Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
@jamiemackinnon.bsky.social
Let's reduce economic inequality & build a just, environmentally sustainable society.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
"There are more than 150 car models sold in Europe that are too big for public parking & the average weight of #cars has increased by over 20%
"A heavier car means higher #energy consumption, higher #emissions, a bigger strain on the grid, and poorer air quality.
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"A heavier car means higher #energy consumption, higher #emissions, a bigger strain on the grid, and poorer air quality.
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
Carbesity How Cars Get Bigger And Heavier And Why It Matters
Cars are getting bigger and heavier — carbesity — with negative consequences for people, cities and the climate. But changes may be coming.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"There are more than 150 car models sold in Europe that are too big for public parking & the average weight of #cars has increased by over 20%
"A heavier car means higher #energy consumption, higher #emissions, a bigger strain on the grid, and poorer air quality.
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
"A heavier car means higher #energy consumption, higher #emissions, a bigger strain on the grid, and poorer air quality.
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Most premiers would rather trade with a foreign country than with a neighbouring province.
Quebec, NB, NL & PEI restrict / prohibit retail or direct shipping of ON & BC wines.
Most premiers are very provincial – in the worst sense of the word.
#wine
#beer
#trade
Most premiers would rather trade with a foreign country than with a neighbouring province.
Quebec, NB, NL & PEI restrict / prohibit retail or direct shipping of ON & BC wines.
Most premiers are very provincial – in the worst sense of the word.
#wine
#beer
#trade
Alcohol industry disappointed to be left out of interprovincial trade agreement | CBC News
Some in the alcohol industry say they’re perplexed and disappointed that booze was left out of a recent agreement between provinces to drop interprovincial trade barriers.
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Most premiers would rather trade with a foreign country than with a neighbouring province.
Quebec, NB, NL & PEI restrict / prohibit retail or direct shipping of ON & BC wines.
Most premiers are very provincial – in the worst sense of the word.
#wine
#beer
#trade
Most premiers would rather trade with a foreign country than with a neighbouring province.
Quebec, NB, NL & PEI restrict / prohibit retail or direct shipping of ON & BC wines.
Most premiers are very provincial – in the worst sense of the word.
#wine
#beer
#trade
The Mayans.
The Khmers.
Now Iran.
Ecological collapse, presaging social/political collapse. It's often 3 things:
Resource overuse → deforestation, soil loss
Climate change → drought
and
Dependence on a fragile water system
#environment
#water
#Iran
#collapse
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
The Khmers.
Now Iran.
Ecological collapse, presaging social/political collapse. It's often 3 things:
Resource overuse → deforestation, soil loss
Climate change → drought
and
Dependence on a fragile water system
#environment
#water
#Iran
#collapse
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Mayans.
The Khmers.
Now Iran.
Ecological collapse, presaging social/political collapse. It's often 3 things:
Resource overuse → deforestation, soil loss
Climate change → drought
and
Dependence on a fragile water system
#environment
#water
#Iran
#collapse
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
The Khmers.
Now Iran.
Ecological collapse, presaging social/political collapse. It's often 3 things:
Resource overuse → deforestation, soil loss
Climate change → drought
and
Dependence on a fragile water system
#environment
#water
#Iran
#collapse
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
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‘Ontario’s health minister, Sylvia Jones, declined an interview with Marketplace about how the province is addressing long wait times’
🙊🙊🙉 our Sylvia.
It does not serve her to discuss it
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
🙊🙊🙉 our Sylvia.
It does not serve her to discuss it
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
This hospital had the longest wait times in Ontario last year. It’s using AI, private donors to speed up care | CBC Shows
Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is using artificial intelligence to reduce the amount of time people spend in the emergency department and increase the amount of focus doctors can provide ...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
‘Ontario’s health minister, Sylvia Jones, declined an interview with Marketplace about how the province is addressing long wait times’
🙊🙊🙉 our Sylvia.
It does not serve her to discuss it
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
🙊🙊🙉 our Sylvia.
It does not serve her to discuss it
www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
www.albertafarmexpress.ca/crops/albert...
Healthy soil -> increases yield and <- insurance costs.
#soil
#agriculture
#ABpoli
#carbon
#environment
Healthy soil -> increases yield and <- insurance costs.
