An environmental group is arguing that PM Carney could have insisted that data centres be powered by renewable energy. Instead, the largest proposed facilities will be powered by natural gas. Geoff Dembicki and Jen St. Denis report. #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/06/11/Mark-Carney-Adviser-AI-Data-Centres/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

An environmental group is arguing that PM Carney could have insisted that data centres be powered by renewable energy. Instead, the largest proposed facilities will be powered by natural gas. @[email protected] and @[email protected] report. #canpoli

Federal Adviser Says Data Cent...

From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour

"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/

#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli

Canada’s privacy czar set to release report on Grok sexual deepfakes

Philippe Dufresne launched an investigation in January to examine the proliferation of sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and shared on the X social media platform.

Global News

The Clerk of parl.ca/SECU acknowledged receipt of my email and failed to engage with any of the substance.

This is unsurprising, since "non-partisan" often gets interpreted as "required to uphold a bad system" (as opposed to "truthful no matter who looks bad as a result").

Is it that a Parliamentary committee does not, as a matter of course, track correspondence? Are there not systems in place for that?

Or, is it that the Clerk thinks Canadians aren't entitled to know who submitted information (opposition) that has been withheld on the pretext of respect for official languages while the government bulldozes the law?

Neither response is great when your actual job is democracy.

#C22 #CanPoli #FediLaw

Yeah, this doesn't help my anxiety over my well running dry or my house being in the path of the next wildfire. #canpoli #nbpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/susan-holt-drops-carbon-price-promise-9.7230231
Holt drops promise of stricter carbon price for big polluters | CBC News

Premier Susan Holt has departed from a campaign promise that New Brunswick's biggest greenhouse gas emitters would fall under a more "robust" system.

CBC

Canada 🇨🇦 tables bill that will forbid social media to people under the age of 16

Me: I don’t know what the solution is.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-harms-ai-social-media-children-9.7229976
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Le Canada 🇨🇦 dépose un projet de loi qui interdira les réseaux sociaux aux personnes de moins de 16 ans.

Moi: Je ne sais pas quelle est la solution.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2260758/reseaux-sociaux-16-ans-federal

#Canada #CANpolI #CDNpoli #BillC34 #PLC34 #SocialMedia #RéseauxSociaux

Ottawa moves to restrict social media for kids under 16 | CBC News

The federal government is moving to restrict young Canadians' access to social media unless those companies can show they've made their platforms safe.

CBC

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@CanadianPolling/116727647277382807

Looks like Albertans smell a rat... and we know Alberta's position on rats.

#canpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli

Trump hypocritically accuses others of forced labour to justify tariffs. Sadly, the accusation is not false. #canpoli

https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/trump-hypocritically-accuses-others-of-forced-labour-to-justify-tariffs-sadly-the-accusation-is-not-false/

Trump hypocritically accuses others of forced labour to justify tariffs. Sadly, the accusation is not false.

The Trump administration is hypocritical when it accuses Canada and many other countries of failing to do enough to end forced and child labour around the world.

rabble.ca

I am also a little saddened by the comment to 'avoid wood boats’. Wood boats are sustainable and can last for a hundred years if maintained. My dad bought and sold three fishboats over the course of those 30 years. His first was a wooden boat, he then sold it for a fiberglass boat, then sold that one for a large 50ft wooden boat. I spent many hours scraping and painting that boat!

#Fishing #Work #Sustainability #BC #BCPoli #Canada #Boats #environment #CanPoli #CdnPoli

A logical outcome of massive consolidation of fishing licenses into just a few companies, owners and boats is... derelict boats.

Welcome to the West Coast of British Columbia. Where fishing used to be a livelihood (including for my own father for 30 years), but now it's the domain of corporations and wealthy multi-license owners.

https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/06/10/abandoned-boats-left-high-and-dry-on-west-coast-as-funding-cuts-deepen/

#Fishing #Work #Sustainability #BC #BCPoli #Canada #Boats #environment #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Abandoned boats left high and dry on west coast as funding cuts deepen

Wrecked, abandoned vessels pose environmental threat, say cleanup advocates

Port Alberni Valley News