Trevor McLeodIn #canada the #wealth share of the top 1% has risen to 22.7%
A #wealthtax makes a lot of sense.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/03/16/Top-One-Per-Cent-Threaten-Canada/
Another story about increasing restrictions on #foi
#uspoli #uspolitics #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #abpoli #bcpoli #onpoli
An interesting read about #carney 's first year in office. I love reading the comments!
Seriously, I don't know what to make of the guy. He's disappointed me on #climatecrisis issues. But I applaud his efforts to expand trade even with #china and #india
He is threading many difficult needles.
I am with the 49% of #canadians who don't want an #election until 2029
https://thewalrus.ca/carneymania-sweeps-the-country-yes-even-quebec-and-alberta/
JEmphatically“We’re not a big city, we are a small town, and I don’t remember when we agreed as a small town to become a tech hub for the province or for our council. I just don’t remember that conversation happening.”
“I love Olds, it is a beautiful close-knit community, but there are no health benefits to living next to a power plant.”
A follow-up on the Olds data centre that has seen Premier Danielle Smith’s gas-powered data centre strategy encroach upon small town Alberta.
Meanwhile, I’ve just learned a protest against the Olds power plant and data centre is planned for March 23 in Calgary.
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #AI #cdnpolitics
A good read about the challenges of transitioning to #electric #buses in #canada
#transit #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/10/news/electric-transit-infrastructure-lagging-analysis
$70 million. That’s how much the MD of Greenview has spent to develop the area where Wonder Valley is proposed.
GIG executive director Kyle Reiling told an audience at the Calgary Petroleum Club last Wednesday that the project is still “moving forward,” and recounted the journey so far.
Over the last decade, multiple councils backed effort to prepare the Greenview site for industrial projects, most recently betting it all on a gargantuan gas-powered AI data centre proposed by Kevin O’Leary.
But it started as a petrochemical hub, until that dream faded.
Read my latest report on the journey that Greenview has been on in pursuit of economic development opportunities for the region, as told by Reiling.
#WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli #AI #cdnpolitics
Couldn't agree more!
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/02/28/Carney-Excuses-Trump-New-Iran-War/
A thoughtful analysis of whether or not #canada should participate in the #american #goldendome #defense initiative. I like the Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD) approach because it doesn't do away with #madd
