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Such a vital point. Max doesn't focus on it here, but this is also essentially the reason why the consumer carbon price failed. There is no political constituency for broad-based regulations that have no tangible local benefits. It doesn't matter if a policy is "efficient" if it's not durable.

For more than a decade, the economists have led the design of Canadian climate policies. It's time for the political scientists to take over -- and the debate over rooftop solar offers a perfect example of why. #cdnpoli

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The new AI task force includes 26 people who will ask how Canada can develop, commercialize and adopt artificial intelligence. Will a single person ask whether we ought to?

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What happens if projects of vital national importance have no private sector backers? What happens if the only projects brought forward seek to double down on the very industries that created our present economic vulnerabilities?

You get a list like this.

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Once again Carney shows that he gives zero f*cks about the climate crisis or preparing Canada to thrive in a decarbonized world

All he has done since coming to power is turn back climate progress and cater to his corporate cronies

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This summer will be one of the coolest any of us will ever experience for the rest of our lives.

We can't tackle wildfires without tackling the climate crisis.

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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📣 100+ groups are urging PM Mark Carney to build an electricity grid powered by #renewables, not fossil fuels.

Updating Canada's grid can:
✅ Bring cheaper, more secure power
✅ Bring good jobs, better health
✅ Uphold Indigenous & workers’ rights

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National unity – as conceived by Big Oil – isn’t what we need. As climate fires rage on, national unity is no excuse for more pipeline insanity. #climate #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Here’s the issue. There was once an implicit deal AB would get TMX for accepting O&G GHG constraints. Once TMX was in the ground AB destroyed confidence in provincial renewables investment & tore up the deal accepting Fed govt O&G GHG constraints. How can 🇨🇦 trust AB with another pipeline for X deal?

Canada is abuzz with "building big" and "east-west" transmission

But previous big infrastructure pushes, in reaction to crises, failed to spur complementary technologies and industries.

My article discusses how to make a national grid truly transformative

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The trillions of dollars in climate damages looming over the economy cannot be ignored forever.

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Where did the “climate king” go?

My take on the throne speech with the @policyalternatives.ca research team: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"Every barrel of responsibly produced Canadian oil... can displace less clean, riskier energy elsewhere in the world."
Huge red flags from the new energy minister.
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The real threat to Canadian national unity is the oil and gas industry and the tiny handful of super elites who hoard all its cash while working to undermine democratic decision-making for their own benefit.

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Whether we can keep the good from the Liberal plan (an ambitious green industrial strategy) without conceding the bad (a fossil-friendly corporate agenda) will likely come down to the Liberals’ junior partners in parliament.

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It is not too late for nation-building, but we must rediscover our political imagination. Canada must remember what it means to put sovereignty and the public interest above the short-term concerns of the corporate sector.

From my latest @thestar.com op-ed:
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The typical Canadian lives better (and 3 yrs longer!) than the typical American. Higher per capita GDP there means nothing to most Americans. The weaponization of this statistic is an attempt to undermine the policy interventions Canada takes to enhance genuine living standards.

New piece: Elbows up? Here’s how some of the major projects we’re fast-tracking will help Trump’s inner circle.

The solution is not to copy Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” approach and backstop these U.S. billionaires, but to build a clean, resilient future. @shirip.bsky.social

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🎶 “Isn’t it ironic?”🎶

Climate change is on track to reduce global GDP by a third. Achieving net-zero will cost a tenth as much. Remember that when anyone says climate action is too expensive.

New research from Boston Consulting Group and Cambridge University: www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/new-rep...

Both the Liberals and Conservatives are promising to cut personal income taxes—9.6 million low-income Canadians won’t benefit. By @policyalternatives.ca Senior Economist @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #cdnpoli #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“The irony is that even though most consumers will pay less upfront, they actually may end up worse off overall because a lot of households...get more back in rebates than they pay in carbon pricing,” said @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social globalnews.ca/news/1108521...