocket. Critics say the new strategy is political and anti-science.

“Dangerously short sighted.” That’s how the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Gil McGowan, describes the Alberta government’s new COVID-19 vaccination strategy globalnews.ca/news/1133007...
#abpoli #covid #vaccination #shit-out-of-luck

Alberta farmers in this conservative stronghold feel conflicted as Battle River-Crowfoot byelection nears | CBC News Election signs, many conservative blue, dot the roadsides of the rolling hills of the Battle River-Crowfoot riding, where a byelection is underway. Voters head to the polls on Aug. 18.

Nahirniak believes Poilievre will sweep the byelection, but he's unsure residents like him will benefit from the change www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #BRC #byelection #poilievre #unsure

Text quoted from the Wikipedia link about the UCP justice minister

Could be... see his Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_...
#Mickey_Amery #abpoli #UCP_Justice_Minister

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The drought in Nova Scotia and its link to climate change - Halifax Examiner While we brace ourselves to expect the unexpected, we can anticipate and prepare. To do anything less would be irresponsible.

The drought in Nova Scotia and its link to climate change www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/t...
#nspoli #environment #ClimateChange #drought

Fire chiefs call for Ottawa to move forward with national agency to fight forest fires | CBC News The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action.

He said the proposed fire administration office, which could be staffed by one or two people, would ensure that personnel and equipment are appropriately dispersed across the country in the event of wildfires www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#cdnpoli #wildfires #national_agerncy

Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface | Quanta Magazine Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved.

Earth’s core is leaking material. This stuff is making its way right up to the surface, potentially ferried through two monster-size blobs sitting at the core-mantle boundary www.quantamagazine.org/earths-core-...
#world #science #environment #earth

As Trump's tariffs take shape, is America really winning? The president says his tariffs will spur America into a "golden age," but that remains far from certain. Here are 5 things to know about how his trade policies could impact the U.S. and the global eco...

Garcia-Herrero believes the U.S. tariffs will ultimately be "detrimental for the U.S. in the long run" and will lead to "payback." www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
#cdnpoli #world #TradeWars #politics #recession

Grand Canyon, Utah wildfires creating "fire clouds" that can form their own weather systems Wildfires burning at the Grand Canyon and in Utah are so hot that they're spurring the formation of "fire clouds" that can create their own erratic weather systems.

The formation of one such cloud was caught on video. www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-c...
#environment #ClimateChange #GrandCanyon #FireClouds

Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded, ordered to pay $10K in costs The Alberta Law Society found Jeffrey Rath had twice violated professional standards and ordered him to pay $10,000 in costs.

Jeffrey Rath was reprimanded and also ordered to pay $10,000 in costs after conceding he twice breached professional standards edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
#abpoli #separatist #Rath #fined