Canadian friends:
While climate change impacts are most pressingly felt, this is a very good time to review Canada's commitments to adaptation, & share them widely.
If you read this, you'll see that the priority is reactive & local: informing citizens of risks, building data, shoring up protective infrastructure, conserving carbon sinks. What's *missing*? A top-down commitment to changing energy systems.
It's not enough. Inform your circles & push your MPs for more.
yes, we're fighting the same forces as the US, who have too many of our politicians in their pockets. so local activists are constantly battling real estate, oil, and the effects of MAGA here.
there's a struggle going on right now with premier Ford's plans to build on the green belt, favours to his buddies. it's infuriating.
The green belt *and* the huge surge in lobbies holding sway in urban planning, healthcare, & education, thanks to Ford introducing US-style privatization into what were our inherited gifts of public systems. The absolute *shame* of throwing away what other countries covet.
There is so much we need to do.
And so little economically-stressed Canadians *can* do, while fighting the impact on their home fronts.
Hope you're staying as sane as possible between the rock & the hard place. 🫂
I left in 2018, expressing alarm at the rise of emboldened racism & xenophobia in my communities thanks to the US president & increasingly Republicanized Conservative rhetoric.
At the time, folks insisted something like that US disaster could never happen in Canada. But that dogwhistling, Buck-a-beer, walking pile of corruption got elected later that same year.
& the reelection? The way the other candidates didn't take this seriously enough? The demoralized turnout?
Heartbreaking.
@MLClark
people are getting very angry, since he promised not to do this. i never believed him but many did.
there's nothing worse than a bold faced liar. he's just like tfg in that regard, corrupt lying bigot.
we do our best to avoid getting assassination fantasies going. assass needs gone though👎🏼