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Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...

"Assembly of First Nations chiefs voted unanimously on Tuesday to demand the withdrawal of a new pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta, while expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast that strongly oppose the initiative."
#CDNpoli #LandBack

Seed sovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing. On this global day of action against UPOV, Dec 2, let's continue to defend seed freedom. Together, we can keep seeds in the hands of the people who feed the world. Visit STOPUPOV.ORG and join the movement.
#StopUPOV

Are harp seals responsible for the stalled recovery of Atlantic cod? Since Atlantic cod fisheries collapsed in the early 1990s, ecosystems have been less productive and have struggled to recover.

"Despite the decline in harp seal numbers, our findings show that harp seal predation remains an important factor that should be included in Atlantic cod stock assessments."
#Fisheries #Cod #HarpSeal

Yep. Its not a good budget.
This is where organized public pressure is paramount.
None of these ideas are possible without an adequately large social movement to push it. Carney, left to his own devices, will orient the state entirely towards the benefit of Wall Street.

The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them OTTAWA - The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party's grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in

"public grocery stores could cut costs by 30 to 40 per cent by using a subsidized warehouse model ... Lewis has called for the creation of regional food hubs where local produce could be grown, stored and distributed."
#CDNpoli #PublicGrocery #FoodHubs #FoodSovereignty #NDP

‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream The Canadian PM’s breakthrough oil deal with Alberta cost him a cabinet minister and will still face stiff opposition

“We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast,” Marilyn Slett, the president of the Coastal First Nations (CFN)
#Haida #CDNpoli #Carney #Pipeline

Carney n'est pas fasci, mais il partage son preferance pour un capitalisme vorace fondé sur la pouvoirs des élites financières. Ils partagent une politique de pouvoir oligarque.

Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise | CBC News The fifth estate investigates misconceptions and allegations fuelling conflict in Canada’s largest lobster fishery, where Mi’kmaw fishers face broad opposition when exercising treaty rights.

“The amount of lobster that's taken [by First Nations fishers] is just a minimal, little, tiny fraction of what's taken in the lobster fishery itself,” - Shelley Denny, leading fisheries scientist.
#Mikmaki #Lobster #DFO #CDNpoli #NSpoli

How Public Groceries Can Make Food Affordable Again Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the p...

"the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem. Our food system needs a public option."
#cdnpoli #cdnag #foodprices #publicgrocers

Independent grocers federation not happy with farmers' call for cap on profits HALIFAX - The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers says it's disappointed and surprised that a farmers lobby group is calling for caps on the profits of major grocery chains.

Gary Sands of Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers: “Is consolidation responsible for the food prices that we're paying today? And I'm saying adamantly, vigorously, no. There's just no evidence to support that.”

The Competition Bureau disagrees:
competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-fo...

Report calls on N.S. to apologize to Mi’kmaw, Black communities for environmental racism | CBC News A report by a provincially legislated panel on environmental racism contains 14 recommendations — including a call for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government — and suggests reparations should ...

"A report by a provincially legislated panel on environmental racism contains 14 recommendations — including a call for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government — and suggests reparations should also be considered"
#Mikmaki #NovaScotia #NSpoli

The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.

"This agrivoltaic crop yield bump has been shown for dozens of other crops and solar panel combinations all over the world, including basil, broccoli, celery, corn, grapes, kale, lettuce, pasture grass, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and more."
#CDNag #Agrovoltaics

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.

"Based on interviews and a workshop with 56 urban growers, community organizations and city staff in London, we found how a promising strategy can stall without clear leadership, resources and follow-through."
#UrbanAgriculture #LocalFood #FoodSovereignty
@richardbloomfield.bsky.social

Amid climate impacts, leading Secwépemc firekeeper shares 'a better way of looking after the land' In a time of worsening wildfires, Joe Gilchrist says cultural burning 'needs to be multiplied hundreds of times' — returning to Indigenous stewardship

“When you burn it lightly in the springtime, the fire consumes the fuels and turns it into nutrients for the plants,” Gilchrist explained.
#CulturalBurns #ClimateCrisis #LandBack

Ottawa appoints new private-sector economic advisory panel for Atlantic Canada HALIFAX - The federal government has appointed a new economic advisory committee for the Atlantic region.

"The minister says the panel will have a mandate to recommend practical steps to create jobs, raise productivity, support businesses and strengthen communities."
#CDNpoli #CorporateCapture #Privatization #Austerity

Environmental review approved for wind project tied to Membertou First Nation in N.S. HALIFAX - A wind project in Guysborough County, N.S., involving the Membertou First Nation has passed the environmental review stage.

