Brad Woodfin

@bradwoodfin.bsky.social

Painter in Montréal

1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...

PM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental Defence

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing

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“This kind of knee-jerk reaction to anything good for the environment should come as no surprise from a mayor whose electoral campaign centred on eliminating bike lanes, and who wants to reconsider plans to fully pedestrianize parts of Old Montreal.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com. #polmtl

Mayor Anti-Bike-Lane questions the need for green energy in Montreal

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says she is unsure of the relevance of a green energy project to install hydro turbines.

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Tidal energy hydro turbines produce clean green renewable energy They're also under water #Montreal's mayor decided that Quebec produces "enough" electricity & that she "doesn't see the relevance" in the project This is why the forests are on fire Latest @cultmtl.com cultmtl.com/2026/07/mayo...

Mayor Anti-Bike-Lane questions the need for green energy in Montreal

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says she is unsure of the relevance of a green energy project to install hydro turbines.

cultmtl.com

“While oilsands carbon pollution more than doubled from 2007 to 2024 to 92 million tonnes, the ability of facilities in Canada to capture carbon from industrial sources hasn’t yet grown beyond a few million tonnes of emissions per year.”

For 20 years, Canada’s leaders have promised a carbon capture fix | The Narwhal

It’s expensive and unproven at scale. From Stephen Harper to Mark Carney, Canadian politicians have made promises on carbon capture — yet to be delivered

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Don’t be fooled. Big oil is calling the shots, not Carney “He is going along with Big Oil’s plans, not because he fails to grasp severity of climate threat, but because he’s been outsmarted by Big Oil, which makes its demands through Alberta gov, which it controls” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Linda McQuaig: Don’t be fooled, Big Oil is calling the shots, not Carney

Big Oil demands Ottawa help them squeeze every dollop of bitumen from the ground — no matter how wildly fires rage across the country and how Trumpishly orange the skies

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The Carney government is unable to say how much the oil sands industry's massive carbon capture and storage (CCS) project will cost or how much Canadian taxpayers will be expected to pay. Ottawa nevertheless announced last week that it will help finance the project championed by oil companies.

Uncertainty clouds the cost and financing of oil companies' carbon capture projects

Le Devoir asked the Privy Council Office, which works directly with Prime Minister Mark Carney, to specify the project's cost, identify who will pay for it, and explain how the financial burden will b...

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Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto

A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.

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The rent is too damn high, and the worst people imaginable are ruining Montreal “25,000 housing units sit empty while predatory property speculators continue renovicting people out of their once-affordable homes and running illegal Airbnbs.” #polmtl

The rent is too damn high, and the worst people imaginable are ruining Montreal

When it comes to the housing crisis, Montreal needs to address predatory speculators, negligent property owners keeping the rent too high.

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Genuinely losing my mind watching Carney's announcement today. Canada is burning, our prime minister says we can't afford climate action, and today he ANNOUNCES MORE DEFENCE SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahead of an apocalyptic wildfire season, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government made CUTS to the very teams who help prevent the worst outcomes: experts who map wildfires and issue warnings and risk assessments that communities rely on. The union representing these workers sent me the details: