A little over a week into an election called to create a firebreak against Trump, Premier Eby has abandoned that message to re-invent himself as some sort of populist. I sure hope no one asks him were these policies where when he was leading the government. That could get super awkward. #bcpoli

ANALYSIS | David Eby's re-election bid pivots from Trump talk to domestic populist promises | CBC News

Over three days of events in 10 electoral districts across the Kootenays, Okanagan and Vancouver Island, David Eby developed an unambiguous campaign pitch, fleshed out beyond his original justificatio...

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What happens when a firebreak fails? #bcpoli 🔥

Did David Eby Make a Big Mistake? | The Tyee

New poll shows Conservatives ahead and doubts about the need for an election.

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LNG Canada wants B.C. to increase how much gas it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028. The company hosted community meetings to talk about it and @writermjs.bsky.social was there. #bcpoli

LNG Canada poised to decide on expansion as flaring challenges continue

The Kitimat, B.C., liquefaction and export facility has exceeded permitted emissions levels since starting operations last year. Now, LNG Canada wants the government to increase how much it can flare until its systems can be redesigned in 2028

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I know the campaign just started a few hours ago but is anyone else getting the sinking feeling that @davidebybc.bsky.social badly miscalculated this moment? 🤦#bcpoli

Wow ... Ravi Kahlon will not be seeking re-election. Big loss for the BC NDP.

It would kind of hilarious if Christy Clark ran in Vancouver Point Grey and this election ended just like the one in 2013 where the incumbent government won re-election but the Premier lost their seat. #bcpoli = 🤡😂

Ian Bushfield@bushfield.ca · 3w ago

Right on cue

A leaked document has made a big splash in Alberta, but the full details have not been made public — until now. The document lays out plans to overhaul Alberta’s natural gas pipelines in an effort boost oil and gas and support new AI data centres, via @drewanderson.bsky.social.

Read the leaked plan to boost data centres, oil and gas in Alberta | The Narwhal

The document proposes dramatic changes to Alberta’s natural gas pipelines as part of a plan to boost oil and gas production and support new AI data centres

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🚨LAST DAY TO SAY NO TO POLLUTING TILBURY LNG EXPANSION 🚨 Calling all last minute heroes and procrastinators! Submit your comment to stop gas expansion in MetroVancouver by midnight pacific time TONIGHT, on Monday, July 27th, to help protect endangered orcas and coastal communities. #GreenSky 🧵

Haven't we seen this movie before? #SaveParksBoard #EvictKenSim #vanpoli

ABC drops bid to kill Vancouver park board, will run candidates for commissioner

In making the announcement, Mayor Ken Sim asks board to lift Kits Pool COVID-era restrictions

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“The reason Premier Smith can’t find a pipeline company willing to take on ownership of this misguided scheme is that the financial risks of the project outweigh the rewards. So the only way this pipeline will ever get built is if regular Canadians like you and I are forced to pay the costs.”

Big moment, B.C.: it's time to speak up 📣 The Tilbury LNG expansion along the Fraser River threatens communities, habitat for endangered wildlife, and our climate 🌊🐟🫍 More LNG = more fossil fuels, and that’s not the future we want to build. #GreenSky

Yesterday, in a video posted on his YouTube channel, Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social admitted that Canada is breaking with their climate commitments and that the country’s emissions will rise. 🧵 #GreenSky

BC's New Electrification Plan is Embarrassingly Slight Premier @Dave_Eby and Energy Minister @adriandix should hang their heads in shame for trying to palm off such thin gruel as a "comprehensive new plan." @UBC economist Werner Antweiler explains. youtu.be/3yMY5ETaZkA

BC's New Electrification Plan is Embarrassingly Slight

YouTube video by Energi Media

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BREAKING NEWS: Mississaugans did it! 🎉🎉🎉 Residents came together to pass the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the City Council meeting today! Thank you to everyone who sent an email and presented to council 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 This #GoodClimateNews win is because of you. #GreenSky

The USA's most notorious private equity vulture firms battle it out for Shell's big stake in Canada's big polluting, operationally challenged LNG Canada project. It's trouble when KKR, Blackstone & Apollo come knocking. @reuters.com breaks the story: 🧵 #greensky www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Exclusive: Apollo, Blackstone and KKR vie for Shell stake in LNG Canada, sources say

Apollo Global Management , Blackstone and ​KKR are battling it out to acquire a significant stake in the mammoth LNG Canada project from energy major ‌Shell , three people familiar with the matter sai...

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Doug Ford is not the King of Ontario. 👑 So why is his new Housing bill stripping municipalities of the ability to set climate-friendly standards for buildings? Tell Ontario leaders: hands off our communities and climate. ✍️ Take action now: https://bit.ly/4vAh6aK

Families are struggling w/ the cost of living Instead of delivering solutions, PM Carney is playing politics by suspending the federal gas tax It's a $2.4 billion fossil fuel subsidy -- and ignores the root cause of rising prices: Big Oil's profit environmentaldefence.ca/2026/04/21/m...

More Fossil Fuel Subsidies Won’t Help With Affordability - Environmental Defence

Families across Canada are struggling with an affordability crisis. This is an urgent problem – and the government should be committed to delivering real

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Maybe it was indifference to incompetence....

No 10 had 'dismissive attitude' to Mandelson vetting, says ex-official

Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer's security clearance for the role.

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Sven Biggs@svenbiggs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So you are saying its incompetence?

So you are saying its incompetence?

Keir Starmer: Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me

The PM tells the Commons that if he had known the peer failed security vetting he would not have been appointed.

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Whether you’re living in the U.S. or Canada, it’s the same story: hard-earned money from working people like you is propping up ICE violence against migrants and racialized people. 🧵

B.C. has quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, the long-running agency that produced and implemented climate policy across government ministries. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee

Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.

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#Alberta landowner blocks MAGA ENERGY access to wellsite after years of unpaid leases. #abpoli #cdnpoli

“Get the hell off my land” Landowner blockades MAGA Energy’s access to wellsite after three years of unpaid rent

Mark Dorin's message for the Alberta Energy Regulator: “Do your damn job – or landowners are going to take action and protect themselves.”

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What’s the cost of strengthening industrial carbon pricing for oil sands companies? Just a Timbit per barrel—or 50 cents on average by 2030. Get the facts and explore our new cost calculator ⬇️ https://climateinstitute.ca/industrial-carbon-pricing-will-cost-timbit-per-barrel-canada-oil-sands-sector/

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

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For those looking for thoughtful & balanced analysis of this week's BC Budget, I HIGHLY recommend this recording of yesterday's @bcpolicy.bsky.social webinar, featuring budget break-downs by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, @verosioufi.bsky.social & @svenbiggs.bsky.social 👇 bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/19/b...

🎬 Watch: Making sense of BC Budget 2026 (budget briefing)

https://youtu.be/xOhNRiUBZi8 Amid mounting pressures on public services, an unrelenting affordability crisis and significant economic uncertainty, the BC budget was widely expected to be an auster...

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I did not expect to see this in the WSJ: "Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around" Agreed!

Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy

Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.

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The Eby government has let polluters off the hook and taxpayers could pay the price. Action for who? #bcpoli

BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee

The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.

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‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast | The Tyee

A photo showing a barge with a tree implanted in its front is real, The Tyee can confirm.

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In 2019, BC MLAs unanimously passed the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act It was hailed as a watershed moment for reconciliation Now, the government is vowing to change the law to block the courts from enforcing it and the official opposition is calling for DRIPA's repeal #bcpoli

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 10mo ago

B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.