Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦

Tanker Takes on Water and Has Oil Leak After Blast, UK Navy Says An oil tanker suffered an explosion off the coast of Iraq which damaged a tank that is losing water, signaling wider risks to shipping in the Persian Gulf beyond the Strait of Hormuz.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An "oil tanker suffered."

So did Persian Gulf ecosystems.

#environment
#marine
#war

Bird of paradise flower, symbol of hope.

Four amoral old men, combined age of 300 years,
• Donald Trump 79
• Benjamin Netanyahu 76
• Vladimir Putin 73
• Xi Jinping 72
are poisoning our future . . . especially the future of younger people.

#gerontocracy

Les craintes d'une marée noire s'intensifient alors que le conflit iranien affecte le transport maritime dans le Golfe | Euractiv FR

Les craintes d’une marée noire s’intensifient alors que le conflit iranien affecte le transport maritime dans le Golfe

PP, who has been in parliament for 22 years and has not a single accomplishment--not one--to show for it, says:

“My main criticism of Mr. Carney is that in 10 months he hasn’t really done very much."

#cdnpoli
#CPC

Big Lenders’ Risky Loans Are Rattling Wall Street

"Offering as little as 65 cents on the dollar to investors who want their money now."

Maybe, just perhaps, it wasn't smart for Trump to roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank Act — the financial regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis.

#economics
#regulation

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

Nervous nations calling Canada's energy minister after Iran strikes | CBC News Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says he's starting to get calls from countries about how Canadian energy producers can fill the gap amid the war in Iran, which is driving up oil and gas prices.​

"Without mentioning the United States, Hodgson said the federal government is accelerating domestic #mining to strengthen its hand in discussions and other countries . . our resources once again sit at the nexus of our economic security, sovereignty and global influence."

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Unless I missed it, none of the candidates for the federal NDP leadership have uttered the word "productivity" in their campaigning. Not once.

The only way to sustainably fund increased social spending is by improving productivity.

#NDP
#cdnpoli
#economics
#health
#education

Much of Miami Beach sits less than 1.5 metres above sea level.

But "people with incomprehensible wealth have a willingness to use it.”

NYT story & graphic.

#climate

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

The US is so far behind in car design that in 10 years it may not "have a domestic car industry in the sense of something that does significant research and development." Bloated, inefficient #cars.

Doug Ford wants more of this dying industry in #Ontario.

#ONpoli

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

Carney lands in Australia looking to draw closer to a Commonwealth cousin also grappling with Trump | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Australia as he looks to bolster ties with a Commonwealth cousin that is increasingly viewed in Ottawa as a key ally on global challenges — a country that has ...

"Carney is visiting Australia in his first year as prime minister while his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, never went. In fact, there hasn’t been a Cdn prime ministerial visit in nearly 12 years."

Carney will deliver a keynote speech to Australia’s Parliament.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#cdnpoli

Young girls beaten & denied treatment in Ontario-supervised group homes according to Global News. Hundreds of needless LTC deaths during COVID, according to investigations.

Thank goodness, we still have the auditor general.

President Donald Trump criticises Keir Starmer, saying "this is not Winston Churchill we're dealing with."

Winston Churchill, from the grave: "Mr Starmer: Do not retort. You should never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man."

#UK
#military
#comparisons

isa.int

PM Carney announces that "Canada intends to join the International Solar Alliance and is upgrading to full membership status in the Global Biofuels Alliance."

#greenpower
#solar
#cdnpoli

Nova Scotia's craft beer industry seeing 'unheard of' number of closures | CBC News While Nova Scotia's craft beer industry saw huge growth in the past couple of decades, growing to as many as 60 breweries with some having additional taproom locations, the number of breweries has dec...

"Another deal selling beer in New Brunswick through their provincial liquor retailer also never took off, leaving the business to sell mostly in Nova Scotia."

New Brunswick certainly erects barriers to other provinces goods.

Just like ALL the other provinces.

#cdnpoli

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Ukraine has struck the Lukoil oil refinery in Ukhta, Russia, 1,700km from the front line, triggering a fire at a processing unit. The Ukhta refinery has a processing capacity of 4.2 million tons per year. #Ukraine

Electrical failure knocked out rear power and steering for Wolfe Island ferry, documents show | CBC News The electrical issue that sidelined the Wolfe Islander IV just before Christmas knocked out both of its rear thrusters, leaving the ferry with half its intended power and steering capabilities as it c...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Eglinton Crosstown.
Ontario Line.
Bike lanes.
Speed cameras.

And HMS Boondoggle.

When it comes to building transportation for the future, Ford & Mulroney are remarkably incompetent.

#transit
#transportation
#ONpoli

Publicly owned, rarely seen: inside Canada’s online art gap | CBC News Canada has the technology to share its national art collection online. What it hasn’t clearly decided is how much copyright law should stand in the way.

"Publicly owned art should be publicly visible."

"There is no reason why we should have or tolerate a copyright system that prevents us from being able to manage our cultural heritage the way that we choose to."

#art
#copyright
#law

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The math doesn't lie.

Danielle Smith spent $17 million on "Alberta is Calling" to recruit new residents. But spent $0 on the infrastructure to support them.

Now that the bills are due and the services are failing, she’s pointing the finger at the very people she invited.

#ableg #canpoli #abpoli

Cartoon by Dennis Goris

Fact: Trump and his administration face over 2,000 lawsuits from businesses small and large after losing the tariff case in the Supreme Court. The fact that these are mainly US importers who incurred $170 billion in tariff charges should put to rest the idea that foreign countries paid the tariffs.

With Gaza winding down Bibi needed a new war to stay out of jail and Trump needed a distraction from Epstein. A co-dependent match made in heaven.

The vagaries of the Catholic Church.

#religion

Trump's Iran decision sparks backlash from Tucker Carlson and some MAGA supporters The Trump administration's decision to go to war with Iran has triggered an angry backlash from some of his top MAGA supporters.

"It’s always a lie and it's always America Last."

And that's from a (former) supporter.

There's the "narcissism of small differences" and then there's the pathology of big differences among the blowhards.

#diplomacy
#war

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'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

Trump won't be around for ever.

But the damage will endure for a long time. Science & education diminished. Amity & civility diminished. The social fabric torn. And people's lives shorter & sicker.

1,527 bus trip cancellations for the week of Feb. 15 to 21.

The "week prior saw more than 2,000 trip cancellations, part of an ongoing pattern."

I wish you would actually *take* the bus *every day* for a few months in the winter.

Good morning.

Even the Godfather of AI, one of the world's most prominent scientists, is furious about Ford's Science Centre lies.

#ONpoli

A reminder that War is one of the most carbon-intensive activities on the planet, that is undergoing rapid warming. This is suicidal. Everyone suffers from acts of War.

"Ivanka Trump is president, Parliament Hill has been razed, and French has been reclassified as a heritage language."

#art
#civilization
#cdnpoli
#empire

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Opinion: Smith and Poilievre find someone to blame for their problems: immigrants Canada has seen rapid population growth in the past without the issues now being attributed to newcomers

Andrew Coyne:

"In the face of a fiscal emergency supposedly so pressing it required commandeering the province’s airwaves, the Premier proposes to wait eight months to hold a vote on whether to do things that are within her power to do tomorrow."

#ABpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Prison is costly.

#incarceration
#justice