Dean O’Gorman
@deanogorman.bsky.social
Mi’kmaq (Qalipu FN) and Irish-Newfoundlander living in Toronto. Founder of Sapo’nuk Sustainability: climate change, sustainability, impact assessments, Indigenous rights.
It's like the David Cochrane quote last week: America isn't the way it is because Trump is president; Trump is president because America is the way it is.
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 AM
It's like the David Cochrane quote last week: America isn't the way it is because Trump is president; Trump is president because America is the way it is.
And it will also be the recipient of a determination from IAAC during the planning phase, sometime in the next couple months, that no federal impact assessment is required.
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
And it will also be the recipient of a determination from IAAC during the planning phase, sometime in the next couple months, that no federal impact assessment is required.
Comments due Jan. 30! Luckily there's a nice Christmas break ahead to take the time to map out a banger submission... :-)
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Comments due Jan. 30! Luckily there's a nice Christmas break ahead to take the time to map out a banger submission... :-)
Oh you must have missed the details on how they will strengthen industrial carbon pricing. They will “work with the provinces.” 😂
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Oh you must have missed the details on how they will strengthen industrial carbon pricing. They will “work with the provinces.” 😂
Excellent advice. Time well spent.
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Excellent advice. Time well spent.
Same as it ever was.
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Same as it ever was.
Imagine if there was only a Prime Minister willing to enforce the federal backstop? Sorry, got to talking crazy there for a second.
September 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Imagine if there was only a Prime Minister willing to enforce the federal backstop? Sorry, got to talking crazy there for a second.
Why would you be sceptical about Alberta industrials getting TIER credit for investments in their already-pla… sorry I mean their totally new ideas for on-site projects they totally were not already planning to do? I mean, they do have net zero by 2050 commitments.
September 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Why would you be sceptical about Alberta industrials getting TIER credit for investments in their already-pla… sorry I mean their totally new ideas for on-site projects they totally were not already planning to do? I mean, they do have net zero by 2050 commitments.
To be fair: most people that don’t like cilantro have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. Not really a preference issue. 😊
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
To be fair: most people that don’t like cilantro have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. Not really a preference issue. 😊
I think we are not taking seriously enough that this government's goal is all economic all the time - in this case, helping the auto sector, not 'getting EV sales back on track'.
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I think we are not taking seriously enough that this government's goal is all economic all the time - in this case, helping the auto sector, not 'getting EV sales back on track'.
I think we have 30 years of evidence that no Canadian government has ever felt any shred of responsibility to the GHG reduction targets set by previous governments... or lasted long enough to be "held responsible" (whatever that would mean) for meeting its own.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I think we have 30 years of evidence that no Canadian government has ever felt any shred of responsibility to the GHG reduction targets set by previous governments... or lasted long enough to be "held responsible" (whatever that would mean) for meeting its own.
This is an excellent way to describe the output of LLMs.
July 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is an excellent way to describe the output of LLMs.
That was gonna be my joke.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That was gonna be my joke.
For the public, sure. For the billionaire class and fossil fuel companies and investors? Sweet, sweet profits.
July 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For the public, sure. For the billionaire class and fossil fuel companies and investors? Sweet, sweet profits.
Whether to call something a ‘Failure’ depends on one’s objectives. 🤷🏻♂️ I’d call this a potentially successful policy measure to stall the clean energy transition.
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Whether to call something a ‘Failure’ depends on one’s objectives. 🤷🏻♂️ I’d call this a potentially successful policy measure to stall the clean energy transition.
… this would eliminate the very detailed TISGs which proponents are apparently finding it impossible to satisfy? The timing delays for projects in the Planning phase are not excessive (most are asking for a pause but not over long); it’s in Phase 2 where everything seems stuck.
June 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
… this would eliminate the very detailed TISGs which proponents are apparently finding it impossible to satisfy? The timing delays for projects in the Planning phase are not excessive (most are asking for a pause but not over long); it’s in Phase 2 where everything seems stuck.
Great article @davevwright.bsky.social and @molszyns.bsky.social as of course I expected. I read the Bill first then went to ABLawg for the low down. I am trying to figure out the rationale behind stripping away just the Planning Phase for IAA reviews, and all I can come up with is that maybe…
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Great article @davevwright.bsky.social and @molszyns.bsky.social as of course I expected. I read the Bill first then went to ABLawg for the low down. I am trying to figure out the rationale behind stripping away just the Planning Phase for IAA reviews, and all I can come up with is that maybe…
Yes. Hopefully that’s all it is.
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Yes. Hopefully that’s all it is.
…then I’m not sure that “the government stopped their huge rebates so of course we expected sales to fall by almost half” is exactly a ringing endorsement of the views of Canadian car owners about EVs.
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
…then I’m not sure that “the government stopped their huge rebates so of course we expected sales to fall by almost half” is exactly a ringing endorsement of the views of Canadian car owners about EVs.