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Jan Slakov

@janshalom.bsky.social

Such an unfathomly beautiful world we are destroying. For me, Indigenous teachings (eg https://worldviewliteracy.org/) offer a useful path forward. Also #nonviolence! Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada

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Jan Slakov@janshalom.bsky.social · 2d ago

Horrible to think that in "exchange" for the US invading #Cuba, #China might feel free to invade #Taiwan? Sickening enough to think of what a US invasion would do to Cuba...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

CBS: The Army is requesting military planning aimed for Cuba. Is the US preparing for military action? STATE DEPT SPOX TOMMY PIGOTT: We're always going to guided by the national interest of the US. The president has a wide array of options (Not a no!)

Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · last yr.

On this day in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas died in Quebec City. As an HIV patient, he was erroneously vilified and mischaracterized as Patient Zero of the North American AIDS epidemic. His story has emphasized the importance of accuracy and empathy in public health narratives. 🧵1/8

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Jan Slakov@janshalom.bsky.social · 3d ago

Grateful @kellyrichmondbc.bsky.social spoke out re: Tillbury #LNG. Subsidizing fossilfuels threatens our future, especially when subsidies go to #MAGA billionaires (some w Epstein links!) Will @eby-david.bsky.social & #PRSC candidate @randeneneillmlabc.bsky.social work to end this?

David Eby@davidebybc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As the world faces ongoing economic uncertainty, #Budget2026 makes careful choices to protect what matters most to British Columbians. We’re safeguarding the services people rely on, while strengthening and growing BC’s economy. @brendavancouver.bsky.social

Jan Slakov@janshalom.bsky.social · 3d ago

Our collective failure to prepare for civilian-based defence @nonviolentdefence.ca is not "absolutely right". I'm sad that today's #CBC news piece www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... doesn't even mention this approach. It requires preparation but has better chances of succeeding with less damage.

Carney tells NYT he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in Canada | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada. In a lengthy New York Times interview, he declined to discuss in detail what that examination involved...

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada*@honestcanadian.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I think one of the things that set me off was that this is an article about another thing the government is doing absolutely right and the CBC had to find some loser to quote saying something stupid and negative.

Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

With BC burning, it’s worth asking why the biggest pool of $$ in the province - our PENSIONS - is funding climate arson.🔥🌏🔥 The BC Investment Management Corp (BCI) manages ~$313.7 BILLION for 10+ public sector pension plans. It’s a climate emergency, yet BCI loves fossil firms.⛽️🛢️ Let’s look!👇 1/x

Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health@shiftaction.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) has no net-zero commitment and has not updated its climate plan since 2022.

Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

First, let’s look at the big picture - the 2025 @shiftaction.bsky.social Canadian Pension Climate Report Card gives BCI an overall C- score! That’s one of the WORST pension plans measured! 👇 Is a C- really the best BCI can do in a climate emergency? Pension $$ won’t mean much if the 🌍 is 🔥 2/x

2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet

Shift's 2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, reveals a...

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

Beyond STILL not having a net-zero commitment, perhaps most troubling is that BCI doesn’t divest from or exclude ANY fossil firms. (Examples later in 🧵) BCI scores an ‘F‘ on this part of the @shiftaction.bsky.social report card. And it has a minimum $8 - $10 BILLION in fossil investments. 3/x

Mixedmemes Test: F Grade Report Card

ALT: Mixedmemes Test: F Grade Report Card

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

Instead, BCI invests huge $$ in oil + gas + coal, and trumpets “engagement“ with firms - as if a shareholder vote will somehow change Exxon’s business model. See how BCI’s ESG policy👇 doesn’t mention divestment or exclusion. A lot of words, not much concrete climate action and no urgency. 5/x

Governance, Strategy & Reporting

Annual ESG and climate reporting is integrated alongside financial reporting in our corporate annual report.

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

So now here’s a look at how BCI is investing OUR pension$ in climate arson! 🔥🌏🔥 Example 1: BCI has ~$72.22M in Cheniere Energy, the world’s #2 LNG firm. Its Sabine Pass + Corpus Christi plants have a history of breaking air + H2O pollution laws, and emit the most GHGs of any 🇺🇸LNG terminals. 6/x

Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws, Report Finds

With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws.

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

Example 3: BCI has ~$143.87M in Exxon Mobil Corp, the largest US fossil firm. It has a sordid history of denying science, killing climate action, and nuking nature (e.g. Exxon Valdez). Per Carbon Majors, it‘s the #5 biggest CO2e emitting entity ever. Hooray for BCI’s meaningful ESG principles! 8/x

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

theguardian.com

Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

Example 4: BCI has ~$11.51M in Valero Energy Corp, the Texas-based owner of 15 oil refineries (in Canada/US/UK) with 3.2M bpd🛢️throughput capacity. The world’s #2 maker of corn ethanol and “renewable diesel”, its joint venture to make jet fuel at a Port Arthur refinery doesn‘t sound very green.🤢 9/x

How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into ‘green’ jet fuel

A Texas refinery supplying green fuel to U.S. airlines has been purchasing animal fat from cattle raised on illegally cleared lands in the Amazon rainforest.

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!@betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · last mo.

Example 5: BCI has ~$16.25M in Schlumberger NV (SLB), the world’s #1 oilfield services firm. It’s no exaggeration to say that SLB tech + expertise keeps fascist Russia‘s oil flowing; the Kremlin depends on this to bankroll its survival and genocidal war on our ally 🇺🇦. Investors = enablers. 10/x

Houston Oil Giant SLB Still Enabling Russian Oil Production Despite U.S. Sanctions

Documents show SLB’s Russian subsidiary using American-owned oilfield technology to manufacture equipment that supports Russia’s energy sector – and its war effort.

forbes.com

Join the Mass Infection Resistance@spiritsofland.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I will never forget this article from @theeagleist.bsky.social (Satire but painfully so close to truth) walkingeaglenews.com/2018/05/29/t... #IndigiSky

Trudeau wins over First Nations opposed to Kinder Morgan project with deal to move drinking water through pipeline

OTTAWA—In an 11th hour deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a breakthrough on the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline by amending its payload. Now, in addition to dilbit and bitumen, th...

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Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca · 3mo ago

Carney appears to feel AI has more right to safe drinking water than First Nations

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alex himelfarb@alexhim.bsky.social · 2w ago

There is, for example, a world of difference between investments to create something new and investments to pick off Canadian companies and public assets. We need to ask will the investment contribute to our cultural, digital, economic and democratic sovereignty.

Jan Slakov@janshalom.bsky.social · last wk.

We have till 5ps Eastern today to comment on subsidizing another dilbit pipeline. Pls send msg as @althiaraj.bsky.social shares at the end of the article.

Chip Pitfield@chipduck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is appalling. If our government can pass laws and then ignore them, how is that responsible governance? Evidence increasingly suggests that Carney is in the pockets of big oil and gas, which essentially guarantees continued environmental degradation. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...