Max Fawcett
@maxfawcett.bsky.social
Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer. Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)
This is a genuinely useful (and deeply researched) piece on the economics of a west-coast pipeline and the production needed to fill it. I don't agree with everything it says but I think everyone discussing or thinking about the issue should read it. macdonaldlaurier.ca/a-veiled-bet...
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Struggling to even understand what the point of this editorial is. It feels like there's a giant hole in the middle of it where a call to action should be.
Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 6h agoThis is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
You should expect the pipeline to get fast-tracked. That's the whole point here -- it removes excuses about federal approvals and reveals the real, and longstanding, impediment to Danielle Smith's dreams of doubling oil production: economics. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/04/n...
Controversial West Coast pipeline one step closer to being fast-tracked
The federal government gave notice that it intends to designate the West Coast pipeline proposal for fast-tracking under the Building Canada Act which could make it the first project to achieve specia...
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This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear
The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country
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without knowing any details i assume this is gonna be another hilarious episode of the saudis lighting unfathomable amounts of money on fire. it’s like a whole family of mark zuckerbergs
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 20h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 17h agoRegardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
UPDATE Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary. 34% of the vote counted Abdul El-Sayed 264,196 votes — 49.9% Haley Stevens 246,121 votes — 46.5% El-Sayed leads by 18,075 votes.
As I’ve been saying all along: the biggest impediment to the new west coast pipeline is getting producers to commit the barrels, not federal approvals. Case in point: they won’t even commit to a 250,000 barrel per day increase. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Canada's Enbridge postpones plans for second phase of Mainline oil pipeline expansion
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge has postponed the 250,000-barrel-per-day second phase of its Mainline crude pipeline network, it said on Friday, partly because Canadian oil producers have not com...
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"And yet, when Smith’s fellow Canadians in ON, PQ and BC are being attacked by the Trump administration...Smith can’t be bothered to even consider helping them out. Apparently that test of whether Canada works as a country only applies when it’s Alberta’s interests that are at stake."
Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 5d agoDanielle Smith is no stranger to using leverage to achieve her political goals — except when it comes to Donald Trump. It’s almost like those goals don’t include standing up for the rest of Canada. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/31/o...
That's right, racist. The inbred "heritage Americans" of the traitorous Confederacy got their asses kicked by a motley assortment of immigrants in the U.S. Army.
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
As I’ve been saying all along: the biggest impediment to the new west coast pipeline is getting producers to commit the barrels, not federal approvals. Case in point: they won’t even commit to a 250,000 barrel per day increase. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Canada's Enbridge postpones plans for second phase of Mainline oil pipeline expansion
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge has postponed the 250,000-barrel-per-day second phase of its Mainline crude pipeline network, it said on Friday, partly because Canadian oil producers have not com...
reuters.com
Danielle Smith is no stranger to using leverage to achieve her political goals — except when it comes to Donald Trump. It’s almost like those goals don’t include standing up for the rest of Canada. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/31/o...
Danielle Smith wants Canada to surrender
Alberta's premier is no stranger to creating, and using, political leverage — even if it creates the risk of blowback. So why is she so unwilling to do the same thing when it comes to Donald Trump and...
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Danielle Smith is no stranger to using leverage to achieve her political goals — except when it comes to Donald Trump. It’s almost like those goals don’t include standing up for the rest of Canada. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/31/o...
Danielle Smith wants Canada to surrender
Alberta's premier is no stranger to creating, and using, political leverage — even if it creates the risk of blowback. So why is she so unwilling to do the same thing when it comes to Donald Trump and...
nationalobserver.com
Ahem www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/28/a...
'Techno-economics' will drive irreversible shift to clean energy, says think-tank boss
Transition Accelerator CEO Moe Kabbara, in a far-ranging interview with CNO, argues the climate crisis is a "profound system transformation problem” that will be solved not by the moral imperative of ...
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For years, I've argued that we focus too much on "managed retreat" from climate danger, and not enough on movers' "managed arrival" in new places. It will take work to get that right! Thrilled to see NYT covering. Cincinnati's plans on this. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c...
A City With a Plan
Cincinnati wants to take in people fleeing climate disasters. Plus, the latest on fires in Europe.
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Is Canada Failing the Next Generation? GenSqueeze founder, Dr. Paul Kershaw recently joined @maxfawcett.bsky.social Fawcett on his @nationalobserver.com podcast Power Lines. Their conversation sheds light on the growing generational divide in Canada and what we can do about it! #cdnpoli
My latest chat with @markhamhislop.bsky.social -- this time about Alberta, grievances, and the real threat to its future. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPPZ...
Max Fawcett: Alberta Is Blaming Ottawa for Problems It Created
YouTube video by Energi Media
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“In other words, had the premier not intervened to boost the separatist effort, it would have failed by a considerable margin.” ca.news.yahoo.com/breakenridge...
Breakenridge: Separatist drive fell far short of 'confident boasts'
Had the premier not intervened to boost the separatist effort, it would have failed by a considerable margin
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Is anyone more cartoonishly pathetic than the weak little babies yelling at Fauci The saddest YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME toddlers who just couldn’t fuckin pitch in like everybody else
Behold, a steaming pile of self-serving dung from a recent Globe and Mail op-ed by two business leaders. Reality: the province is suffocating clean energy, no business has “stepped up” to build or fill the pipeline, and oil companies are minting massive profits for themselves, not the federation.
*exhausted sigh* *additional more exhausted sigh*
Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 7d agoBad news: The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high today. 🚨🚨🚨 America's going to have to pay more for its colossal debt, which will soon hit $40 trillion. Interest already tops $1T a year and is growing rapidly. Latest GOP/WH plans would increase the deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Important piece by @maxfawcett.bsky.social here. I made a similar point some time ago. The peripheral, vulnerable position of municipalities in Canadian federalism is neither fair nor functional - and it can be changed. www.therecord.com/opinion/cont...
It’s past time to furnish municipalities with revenue required for 21st-century challenges
The current system is neither fair nor functional.
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Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · last wk.Canada's premiers have a bad habit of bigfooting their biggest cities on everything from bike lanes to airports -- and denying them the economic and political autonomy they deserve. It's past time to fix that. And Ottawa can help. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/29/o...
Here's the part that actually matters: "Although the MOU sets the conditions for production growth, Mr. McKenzie said Cenovus’s approach to resource development will remain unchanged, including disciplined spending on capital projects." www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Cenovus head sees growth from agreement signed by Ottawa, Alberta and top oil producers
Agreement pushes forward massive carbon-capture project in province’s north, removing a hurdle to the construction of a new pipeline
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