In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post
Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦
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The civic commons has devolved due to capture by a powerful few leading to over heated rhetoric (don't push my buttons). Trying to learn from and share informative posts. Renovating my very old house in Hampton, NB. Books. Music. Art.
Both Liberal & Conservative parties over the last 40 years helped the wealthy evade taxes - starting with Brian Mulroney, then Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and finally Mark Carney. Remember the Panama Papers? #cdnpoli #canada #corruption #graft shorturl.at/JRib3
China's super-rich 'in shock' and hunting for cash as Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts
Beijing's move to tax offshore trusts, long used by China's ultra-rich to hold money, has set off a rush to lawyers and a scramble for cash.
cnbc.com
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate. #boycottusa #cdnpoli #canada theconversation.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate
Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.
theconversation.com
Canadian travel to U.S. increases for second straight month: StatCan More Canadians shrug when Trumps threatens our nation. Sad. #cdnpoli #canada #boycottusa globalnews.ca/news/1198505...
Canadian travel to U.S. increases for second straight month: StatCan - National | Globalnews.ca
The number of Canadian resident return trips from the U.S. in May increased 9.9 per cent year over year, while trips to Canada by Americans jumped by 13 per cent from May 2025.
globalnews.ca
Canada already has strong anti racism laws. This U.S. envoy is trying to stifle criticism of the Israeli genocide against Palestinian people. #boycottusa #boycottisrael #cdnpoli #canada www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
U.S. antisemitism envoy calls on Canada to restrict visas, expand terrorism listings
Donald Trump’s envoy for fighting antisemitism is urging Canada to revoke visas and expand terrorism listings to curb the rise of anti-Jewish hatred.
ctvnews.ca
#FossilFuelCarney won't even allow #BalconySolar in Canada It's huge in Germany, UK etc #cdnpoli
🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦@jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d ago"new state laws and safety codes are reclassifying these plug-in kits as standard appliances — meaning renters can finally treat home solar like a simple toaster oven, plugging a personal power plant into any wall socket and cutting electricity bills by up to 25% with zero landlord approval."
Over the weekend, more than 5,000 British Columbians had to flee their homes in 24 hours, under evacuation from just two of the approximately 130 wildfires currently engulfing the province.
US wants ‘denuclearisation of Iran’ in ‘ultimate deal’, says Rubio. Iran should insist that the U.S. restart the New START Treaty which was the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with Russia they let expire. They should also insist that Israel join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Complaint about lawyer's alleged improper AI use a first for N.B., law society says. Denis Sawyer faces complaints about improper use of AI and 'fictitious' citations. #nbpoli #cdnpoli #canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Complaint about lawyer's alleged improper AI use a first for N.B., law society says | CBC News
Lawyer Denis Sawyer is accused of improper use of AI and using "fictitious" citations in a submission to provincial court last year, according to a notice from the New Brunswick Law Society.
cbc.ca
No surprise that Trump's actions fosters even more parasites. #boycottusa #cdnpoli #canada www.popularmechanics.com/science/a733...
Nearly 1,500 Ships Are Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz—And Something Dangerous Is Growing on Them
Scientists say idled tankers are incubating invaders built to survive anywhere on the planet.
popularmechanics.com
Festival of friendship returns to two Canada-U.S. border communities amid trade war tensions. St. Stephen, N.B., and Calais, Maine, U.S. I've noticed in New Brunswick, there seems to be little effort not to 'buy USA' or stop travelling to the U.S. #boycottusa #cdnpoli shorturl.at/jfIXd
Festival of friendship returns to two Canada-U.S. border communities amid trade war tensions
Two communities along the Canada-U.S. border will continue a long-standing celebration of friendship this week, amid the ongoing trade war between both countries.
