Poilievre Could Dial Back Canada’s Climate Gains, Globe Editorial Warns

The Globe says Canada has made at least some progress on climate emissions under Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. “Emissions in the oil and gas industry, for example, peaked eight years ago and have since fallen 7%, even as output rose,” the paper says. “Canada is still a long way from its goal to cut all emissions by 40% by 2030, but it’s made more progress than ever before.”

And Clean Energy Canada Executive Director Mark Zacharias writes that Poilievre’s gains in the polls may be jeopardized by his climate policies.

“Setting aside for a moment the fact that most Canadian voters want their government to both act on climate change and prepare Canada’s economy to compete in a world moving away from fossil fuels, there’s another reason to pay attention to the global economic transition toward a cleaner economy: self-preservation,” he writes.

Young Voters Care About Equity, Poverty

“On all their top issues (aside from climate change), Gen Z says the Conservatives or NDP are best poised to address the issue, with the Conservative party best suited to address their economic concerns and the NDP best positioned to address the social issues they deem important,” Abacus says.

A recent episode of the Backbench podcast showed how Gen Zers may also be less interested in partisan politics. Guests on the podcast expressed varying levels of disillusionment and frustration with the political climate, polarization, and government processes. At the same time, the conversations indicated that this generation is very politically active and finding other ways to engage with issues through grassroots action.

“In Canada, we technically have a multi-party system, but traditionally—in terms of looking at just the trends of political history—only two parties have held political office,” one young person told the Backbench. “Federally, I personally don’t see myself fitting neatly within either of those two parties. And I feel like a lot of people within my generation would probably agree with that.”|Read more https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/09/12/poilievre-could-dial-back-canadas-climate-gains-globe-editorial-warns/|

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Metatext app for ios and Friendica

Screenshots above, are from my Metatext app on my iPhone.

I was searching online for a ios app for Friendica. Most of the clients/apps I saw were for Andriod phones. So, I’ll keep using Metatext. It handles multiple accounts, so I have my Mastodon account connected to it as well.

If you don’t have anything, this one is okay. It’s opensource and doesn’t have any ads.

If you have something you’re using and like, let me know in the comments.

|Link to the App store https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/metatext/id1523996615|

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The Conservative Party Has No Real Solutions For The Affordability Crisis

‘And you can call it something silly like the Common Sense Super Plan and people will just eat it up, assuming they’re not paying attention’ Author: Andrew Scheer. Source: Flickr, Public Domain

“Who is ready for powerful paycheques?” yelled Rob Batherson at the crowd to open the 2023 Conservative Party convention.

The Conservative Party national council president was pumping up the audience, previewing the three main issues that the party brass wanted to impress most upon the delegates. He also asked “who’s ready to axe the [carbon] tax?” and “who is ready for houses workers can afford?”

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre stuck closely to the same points, spending a significant part of his speech – the convention’s main event – talking about affordability. He blamed the rising cost of everything on taxes. By eliminating these, Poilievre promised he will rein in the affordability crisis.

This language might resonate well as a set of slogans, but slogans won’t be enough to address the deepening affordability crisis in Canada. Eventually, people will need to know how their paycheques are going to become more powerful.

Aside from the fact that the line “powerful paycheques” was used just a few days ago in the NDP’s Labour Day messaging, the Conservatives don’t actually have serious plans to boost the power of paycheques nor build houses that workers can afford. |Read more https://www.readthemaple.com/the-conservative-party-has-no-real-solutions-for-the-affordability-crisis/|

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