Peter Louwe

Peter Louwe

@peterlouwe.bsky.social

Still looking for a good social media platform. Former news guy still interested in the world. If you turn off replies, don't worry, you'll never hear from me. Will block AI posters, follow anyone who makes me laugh. Progressive, not partisan.

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Which position? The terrible position that Carney was adopting until Trump torpedoed the deal by adding stuff even Carney at his most elbows down couldn't accept? Or a position that's actually good for Canada?

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the Serbia result is actually very interesting. turns out the 140 seats won by student opposition against Vučić's nationalist party will be taken up not by students, but by academics, professors & public figures from pre-chosen pool of 250 experts, selected by student plenums. 1/2

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It’s peak Trumpism when Republicans blow up a school full of Iranian Muslim girls and then call an American politician a terrorist because he’s Muslim.

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Our First Nations traditional territory maps are progressing. We're likely a week away from completing our alpha build. This will replace the Native-Land.ca territory maps, which went offline earlier this year (though they have other maps still online). It'll go online at knowledgekeepr.com

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He did not compromise with fascists. This seems virtually inconceivable to Canadian politicians.

George Potter 🔶@georgepotter.bsky.social

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Next up, con Carney promotes smoking in new Health Canada initiative.

Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social

Environment and Climate Change Canada using tax dollars to promote fossil fuel expansion, such as that depicted in this sponsored ad, is full throttle sociopathic. It's like Health Canada choosing to actively promote putting rat poison in your lunch.

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Let's be super clear: this is not only an obvious lie, but an outright Trump-level lie. While not technically changing Canada's environmental standards on paper, multiple pieces of Carney legislation allow cabinet ministers to simply declare at will that those standards don't apply to new projects.

Loons are a crown species - a direct descendant of a feathered dinosaur that survived the mass extinction 65 millions years ago. Can they survive us?

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BC Greens got 11% of the vote and only 2 seats. If we had proportional representation, Greens would have 10 seats in the BC legislature. Our electoral system in BC in must change. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli

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Replying to @lukelebrun.ca

Voter turnout was lower. With 99.57% of the votes counted, both the BC Cons (~49,895 less) & BC NDP (~274,678 less) had fewer votes compared to last election, but the BC Greens (~23,216 more) picked up votes. Voter apathy is what elected Conservatives.

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Doerkson echoing Carney's rip it and ship tells you in part why the Conservatives won. The Liberals have given permission to extreme greed and extractavism. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

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Replying to @marygillis.bsky.social

I'd also like to say a special "fuuuuuck David Eby" for not even allowing leftist Vancouverites more than a goddamn week to enjoy the results of our municipal election before ensuring the entire province is covered in the right wing slime he invited in.

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What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

This is news because until recently grizzlies were not on Vancouver Island. World's biggest black bears seemed to fill that niche.

CHEK News@cheknews.ca

A juvenile grizzly bear was spotted dashing across the Zeballos Logging Road on northern Vancouver Island, B.C. at the end of September.  https://cheknews.ca/grizzly-bear-spotted-along-zeballos-mainline-on-north-vancouver-island-1355852/

More of this is what Carney has planned.

Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social

Stop measuring success only in money. A living planet is the real bottom line. Your bank account means nothing on a dead planet. #Sustainability

I am shocked - shocked! - that financial malfeasance has been going on in this administration.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨Ex-GOP political strategist Steve Schmidt has called for the “immediate removal” of Donald Trump’s son-in-law from “every diplomatic assignment” following an explosive report alleging that Jared Kushner secretly had access to roughly $1.75 billion in Gulf money while serving in the White House.

Peter Louwe reposted

At least $50 billion for another pipeline. $82 billion in new military spending in 5 years. $300 billion in corporate welfare and mega incentives at an investment summit. But the cupboard is bare for Parks Canada.

PSAC-AFPC@psac-afpc.bsky.social

2,671 PSAC members at Parks Canada received notice this week that their positions may be cut. These cuts put our environment, natural and cultural heritage, parks, and national historic sites at risk. psacunion.ca/psac-raises-...

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So this is Build Canada Strong? Yet another sign that Canada is being hollowed out from within

PSAC-AFPC@psac-afpc.bsky.social

2,671 PSAC members at Parks Canada received notice this week that their positions may be cut. These cuts put our environment, natural and cultural heritage, parks, and national historic sites at risk. psacunion.ca/psac-raises-...

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“Last month, Ottawa opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations.” Man, fuck Mark Carney, and doublefuck anyone who’s aware of all the evil shit he’s doing and deals he’s making and still supports him. #cnpoli #cdnpol

nationalnewswatch.comCarney not worried about closer Turkish ties amid nation's treatment…National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.