#soil
#agriculture
#ABpoli
#carbon
#environment
Alberta crop insurer says carbon levels can lower costs - Alberta Farmer Express
AFSC says soil carbon levels could change how much a farmer pays for crop insurance.
www.albertafarmexpress.ca
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
www.albertafarmexpress.ca/crops/albert...
Healthy soil -> increases yield and <- insurance costs.
#soil
#agriculture
#ABpoli
#carbon
#environment
Healthy soil -> increases yield and <- insurance costs.
#soil
#agriculture
#ABpoli
#carbon
#environment
"The test results would normally help school boards determine the next course of action, but that may no longer be the case with the province taking over some of those boards, meaning any answers will have to come from the government itself."
#ONpoli
#education
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/f...
#ONpoli
#education
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/f...
Ford government criticized for late release of EQAO results
For many parents and educators, Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) test results offer a gauge of where students are with their studies. But the Ford government has been keeping those r...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"The test results would normally help school boards determine the next course of action, but that may no longer be the case with the province taking over some of those boards, meaning any answers will have to come from the government itself."
#ONpoli
#education
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/f...
#ONpoli
#education
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/f...
If the federal Conservatives are unsatisfied with how democracy works in Canada, you'd think they'd be in favour of electoral reform, as many of us are. But no: silence.
Ditto the federal Liberals.
#democracy
#cdnpoli
Ditto the federal Liberals.
#democracy
#cdnpoli
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If the federal Conservatives are unsatisfied with how democracy works in Canada, you'd think they'd be in favour of electoral reform, as many of us are. But no: silence.
Ditto the federal Liberals.
#democracy
#cdnpoli
Ditto the federal Liberals.
#democracy
#cdnpoli
"Roughly 900 sites from across the political spectrum, ranging from major news outlets to fringe blogs, have linked to Pravda network articles."
"Examples include sites for The Washington Post, the Des Moines Register, and George Mason University."
#Russia
/2
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"Examples include sites for The Washington Post, the Des Moines Register, and George Mason University."
#Russia
/2
www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...
Link by link: Hundreds of webpages cite pro-Russia Pravda network
ISD has built a free browser extension to help individuals recognise Pravda network sites, which hundreds of media outlets still treat as credible.
www.isdglobal.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Roughly 900 sites from across the political spectrum, ranging from major news outlets to fringe blogs, have linked to Pravda network articles."
"Examples include sites for The Washington Post, the Des Moines Register, and George Mason University."
#Russia
/2
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"Examples include sites for The Washington Post, the Des Moines Register, and George Mason University."
#Russia
/2
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Doug Ford's corrupt government continues to reach new lows. #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Doug Ford's corrupt government continues to reach new lows. #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
SAVE THE DATE
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
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📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
SAVE THE DATE
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
📅 December 2nd 6:30-8:30pm
👇Join the Vision Zero Ottawa project!
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/day-zero-of-...
Culinary programs at George Brown just axed. Doug Ford has been starving colleges & universities, and more than 600 programs have been cut this year, with 10,000 staff let go.
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
/2
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
/2
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Culinary programs at George Brown just axed. Doug Ford has been starving colleges & universities, and more than 600 programs have been cut this year, with 10,000 staff let go.
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
/2
Neither the premier nor the deputy premier have any university education. Truly an anti-education government.
#ONpoli
/2
The Doug #Ford shell game:
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about 500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about 500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario expands energy efficiency programs to eligible appliances | CBC News
Ontario homeowners will soon be able to get provincial rebates of up to $200 for energy efficient appliances through an expanded program.The programs and their expansions are part of a previously anno...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Doug #Ford shell game:
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about 500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
1. Subsidize #electricity consumption with borrowed money to the tune of $9 billion/year-- about 500/person
2. Subsidized electricity leads to consumption outstripping supply
3. Then launch program to provide rebates on household appliances
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The politics behind our dismal productivity numbers . . .
The provinces--especially AB & QC--have consistently resisted a national securities regulator.
The feds have consistently coddled certain industries: transportation, dairy, financial, telecommunications, for example.
#cdnpoli
#economics
The provinces--especially AB & QC--have consistently resisted a national securities regulator.
The feds have consistently coddled certain industries: transportation, dairy, financial, telecommunications, for example.
#cdnpoli
#economics
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The politics behind our dismal productivity numbers . . .