ctvnews.ca
Carney had promised to boost its support for peace operations and conflict prevention - now it is cutting our UN peacekeeping role - in favour of buying U.S. military equipment. #cdnpoli #canada #elbowsdown #neoliberal www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... Behind paywall: archive.ph/2JiOW
Canada cuts its UN peacekeeping forces as it tilts to Europe and Indo-Pacific
After the planned cuts, Canada will rank about 100th in contributions to UN missions
theglobeandmail.com
When "forced" into economic warfare w/ the US,, you don't buy 14 F-35s - $1.4 B USD; 26 HIMARS - $2.6 B JDAMs SDBs - $2.68; B 16 P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Aircraft - $10.4 B; 190 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles - $2 B, for a grand total of $19.08 FROM THE PERSON YOU ARE AT ECONOMIC WAR WITH.
Is there a difference between ethnic cleansing and genocide? Israelis have murdered at least 73,375 Palestinians with thousands still under rubble. #boycottIsrael #warcrimes #terrorists #gaza #lebanon #westbank
While a cyclospora explosive diarrhea outbreak is repeatedly linked with a 20% cut to US CDC & food inspection staff, it's wild how many LPC apologists casually dismiss Carney cuts to wildfire monitoring & food inspection with a derisive "of course the unions complain about increasing efficiency."
Mark Carney has: -scrapped consumer carbon tax -scrapped oil/gas emissions cap -cut $1.3B from environment Canada -weakened industrial carbon pricing -axed 2 billion trees program -approved 1M barrels/day pipeline -weakened greenwashing laws While this is happening:
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
Bravo Three Rivers/Montague #pei. Great idea to use drones instead of fireworks. #peipoli
Could drone shows replace fireworks? This P.E.I. town is giving it a try | CBC News
The Town of Three Rivers is replacing fireworks with a drone light show for its summer festival this year, a move animal advocates hope other P.E.I. communities will follow.
cbc.ca
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
thebeaverton.com
Can’t reclaim selenium, the wetlands will be deadly ☠️ Don’t forget, Smith & Carney have made it so the oilsands toxic tailings waste can be dumped in the river. The Athabaska watershed will awash in deadly toxins in the next couple years. They are selling us out before we can stop them. 🇨🇦 #CdnPoli
Janet 🇨🇦@jansplanet.bsky.social · 4d ago“The operations of the Vista Coal Mine will include surface open-pit mining, highwall mining & construction of a freshwater pipeline. Permits allow Coalspur to divert up to 5,406,000 cubic metres of water annually. Wetlands reclamation is expected to take upwards of 20 years.” #FUCP #AbPoli #CdnPoli
I mean, we knew this. A *majority* of Canadians benefitted from the federal carbon pricing scheme due to how the rebates were structured. Mark Carney didn't just hurt the climate fight, he took your money.
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 2w agoWhoops
China is enacting rules to force EV makers to be ore accurate in their energy usage.. www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/chi... if only petrol and diesel cars were anywhere near their claimed efficiencies.. (though i do know why the never are)
China clamps down on inaccurate EV battery claims | CarExpert
A new standard requires automakers to ensure the accuracy of EV battery health claims and introduces measures aimed at improving battery longevity.
carexpert.com.au
CBC News reports Canada is trying to process more of the food it grows at home instead of exporting raw products and buying them back as finished goods. That could strengthen food sovereignty, create jobs and keep more value in Canada. Should domestic food processing receive more public investment?
If only Canada's neoliberal government was interested in creating true sovereignty for our nation with a national renewable energy program. #cdnpoli #canada
Chris Bowen@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 2d agoEvery battery installed through the Cheaper Home Batteries program is doing more than just lower energy bills for those households. It’s helping to reduce pressure on the grid during peak times at night. Which means less use of expensive gas, and cheaper wholesale prices for everyone.
Canada didn't make the Top 15 on the Energy Transition Index published by the World Economic Forum. We rank 32nd. "global energy transition progress has lost momentum ... because the (political) conditions sustaining it are eroding." i.e. Carney gov. in Canada centres.weforum.org/centre-for-e...
