Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

19 hours ago

"The federal budget, which passed on Monday, introduced a $2-billion "critical minerals sovereign fund" and a $371.8-million "first and last mile fund," both of which will support development projects." Karen McKendry (EAC) "we can’t mine our way out of the climate crisis.” #Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNpoli

Ottawa's support of critical mineral development sparks optimism, skepticism | CBC News

Members of Nova Scotia's critical minerals industry are celebrating the federal government's new budget that would see extra attention and resources for the sector, but one environmental advocate is u...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

20 hours ago

Feels like the start of another farmers vs. Pickering airport-kind of land conflict.

"DND sent letters to Brooks and dozens of other farmers in the area during the summer asking if they would consider selling their properties to make way for a large-scale radar project."

#CDNpoli #NORAD #Farmland

A radar system meant to spot distant threats could land right in Ontario farmers' backyards | CBC News

Family farms in Clearview Township, Ont., face uncertainty after the Department of National Defence proposed a $38-billion NORAD radar project. Generations of farmers fear losing land to the military,...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

1 day ago

“The language that CSIS used in this document fundamentally delegitimizes the rights of Indigenous people. I think it's fair to claim that a lot of this language itself is racist. It's highly colonial,” said Jeffrey Monaghan, an associate professor of criminology at Carleton U #CDNpoli #LandBack

How investigating Indigenous activists became a CSIS priority for at least a decade | CBC News

Canada's spies subjected Indigenous activists to a series of “Native extremism” investigations for at least a decade beginning in 1988, in what internal documents show was a countrywide surveillance p...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

2 days ago

"The revelations come amid growing frustration at the unfettered access given to corporations that profit from maintaining global dependence on fossil fuels and/or the destruction of forests and other ecosystems vital for mitigating climate catastrophe." #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #CorporateCapture

More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds

Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

3 days ago

"Several hundred people attended Saturday’s Shoulder to Shoulder rally in Halifax to protest premier’s resource extraction policies." #Mikmaki #NSpoli

‘I do it for my children and my grandchildren’: Mi'kmaq land defenders and supporters rally to protect Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner

Several hundred people attended Saturday's Shoulder to Shoulder rally in Halifax to protest premier's resource extraction policies.

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

4 days ago

"The Shoulder to Shoulder Rally in Halifax Saturday was organized by Mi'kmaw leaders and non-Indigenous community groups who want Nova Scotia's provincial government to do more to protect the environment." #Mikmaki #NSpoli

Hundreds gather at Halifax rally to call for better environmental protection in Nova Scotia

The Shoulder to Shoulder Rally in Halifax Saturday was organized by Mi'kmaw leaders and non-Indigenous community groups who want Nova Scotia's provincial government to do more to protect the environme...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

5 days ago

I don't think we question the notion of "progressive conservative" or "red tory" enough in Canadian politics. It seems like something that deciseively died in the 1980s. I think it is sufficient to just call them conservatives now: The liberal party is a conservative party right now. #CDNpoli

Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social

5 days ago

New from me. On Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney and the budget.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney's budget a Progressive Conservative budget? | CBC News

Attempting perhaps to turn a story about his own leadership into a story about whether the media have unfairly focused on Conservative dissent, Pierre Poilievre challenged reporters to pay as much att...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

5 days ago

"Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said." #ClimateCrisis #COP30

Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister

Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

6 days ago

"That Canada cannot be erected on the craven idolatries of colonialism and capitalism, money and its powers. It will need a new imaginary, one that relentlessly refuses possessive individualism’s worship of accumulation ..., privatized property ..., and profit.." #CDNpoli #Canada #SettlerColonialism

Settler colonialism: What’s in a name?

Once a radical breakthrough, settler colonial theory now dominates Canadian scholarship. In his review of On Settler Colonialism in Canada, Bryan D. Palmer welcomes its moral clarity but warns that it...

Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social

6 days ago

«Légalement, les prochains gouvernements ne pourront pas y toucher. "Nous assurons l’avenir de cette ile, que les choses qui tiennent à cœur aux gens soient préservées", a déclaré Elspeth McLean-Wile, mairesse de la MODL.» #Mikmaki #Kespukwitk #Acadie #Conservation

L’ile de Cap-LaHave est protégée

Après des années de travail, c’est officiel: la municipalité du district de Lunenburg annonce la conservation de l'ile de Cape-LaHave, sous la gestion de Nova Scotia Nature Trust.