This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

ifloz.substack.com

Zoning is just one of many tools to implement policy. Its done after policy, governance, and legislation is clear, and forest and related lands policies in BC are anything but clear. Maybe gov't plans to address the policy issues, but having zoning be the lead is problematic.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 2mo ago

British Columbia’s government is contemplating carving the province into three zones to “provide greater clarity” to the timber industry, and discussions have so far left out First Nations. Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

corrected post This is our climate change reality. BC is at the sharp end of the climate change spear in terms of fire in Canada. Graph below shows annual area burned in BC 1950-2026. Top 6 years have been since 2017 and BC has experienced more area burned during 2017-2026(red) than 1950-2016(green)