"The Nova Scotia government says it has approved the environmental assessment for Setapuktuk Wind Project, owned by EverWind NS Holdings Ltd. in partnership with Membertou Development Corp."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #EnergyTransition

Farmers will lobby Ottawa for $50K guaranteed annual income pilot program HALIFAX - A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000.

"Farmers want Ottawa to set up a 10-year pilot project that would ensure they receive an annual income of at least $50,000, a rate that would rise by inflation every year."
#CDNpoli #CDNag #Farmers #BasicIncome

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

"This is an empty deal. Cop30 provides a stark reminder that the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future.” Nikki Reisch
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis

Province removes controversial infill from coastal pond | CBC News More than three years after a property owner manufactured land at the corner of Westhaver Pond in Maders Cove, N.S., the Department of Public Works has dug it up and cleared it away. Community members...

"The infilled area was small, barely larger than a parking space, and it’s not clear if building on it would have been permitted. But it had a prime location at the corner of the pond, across the street from Westhaver Beach and a few [kms] down the road from Mahone Bay."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #Lunenburg

The picture shows a quarter acre field with thirteen 25-by-4 foot raised beds all smoothed-out with rich looking soil. The sun is shining, grass is green, and most leaves have fallen.

Garlic crop 2026 is all planted! And thats the end of the growing season for me. What a year.

Right?!

"Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and BASF control 56% of the global commercial seeds market, and 61% of the pesticides market."

Farmers talk food prices, cloning at national convention in Moncton Farmers from across the country are meeting in Moncton this week for the National Farmers Union annual convention - the first time the event has ever been held in New Brunswick.

“We see a widening gap between what farmers receive for their products and what consumers are paying for at the grocery store” said NFU Policy Analyst James Hannay
#CDNpoli #CDNag #FoodSovereignty #FoodPrices @nfucanada.bsky.social

Ottawa's support of critical mineral development sparks optimism, skepticism | CBC News Members of Nova Scotia's critical minerals industry are celebrating the federal government's new budget that would see extra attention and resources for the sector, but one environmental advocate is u...

"The federal budget, which passed on Monday, introduced a $2-billion "critical minerals sovereign fund" and a $371.8-million "first and last mile fund," both of which will support development projects."
Karen McKendry (EAC) "we can’t mine our way out of the climate crisis.”
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNpoli

A radar system meant to spot distant threats could land right in Ontario farmers' backyards | CBC News Family farms in Clearview Township, Ont., face uncertainty after the Department of National Defence proposed a $38-billion NORAD radar project. Generations of farmers fear losing land to the military,...

Feels like the start of another farmers vs. Pickering airport-kind of land conflict.

"DND sent letters to Brooks and dozens of other farmers in the area during the summer asking if they would consider selling their properties to make way for a large-scale radar project."

#CDNpoli #NORAD #Farmland

How investigating Indigenous activists became a CSIS priority for at least a decade | CBC News Canada's spies subjected Indigenous activists to a series of “Native extremism” investigations for at least a decade beginning in 1988, in what internal documents show was a countrywide surveillance p...

“The language that CSIS used in this document fundamentally delegitimizes the rights of Indigenous people. I think it's fair to claim that a lot of this language itself is racist. It's highly colonial,” said Jeffrey Monaghan, an associate professor of criminology at Carleton U
#CDNpoli #LandBack

More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

"The revelations come amid growing frustration at the unfettered access given to corporations that profit from maintaining global dependence on fossil fuels and/or the destruction of forests and other ecosystems vital for mitigating climate catastrophe."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #CorporateCapture

‘I do it for my children and my grandchildren’: Mi'kmaq land defenders and supporters rally to protect Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner Several hundred people attended Saturday's Shoulder to Shoulder rally in Halifax to protest premier's resource extraction policies.

"Several hundred people attended Saturday’s Shoulder to Shoulder rally in Halifax to protest premier’s resource extraction policies."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli

Hundreds gather at Halifax rally to call for better environmental protection in Nova Scotia The Shoulder to Shoulder Rally in Halifax Saturday was organized by Mi'kmaw leaders and non-Indigenous community groups who want Nova Scotia's provincial government to do more to protect the environme...

"The Shoulder to Shoulder Rally in Halifax Saturday was organized by Mi'kmaw leaders and non-Indigenous community groups who want Nova Scotia's provincial government to do more to protect the environment."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli

I don't think we question the notion of "progressive conservative" or "red tory" enough in Canadian politics. It seems like something that deciseively died in the 1980s. I think it is sufficient to just call them conservatives now: The liberal party is a conservative party right now.
#CDNpoli

Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry

"Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said."
#ClimateCrisis #COP30