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Trump, Tariffs, Canada and the Politics of Discontent

08/04/25
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Link: 
The Tyee
President Donald Trump announcing new tariffs on April 2. Most non-college-educated white men supported the radical shift. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein, the Associated Press.

Apr. 7, 2025

This election compels us to face forces that tore apart the US and could do the same here.

“Freedom for the pike is death for the minnows.” — Historian R.H. Tawney

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Canada
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Vancouver Voters Send a Byelection Message to Ken Sim

07/04/25
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
Link: 
The Tyee
OneCity’s Lucy Maloney and COPE’s Sean Orr won the two council seats available in a Vancouver byelection Saturday. Photos via X.

Apr. 7, 2025

Two left-leaning candidates topped polls while ABC’s candidates fell far behind.

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British Columbia
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First LNG carrier arrives in Kitimat, B.C., as $40B liquefied natural gas plant prepares to start

05/04/25
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
Link: 
CBC News
The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (LNG Canada

Apr. 3, 2025

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

A 204-metre tanker ship has arrived on B.C.'s North Coast, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to arrive in Kitimat, as a major energy export project prepares to come online.

The Maran Gas Roxana, sailing under the flag of Greece, made its way through the Douglas Channel Wednesday, carrying a load of LNG that will be used for equipment testing at the LNG Canada site.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
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Indigenous Peoples
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Capitalism Eating Itself by Fueling Climate Mayhem, Warns Capitalist

04/04/25
Author: 
Jon Queally
Link: 
Common Dreams
Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Apr. 3, 2025

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Capitalism
Climate Change
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‘Metals are the new oil’: B.C. fast-tracks critical minerals projects to counter tariffs

28/03/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
Link: 
The Narwhal
British Columbia produces more copper than any other jurisdiction in Canada, including from the Copper Mountain mine near Princeton. The province wants to bring more mines into operation, vowing to fast-track approvals for some proposed projects. Photo: Andrew Roberts / The Narwhal

Mar. 24, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Canada
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Climate Change
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Two facets of wealth inequality in Canada: billionaires and housing

28/03/25
Author: 
Alex Hemingway
Link: 
BC Society for Policy Solutions
Image credits: Tent City in Victoria, BC. Photo by Mike Gabelmann (2016). Used under Creative Commons License BY-NC 4.0 international. | Modified by BCSPS. Elon Musk Brazil 2022. Photo by Ministério Das Comunicações (2022) Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. | Modified by BCSPS.

Mar. 17, 2025

Article by Alex Hemingway, Senior Economist & Public Finance Policy Analyst, BC Policy Solutions

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British Columbia
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Global TB Surge Due to Trump-Musk USAID Cuts

28/03/25
Author: 
Erik English
Link: 
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Credit: A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Mar. 27, 2025

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Global
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More Than 300,000 Alberta Workers Form a United Front

28/03/25
Author: 
Charles Rusnell
Link: 
The Tyee
Alberta Federation of Labour leader Gil McGowan stands amidst leaders of many of the unions who have joined the ‘Solidarity Pact’ announced Wednesday. Photo via Alberta Federation of Labour.

Mar. 27, 2025

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Alberta
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Fight fascism with climate justice, not ‘Canada First’ nationalism

25/03/25
Author: 
Erin Blondeau
Link: 
rabble.ca
Pierre Poilievre at the 2023 Conservative Party convention. Credit: Pierre Poilievre / X

Feb. 21, 2025

Instead of turning towards nationalism, in the face of rising fascism, we should turn to each other and the planet.

Our neighbours across the colonial border are grappling with what is shaping up to be a United States dictatorship, with outsized influence from a syndicate of the world’s richest men. With a federal election around the corner and geopolitical tensions rising across the world, this is a moment for Canada to dive into audacious changes that can unite us all through visionary climate justice rather than rugged individualism and nationalism.

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Canada
Climate Change
Climate Science
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‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

24/03/25
Author: 
Tom Perkins in Detroit
Link: 
The Guardian
Lake Michigan in Chicago. The vital lakes provide drinking water to more than 40 million people in the US and Canada. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Mar. 18, 2025

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industry and environmental advocates in the region warn.

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Canada
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