"Driven by the vision outlined in its 2025 Budget of “building the strongest economy of the G7” and becoming “an energy superpower,” the #Carney government is determined to clear the way for economic interests including setting aside hard won social, labour and #environmental protections. C-15 is yet another tool for this purpose." https://thekingstoncrow.substack.com/p/heads-up-bill-c-15-is-a-threat-to

#cdnpoli #democracy #CorporateCapture

Heads up: Bill C-15 is a threat to democracy

And there’s an Alto high speed train connection

The Kingston Crow
CPP Investments dodges questions about fossil fuels and Israeli investments at Edmonton town hall

The CPP is earning strong economic returns, but at what social risk?

The Orchard

ICYMI #CPPIB "risks the future value of our pensions by locking contributors into #fossilfuel investments that will exacerbate runaway #climatechange and destabilize the economy and financial system.The pension manager risks the future value of our pensions by locking contributors into fossil fuel investments as the rest of the world pivots to #climate solutions." https://www.nfu.ca/why-im-suing-canadas-largest-pension-fund-manager/

#CorporateCapture #BigOil #WaterisLife #cdnpoli #ClimateCriminals #PublicLiability

Why I’m Suing Canada’s Largest Pension Fund Manager | National Farmers Union

I lost my farm last season. Unfortunately, many young farmers know exactly how this feels. For the last five years, I rented land in Caledon, Ontario, where I operated my farm, Shade of Miti…

National Farmers Union

Rule of law for some and not for others in #Canada? The #CarneyCons are playing #Canadians for fools. Say NO to Ministers exempting their pals from Canadian laws. https://win.newmode.net/350org/c15

#cdnpoli #CorporateCapture #neoliberalism

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Some MPs alarmed by plan to allow cabinet to exempt entities from certain laws

OTTAWA - Some members of Parliament are slamming the Liberal government's plan to give new powers to cabinet to temporarily exempt individuals or corporations from some federal laws.

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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.

DeSmog

@CppGuy @viq @benroyce @alice

Public health measures like "isolate when contagious", "wear a mask when risk of transmission is higher", and "adequate indoor air quality regulations" haven't been imposed for over 50 years and vaccination is the sole protective measure promoted while top scientists have pushed "let it rip", "masks don't work" and "It's not airborne".

And the list of consequences grows.
#PublicHealthFailure #CorporateCapture

4/ Most #deregulation reforms discussed at today's 🇪🇺 summit are long-standing corporate #lobbying demands from CEFIC, the European Round Table for Industry (ERT) and BusinessEurope 🚨 BusinessEurope is currently lobbying for a 'social Omnibus' intended to weaken workers' rights 🤯 #CorporateCapture
What are the risks to the NWT’s water quality?

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"By using Brower and Friends of the Earth as a lens into the event, this article highlights the ways in which environmentalists like Brower contributed to the corporate capture of environmental messaging and reveals some pitfalls in the strategy to defend the earth on a planetary scale."

The “Eco-Phony” World’s Fair: Expo ’74 and the Bind of Being Friends of the Earth | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 1
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738731
#degrowth #Corporatocracy #corporateCapture