The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is horrified by the dire situation transpiring in the #WestBank . During what has already been a devastating six months of genocide in #Gaza , the Israeli government has used this opportunity to expand and intensify expulsions and forced displacements of…

Impossible to ignore that the Israeli strike in Damascus has completely distracted from Israel’s failing war in Gaza, recruited the West in an escalation with Iran, and all while the man in the driver seat in Israel is not trusted by anyone and fighting for his political survival

The people of this province deserve a government that respects them, taking action and making key investments to make life easier. Alberta’s NDP can do that. By signing up at nenshi.ca, you can join a movement that is putting hope back on the horizon.

Another huge crowd for Naheed Nenshi, this time in Lethbridge! Believe it or not, this picture misses a significant part of the crowd behind the camera on the right.

Change is on the horizon in Alberta and can't come soon enough. Sign up & get a membership: nenshi.ca

To clarify. Poilievre’s ‘city bonus’ plan is to come from a $100 million program for the entire country. Enough to build a single 400 unit apartment building. The current government’s Housing Accelerator Fund gives $4 billion to cities to help them build housing.

It’s an epidemic of ecocidal greenwashing.

Every day is a good day to repost this immutable fact of city building. When you choose sprawl over density you choose higher costs/taxes. /22 #yyc cc #yyc twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC/…

This one trick to support healthcare that Conservatives hate: Training and recruiting new doctors.

Read this thread.

Yet again, the provincial government did not consult or communicate with our association on legislative changes that, if introduced, would profoundly affect the way municipalities work. [3/8]

“Adding homes to already established areas must be prioritized to combat biodiversity collapse, climate change and the housing crisis.” Great article by David Barrett and Nathaniel Schmidt

NEW: PM Trudeau says his $6B housing infrastructure fund “will flow” with or without the Ford government’s buy in.

Trudeau says every province that participates “fully” will get the housing enabling infrastructure. Otherwise it will go to cities.

#onpoli

Starvation. The unacceptable face of Israel’s war on Gaza.

A doctor from an international aid agency took these pictures 10th April at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

The desperate parents gave permission to publish these.

'For the first time since the mid-20th century, over 95 percent of this year’s planned new electric-generating capacity in the United States is zero-carbon.'

Read that again.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law & the Inflation Reduction Act are enabling a clean energy economy.

NEW: It’s 20 years since the epic & unexpected Calgary Flames’ playoff run sparked the unplanned rise of the “Red Mile” 17th Ave people-place. Read this article on the anniversary. Now there’s a petition to open the street to people by going car-free on certain weekends. I just…

Except for Alberta. In Alberta, keeping people hungry and homeless is OUR job.

Beware of false environmental arguments and read this from me and David Barrett about what true environmentalism looks like in our cities.

Hint: a vote for density is a vote for the fight against climate change and biodiversity collapse.

#yyccc #abpoli

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As part of its new Housing Plan, the federal government announced today the launch of the Canada Green Buildings Strategy.

Smith misses the point that if she was doing things to address the problems we have in housing, healthcare, and reducing emissions the federal oversight wouldn’t be required.

Do your damned job, Danielle, and the feds won’t need to step in.
#ableg

Canadian CO2 emissions per capita were 15.22 (tCO2/cap/year) in 2022

China?
8.85

And Alberta is 58.02

Something to think about next time the 'well what about China' argument comes up as it so often does.