The provinces--especially AB & QC--have consistently resisted a national securities regulator.
The feds have consistently coddled certain industries: transportation, dairy, financial, telecommunications, for example.
#cdnpoli
#economics
The provinces--especially AB & QC--have consistently resisted a national securities regulator.
The feds have consistently coddled certain industries: transportation, dairy, financial, telecommunications, for example.
#cdnpoli
#economics
BoC deputy governor:
"Deep down, Canada’s affordability problem is really a productivity problem."
“If we want to make things more affordable, we need to raise our income. And the way to grow our income is by increasing productivity. Even modest improvements can make a big difference.”
#economics
"Deep down, Canada’s affordability problem is really a productivity problem."
“If we want to make things more affordable, we need to raise our income. And the way to grow our income is by increasing productivity. Even modest improvements can make a big difference.”
#economics
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
BoC deputy governor:
"Deep down, Canada’s affordability problem is really a productivity problem."
“If we want to make things more affordable, we need to raise our income. And the way to grow our income is by increasing productivity. Even modest improvements can make a big difference.”
#economics
"Deep down, Canada’s affordability problem is really a productivity problem."
“If we want to make things more affordable, we need to raise our income. And the way to grow our income is by increasing productivity. Even modest improvements can make a big difference.”
#economics
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Executive pay jumped for many recipients of Skills Development Fund, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later started an “adult entertainment club” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
Exec pay rises for Skills Development Fund recipients, including one tied to ‘adult entertainment club’
Executive pay jumped for many recipients of an Ontario job training grant, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Executive pay jumped for many recipients of Skills Development Fund, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later started an “adult entertainment club” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
The 9.5 metre tall “Seated Bear With Friends” by artist Dean Drever, overlooking the new park and playground at the Crosstown development in Toronto.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The 9.5 metre tall “Seated Bear With Friends” by artist Dean Drever, overlooking the new park and playground at the Crosstown development in Toronto.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So what do we do with a *government* that allows vulnerable children to die?
#ONpoli
#children
#neglect
So what do we do with a *government* that allows vulnerable children to die?
#ONpoli
#children
#neglect
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So what do we do with a *government* that allows vulnerable children to die?
#ONpoli
#children
#neglect
So what do we do with a *government* that allows vulnerable children to die?
#ONpoli
#children
#neglect
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World Toilet Day.
In Toronto and in Ottawa and elsewhere, there are far too few public toilets. Many of the toilets that do exist are are locked up for four or five months every winter. Wasted infrastructure.
#onpoli
#toronto
#parks
#toilets
World Toilet Day.
In Toronto and in Ottawa and elsewhere, there are far too few public toilets. Many of the toilets that do exist are are locked up for four or five months every winter. Wasted infrastructure.
#onpoli
#toronto
#parks
#toilets
Message from the World Health Organization on World Toilet Day
Safe sanitation is fundamental to human health and dignity. In every community, a toilet protects people from disease, safeguards our environment, and underpins social and economic development. Yet to...
www.who.int
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
www.who.int/news/item/19...
World Toilet Day.
In Toronto and in Ottawa and elsewhere, there are far too few public toilets. Many of the toilets that do exist are are locked up for four or five months every winter. Wasted infrastructure.
#onpoli
#toronto
#parks
#toilets
World Toilet Day.
In Toronto and in Ottawa and elsewhere, there are far too few public toilets. Many of the toilets that do exist are are locked up for four or five months every winter. Wasted infrastructure.
#onpoli
#toronto
#parks
#toilets
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Literally everything Ford's government does is corruptly motivated and contrary to the best interests of the people of Ontario. When he's not helping himself to the work of generations and our shared heritage, he's scheming to make it harder for us to shake him off.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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ONTARIO'S AUDITOR GENERAL->Labour Minister Piccini's "Skills Development Fund" gave $126M in training money to 64 organizations that used lobbyists to push applications ranked “low” and “medium” in a process that was “not fair, transparent or accountable.” www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #onpoli
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Groups with the worst-ranked applications seeking money from Premier Doug Ford's $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund got, on average, the biggest payouts, according to a Star analysis.
www.thestar.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Literally everything Ford's government does is corruptly motivated and contrary to the best interests of the people of Ontario. When he's not helping himself to the work of generations and our shared heritage, he's scheming to make it harder for us to shake him off.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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