Nikki Skuce

Elon Musk and US $$ couldn’t buy Alberta and balkanize Canada! 🍁

In our latest newsletter, @nikkiskuce.bsky.social looks at B.C.’s 170-year-old “free entry” mining system, concerns about new mineral staking in nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ (the Ashnola watershed), and what “fair” compensation should look like. (3/4)

Do something small to save something big. On July 29, join a virtual action party to fill out a survey and support Dene Kʼéh Kusān, a proposed Indigenous protected area in northern B.C. Help conserve the province's largest intact wilderness! RSVP:

@mark-carney.bsky.social abandoning climate commitments (other than Pathways b.s. carbon vacuums) is appalling - especially as wildfires, smoke warnings, droughts and floods ravage communities across the country. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...

Feds Announce Pipeline Steps, BC Advances Protected Areas via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

Canada is accelerating"critical mineral" development — but demand is increasingly split between clean energy systems and military applications. The same materials sit at the centre of both. The real tension is not supply — it’s allocation. 📖 Op-ed from @nikkiskuce.bsky.social: bit.ly/4eYxF8O

Grateful that @mark-carney.bsky.social is upholding the North Coast Tanker Ban and appreciate the leadership of @eby-david.bsky.social & Coastal First Nations. Those of us along the pipeline & tanker route fought for this for decades: we're still here, we still say no. globalnews.ca/news/1195033...

We are a country of water-it's time to step up and treat freshwater protection as a national interest priority. Unfortunately, we seem headed in the wrong direction putting our rivers, lakes & coasts at risk. @joannethompsonnl.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/30/c...

Is this part of @mark-carney.bsky.social and @jagrupbrar.bsky.social defence strategy when it comes to "critical minerals"? Hmm... #bcpoli #cdnpoli vancouversun.com/news/former-...

The single law maker standing up for Canadians in this surveillance-AI hellscape is Premier Kinew who is rejecting data centres. “I reject the idea we have to be slaves* to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy.”

The report recommends a national lifecycle tracking system to improve transparency, accountability, and responsible long-term resource planning. Read the full report: bit.ly/4wWxRh8 (2/2)

Canada is expanding “critical minerals” mining without fully tracking how those minerals are used. A new report finds major gaps in data on domestic use, recycling, and end-of-life flows. Policy built on missing data isn’t strategy — it’s guesswork. (1/2)

Harper tried to jam through projects by gutting environmental assessment process but failed-no pipelines but a lot of protests & court cases. I worked w/ NRCan Minister Jim Carr to rebuild trust in process & ensure good projects went ahead faster. Delays mostly on proponents.

Great insights into some of BC's on-going compliance, bonding and assurance amounts, rogue owners and lack of clean up at a BC coal mine. #mining #bcpoli Inside the Fiery End of Vancouver Island's Last Coal Mine via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

I can’t wait to be a raging granny! Glad these folks are stepping up - www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

Two former consultants helped advance B.C.’s massive KSM gold mine in the private sector. Metadata shows they are now directly drafting its permit from inside the B.C. government. See the details of my investigation here: www.biv.com/news/economy...

Carney’s ‘big tent’ makes room for bigotry By welcoming Marilyn Gladu into its ranks, Mark Carney tests how much Liberal voters will accept to hold and expand power. NEW from @christoaivalis.bsky.social: ricochet.media/politics/car... #cdnpoli

If most Canadian ore production is exported, is mining expansion advancing Canada’s just energy transition — or feeding foreign markets and military supply chains? Without clear criteria, political urgency may be masking a weak justification for increased extraction interior-news.com/2026/03/19/g...

Canada’s astronaut on #Artemis2 just praised Trump for being visionary and bringing nations together. Back on earth: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

The mineral exploration sector has had privileged free entry rights to help colonize BC since 1859 and now continues to screw over Indigenous rights after losing in court. #bcpoli

I thought we elected the BC NDP, not former BC Liberal Todd Stone (and AMEBC lobbyist). #bcpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

So brutal @rachelgilmore.bsky.social - so sorry for the intimidation and really really appreciate you continuing to confront and expose these f#ckers. And some of the names of participants in those white nationalist audio clips - like "friendly fash" - WTF 🫠 open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...

This is a good ruling in light of the tragic lack of justice and accountability against John Furlong. This story is also why it's so important to have northern reporters with @amandafollett.bsky.social one of the few journalists at the hearings. #bcpoli @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Excellent overview of the threats from Record Ridge magnesium mine to the health & economy of Rossland by @stefanlabbe.bsky.social. It is so disingenuous that the province has allowed the company (ironically with acronym WHY) to game the system & proceed w/o an EA #bcpoli www.biv.com/news/environ...

“It is a feckless, bewildering, totally unnecessary position. It should call into question the prime minister’s supposed belief in the “prohibition of the use of force, except when consistent with the UN Charter,” as @mark-carney.bsky.social told the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year.”

I am old enough to remember one month ago when Carney made world headlines by arguing in Davos that Canada should have an independent foreign policy

Carney: Canada supports the United States… Canada: no, we fucking do not.

I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.

The number of children killed has risen to 85 Iranian children. Heartbreaking www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

"Badr Albusaidi, the foreign affairs minister of Oman said Friday that Iran had agreed to give up enriched nuclear material that could be used to manufacture a nuclear bomb, not to accumulate it, and to allow verification of its commitment." www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

One side unilaterally and hastily deciding what Indigenous rights may or may not mean is just peak settler colonial

After revealing LNG Canada is flaring far above permitted levels, we went to experts. What they told us about a three-year fix — and the role of the BC Energy Regulator — raises new questions about timelines and enforcement. thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f... #bcpoli

Indigenous leaders from the Similkameen Valley are “deeply disappointed” by a provincial decision to approve a contentious mine expansion in their territories — emphasizing that they did not give consent for the project to move forward. Story by Aaron Hemens. indiginews.com/news/copper-...

Those wishing to share a message of condolence and support with the people of Tumbler Ridge can sign the online book of condolences: gov.bc.ca/MessagesForTumblerRidge. Supports are available for anyone who needs them at gov.bc.ca/TumblerRidge

Amazing goal! ❤️

MiningWatch joins 80+ civil society leaders from legal, labour, faith, environmental, academic, & arts communities to urge Premier Eby and the BC government to recommit to upholding Indigenous Rights - and to implement DRIPA, not amend it. Read the full statement: miningwatch.ca/news/2026/2/...

Just when public sector morale is at an all-time high while government demands more of them (like faster permitting times). 🫠 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hmm... "It promises a new strategy on expanding production of critical minerals tied to defence and the creation of a new program to support domestic production of ammunition and explosives.” Mines for bombs not EV busses. Wonder how communities will feel about #mining proposals... #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Experts 'don't buy' online claims Tumbler Ridge shooter a far-right sympathizer www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/n...

Olympic Athletes Launch Second Campaign to Ban Future Fossil Sponsorship www.theenergymix.com/olympic-athl...

Tumbler Ridge is a small planned resource community, a winding 90 minute drive from the nearest city of at least 10,000 people. A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow. May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.

This is so gut wrenching. I couldn’t even imagine :(

So appreciate it when politicians maintain integrity - it certainly doesn't happen much these days. #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Don't worry @bcndp.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social - no climate change to worry about 👀 Green grass here in #Smithers in FEBRUARY. Temps 9 to 11 degrees above normal in the last couple of months... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

"There are concerns about punching in new transmission lines and roads that would just further enable the whole critical minerals rush,” Skuce said. #mining #bcpoli #yukon www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Amidst DRIPA Criticism, BC Claims a Win for Collaborative Decision-Making via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...