Conor Curtis

@conorcurtis.bsky.social

Comms Director at Sierra Club Canada / MA Policy / BA Hist. / fmr manager at a food bank / Podcaster from Newfoundland & Labrador. My Views. Wealth limit, direct redistribution: https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fundamental-fairness-can-save

@conorcurtis.bsky.social

"19 times Canada’s financing for renewable energy projects, which totalled $975 million per year during the same period. Meanwhile, most G20 countries already use their public banks to finance more renewables than fossil fuels."

@charlieangus104.bsky.socialReposted by @conorcurtis.bsky.social

Canada has been massively investing in drones and our military. But we have left the back door open with lax rules on foreign interference.
The US laid out the strategy of breaking Canada apart from within and picking up the pieces. We need to get serious about the threat.
youtu.be/lrkt6TsMDpU?...

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Announced as cover for gas plants for U.S. data centres & Bill C-39. Harms that outways any benefit: bsky.app/profile/cono...

& 'share of fed. contract dollars heading south went from 1/5 in the 16 months before Carney, to nearly 1/3 under his watch'

& Defence Doubled New Contracts With U.S. Tech.

@woodsideful.bsky.socialReposted by @conorcurtis.bsky.social

Enter the Yes Agenda, a fascinating new project mapping 110 clean energy projects across the country. The country isn't lacking in clean opportunities, it's lacking the political vision for a 21st century clean energy system. www.yesagenda.ca

@woodsideful.bsky.socialReposted by @conorcurtis.bsky.social

Carney's pitch has tried to rhetorically balance the new fossil fuel agenda with a recognition that clean electricity will be key for future economic competitiveness. But the new data shows our power grids are getting dirtier due to gas (and will get worse!) if he sticks with his plans.

@rachelgilmore.bsky.socialReposted by @conorcurtis.bsky.social

The Liberals and Conservatives teamed up again today — funny how that keeps happening — to get Bill C-39 over the hurdle of its first vote. The massive, 243-page bill bulldozes environmental protections, Indigenous rights and attacks the right to strike. Here's what this means:

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