David Caughey
@davidcaughey.bsky.social
Putting my shoulder to the wheel of global environmental transitions. (he/him)
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Is it a good sign when local newspapers are doing tear gas explainers
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Is it a good sign when local newspapers are doing tear gas explainers
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Environics has released its annual polling on Canadian attitudes toward immigration and refugees in Canada, which offers the best look at where Canadians are at on immigration as a policy and social issue.
Let's look at some highlights...
www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/pro...
Let's look at some highlights...
www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/pro...
Canadian public opinion about immigration and refugees - Fall 2025
www.environicsinstitute.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Environics has released its annual polling on Canadian attitudes toward immigration and refugees in Canada, which offers the best look at where Canadians are at on immigration as a policy and social issue.
Let's look at some highlights...
www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/pro...
Let's look at some highlights...
www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/pro...
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NEW: Looks like CycleToronto won in court. Justice Schabas finds Ontario's law (AND version 2) to remove bike lanes infringe S7 of the Charter and is not saved by S1, in large part because the govt had no evidence to back up its claims.
July 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW: Looks like CycleToronto won in court. Justice Schabas finds Ontario's law (AND version 2) to remove bike lanes infringe S7 of the Charter and is not saved by S1, in large part because the govt had no evidence to back up its claims.
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Not to dispute the basic premise that huge defence spending increases will necessitate big cuts elsewhere, which is obvious. But based on the Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports on climate-related files I've covered, I'm a bit reluctant to take his reports on anything else as gospel.
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not to dispute the basic premise that huge defence spending increases will necessitate big cuts elsewhere, which is obvious. But based on the Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports on climate-related files I've covered, I'm a bit reluctant to take his reports on anything else as gospel.
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Really great to see @rokhanna.bsky.social stand up for tracking - removing advanced classes from schools is literally the single most unpopular policy we've ever polled
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Really great to see @rokhanna.bsky.social stand up for tracking - removing advanced classes from schools is literally the single most unpopular policy we've ever polled
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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The Canadian dollar looks like someone having a heart attack
April 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Canadian dollar looks like someone having a heart attack
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They're really putting the FFS into tariffs is what they're doing
They're really putting the "if" in tariff
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
They're really putting the FFS into tariffs is what they're doing
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It’s important that we all encourage and support people who are staying on the job in a difficult time and discourage Trump’s ambition of encouraging everyone to self-purge and do his job for him.
www.slowboring.com/p/civil-serv...
www.slowboring.com/p/civil-serv...
Civil servants shouldn't quit their jobs
Don't give in to Trump's attempted purge
www.slowboring.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s important that we all encourage and support people who are staying on the job in a difficult time and discourage Trump’s ambition of encouraging everyone to self-purge and do his job for him.
www.slowboring.com/p/civil-serv...
www.slowboring.com/p/civil-serv...
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Surely this will be the moment where I finally learn how to correctly spell tarrif/tariff/tarriff.
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Surely this will be the moment where I finally learn how to correctly spell tarrif/tariff/tarriff.
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Yes. Also it is mostly not a cost but an investment that will pay dividends for generations to come
Let’s get one thing straight: the cost of the Green New Deal is far less than the cost of losing our planet to the climate crisis.
January 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yes. Also it is mostly not a cost but an investment that will pay dividends for generations to come
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Here's an idea:
Let's stop hoping the Governor General will exercise a degree of discretion not seen in Canada since the office was held British aristocrats.
How about an Act of Parliament regulating the length of prorogations?
Let's stop hoping the Governor General will exercise a degree of discretion not seen in Canada since the office was held British aristocrats.
How about an Act of Parliament regulating the length of prorogations?
January 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Here's an idea:
Let's stop hoping the Governor General will exercise a degree of discretion not seen in Canada since the office was held British aristocrats.
How about an Act of Parliament regulating the length of prorogations?
Let's stop hoping the Governor General will exercise a degree of discretion not seen in Canada since the office was held British aristocrats.
How about an Act of Parliament regulating the length of prorogations?
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To address the physician shortage, a B.C. city put a family doc on the municipal payroll -- with vacation, parental leave, pension and other benefits. Now, other physicians want in, by @andreawoo.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
A B.C. city put a family doctor on the payroll to address a shortage. Now, many physicians want in
Colwood, B.C. mayor says the city is sorting through more than 100 submissions from doctors in Canada, the U.S. and Britain interested in the new clinic operating under a municipal funding model
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:59 AM
To address the physician shortage, a B.C. city put a family doc on the municipal payroll -- with vacation, parental leave, pension and other benefits. Now, other physicians want in, by @andreawoo.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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B.C.’s decision to make #contraception free led to a spike in women choosing long-acting options like IUDs, which are better than the pill at preventing unwanted pregnancies, new data show, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ReproRights
UBC research shows increase in birth-control use after province made contraception free
Researchers noted a significant shift to IUDs, implants and other types of long-acting birth control as soon as those products became 100 per cent publicly funded
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM
B.C.’s decision to make #contraception free led to a spike in women choosing long-acting options like IUDs, which are better than the pill at preventing unwanted pregnancies, new data show, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ReproRights
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“In the years since 1982, developing countries have transferred an estimated $4200 billion in interest payments to their creditors in Europe and North America, far outstripping the official-sector development aid these countries received during the same period.“
Source: x.com/heimbergecon...
Source: x.com/heimbergecon...
December 15, 2024 at 7:12 PM
“In the years since 1982, developing countries have transferred an estimated $4200 billion in interest payments to their creditors in Europe and North America, far outstripping the official-sector development aid these countries received during the same period.“
Source: x.com/heimbergecon...
Source: x.com/heimbergecon...