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It’s time to build affordable homes, a national network of public grocery stores, electric buses and an east-west clean energy grid. Not massive corporate AI data centres unleashed without any democratic debate.

There's also no real data sovereignty in an AI ecosystem dominated by U.S. tech giants. Telus may be Canadian-owned, but it has already transferred 14 petabytes of Canadian data onto Google Cloud as part of its AI strategy.

This is a technology that will bring sweeping changes at a scale and speed never seen before. Canadians deserve real oversight and a robust regulatory framework before we rush ahead.
 
That’s why we’re calling for an immediate pause on the construction of any new AI data centres until strong federal guardrails are in place.

We can’t sit back and let Big Tech billionaires decide our future for us.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-ai-data-centre-plan-vancouver-kamloops-9.7195426

#cdnpoli #BCpoli #AI

Plan unveiled for 'sovereign AI data centre' cluster in Kamloops, Vancouver | CBC News

Vancouver and Kamloops will be home to a new data centre cluster under a planned partnership announced by the federal government and Telus.

CBC

pyrofodder May 6

Chris Mackay 🇨🇦May 6

Congrats to local artist/author Jon Claytor — not on Mastodon (to my knowledge), but a long-time acquaintance and super-nice guy. https://www.cbc.ca/books/6-authors-up-for-60k-amazon-canada-first-novel-award-9.7186662?cmp=rss

6 authors up for $60K Amazon Canada First Novel Award | CBC Books

The prize recognizes the best Canadian debut novel of the year.

CBC

pyrofodder Apr 25

Ketan Joshi Apr 25

"All these other problems exist, therefore we shouldn't bother trying to stop this emerging new problem" is the same absurd whataboutism that helped justify the other now-massive problems when they were once emerging :)

In 5 years' time it'll be something like "Oh wow you're arguing against single-use disposable household robots, but do you also watch AI slop Netflix as well?? Then shut up"

We don't have to keep doing this folks, let's decide to stop.

pyrofodder Apr 24

Mike Bolam Apr 24

Lichens illuminated with UV light at dusk on the Solway shore, South West Scotland. Seeing the world in a different light.. #lichensubscribe

pyrofodder Apr 24

Greg Wilson Apr 24

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/04/unstoppable-technology-of-the-future-still-begging-people-to-use-it/

Unstoppable technology of the future still begging people to use it

Silicon Valley, CA – Generative AI, the technology every company with a vested interest in saying so agrees will soon take over the world continues to have to beg users to try it. “AI is coming. There’s simply nothing anyone can do about it other than learn to accept it,” said a representative for google, […]

The Beaverton

pyrofodder Apr 24

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TheWholeTruthXX 🎨 ❤️ 🍁 🛡️Apr 23

Thank you, rural Nova Scotia, for voting in a Conservative SuperMajority.

Next time Premier Aw Shucks comes to town, thank him for the forever groundwater poisoning, because the moratorium on fracking we'd all worked so hard for took that supermajority you gave him to break and gives us cancer and birth defects forever off of it.

Good thing you don't depend on groundwater, huh.

pyrofodder Apr 14

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Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Apr 14

When I did some reading on the current situation, I found a lot of sites out of Australia that were repeating this "base load" idea, in the context of nuclear power.

I suspect that this is fossil-fuel propaganda.

Fossil fuel companies love promoting nuclear power because they know it takes decades to get a reactor built (if it gets built at all), and in the meantime, everyone keeps using fossil fuels.

It's the perfect way to cripple renewables without being obvious about it.

pyrofodder Apr 7

Avi Lewis Apr 7

The President of the United States is openly threatening to commit genocide against 90 million people.

Prime Minister Carney: if there was ever a moment to denounce this illegal war, withdraw your support, and call for accountability for war crimes—it’s now.

#cdnpoli #iran

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pyrofodder Mar 31

@Techaltar we’ve had Interac in Canada since the 80s. Works well.

pyrofodder Mar 31

Catherine Babault Mar 31

Vancouver Island marmots will soon come out of hibernation. Some colonies are located on ski hills so they close the ski resort for a few weeks in April.
This marmot is endemic to Vancouver Island. It's an endangered species that is making a remarquable recovery thanks to marmots.org

#photography #wildlife #marmots #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #conservation #EndangeredSpecies