Greg Blee

Greg Blee

@gregblee.ca

Retired engineer & writer. Charting baffled, bemused middle course to make sense of the world. Cyclist, punctuation lover, former adventurer. Minimizing importance of politics in my life. Gulf Island dweller, treatied Snuneymuxw FN land, BC, Canada

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Well knock me over with a feather: Black Press has published an article in favour of proportional representation. It admits that the election results do not reflect the popular vote. That we have to keep going over this is like Groundhog Day albernivalleynews.com/2026/10/26/b... #bcpoli

albernivalleynews.comB.C. election outcome does not reflect popular vote - Port Alberni Valley NewsConservatives won majority of seats, with support from fewer than half of voters

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“The principal purpose of Carbon Capture & Storage has never been to tackle the climate crisis. Instead, CCS serves to align public opinion & government policies with the fossil fuel industry’s plans for unrestricted expansion under the cover of “net-zero". www.nationalobserver.com/2022/04/06/o...

nationalobserver.comLessons from Australia show CCUS is about capturing public opinion and public finances, not carbonExperience from Australia shows the CCUS technology was not designed to contribute meaningfully to emissions reductions.
Dan Ilic@danilic.bsky.social

This is where the “capture and storage” plant that we were promised that has NEVER worked

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The right knows how to channel the legitimate rage of working class people. The problem is where they direct that rage. It’s not immigrants and trans kids making your life impossible. It’s the bankers and the billionaires with all the wealth and power. It’s time to put the blame where it belongs.

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Just weeks before Türkiye hosts the world's countries for COP31, Carney goes to the country to pitch LNG. The PM is looking for buyers to support a growing gas market in Canada — clearly using the weight of government to boost a sector that must be phased out for climate commitments.

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When our senior military officers no longer want to serve with the 🇺🇸USA military at NORAD’s command centre in Colorado, it’s inconceivable that 🇨🇦Canada could even contemplate going ahead with purchasing USA F-35 fighter jets. 🙄😒🙄 www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

theatlantic.comCanadian Officers Don’t Want to Serve in the U.S. AnymoreTrump’s threats are making a real impact on U.S.-Canada military cooperation.

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To the people who are still talking about how Canada is "not taking Alberta seriously" -- what on earth are you talking about? The PM is an Albertan. The leader of the opposition is an Albertan. Our national politics revolve around Alberta's interests and concerns. What else do you want?

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Albertans should be furious about this. Danielle Smith: 1) Lowered the threshold for signatures on a petition 2) Extended the duration in which they could be collected 3) Continues to pretend the people who signed the Forever Canada petition wanted a referendum Shameless.

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Carney's reply.

The Watchdog@thewatchdog.ca

Canadians want to prioritize clean energy over fossil fuels, Carney government told in internal report New public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows a majority of Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

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Not to sound like a broken record but do you know what's VASTLY more popular than #Separatism in #Alberta? Like a legitimate, solid, reliable MAJORITY? CLIMATE ACTION How about a #Referendum on that? www.pembina.org/blog/strong-... #abpoli #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

pembina.orgStrong majority of Albertans support climate actionAlbertans are overwhelmingly in favour of strong climate action, recent polling shows. Commissioned by the Pembina Institute, and conducted by Calgary-based Janet Brown Opinion Research in December 20...

Why doesn’t Canada have this #climate vision, one congruent with a livable future? @mark-carney.bsky.social?

Mike Hudema@mikehudema.bsky.social

Finland is aiming to go carbon neutral in 15 years. They're creating jobs by boosting #renewables and saving trees. Its CO2 emissions have already dropped 21% since 1990s levels. We have the solutions, let's speed it up and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #vote

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Read this story. Danielle Smith's UCP scapegoated immigrants for the healthcare mess. Emergency room doctor Warren Thirsk tells the truth about what the UCP have done to our healthcare system.

Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social

New from me: A doctor testifying at an inquiry into the death of a man in an Edmonton emergency room says stories like Prashant Sreekumar’s are more common than the public is aware of amid a rolling “disaster” in emergency medicine. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

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🚨 TODAY’S THE DAY 📚 After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves! It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch. Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com

Now that Alberta separatism is officially neutered, I feel comfortable putting a block on the word “separatism.” Bye, whiners!

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First Past the Post really is a vile electoral system. It's built on blackmail. "No, you can't have your vote represented in govt." "Yes, we will hold a gun to your head to vote for the lesser evil who betrayed you, and if that lesser evil loses, we will blame you." Pro rep now. #bcpoli

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These were never serious people and it's a goddamned shame we wasted so much time and money having to pretend otherwise. Ultimately, it's up to Albertans to make the person responsible for this fiasco pay an electoral price. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org

“Don’t worry about it, it’s all bullshit,” shouts one attendee!

The #separatist referendum may have failed, but US-owned #BigOil’s play to turn Canada into a full-on #petrostate (like the US) has certainly borne fruit.

This is for/about you and your incipient petrostate, @mark-carney.bsky.social

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social

You’re not unlocking Canada’s ‘full potential’. You’re serving the gas and oil industry, the same industry the US has a huge steak in. You’re wasting Canada’s potential, and this will hurt Canada more than anything Trump can dream of. Wind, sun, water ffs this isn’t rocket science

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Replying to @beanjammin.bsky.social

The NDP has abandoned their principles. There is nothing progressive about lavishing public money on US owned fossil fuel projects while it's austerity for everyone else.

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Emily Lowan on Eby's cry for help "He says the differences between us are small. Tell that to the families waiting on the $10-a-day child care he froze, the seniors waiting on the seven long-term care homes he delayed, and the renters still waiting for housing they can actually afford."

We can’t even imagine some of the impacts the #climate crisis will have on us all. (Well, not on the elites; they’ll be fine, at least till the pitchforks come out.)

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eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

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Also, please ignore the fact that I've spent the last five years telling you it's broken.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Pierre Poilievre: "Please get out and vote for Canada. This is the best country in the world. There are literally billions of people who would trade their country for ours if they had the chance."

Yeah, this 👇

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social

The separatists are going to lose today’s vote. But if Alberta’s political class doesn’t stop feeding and inflaming their bottomless sense of grievance and victimhood, we’ll all end up losing in the end. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

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Few, if any, Canadian commentators are as adept at debunking the Alberta perpetual grievance complex as Max

Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social

The separatists are going to lose today’s vote. But if Alberta’s political class doesn’t stop feeding and inflaming their bottomless sense of grievance and victimhood, we’ll all end up losing in the end. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/19/o...

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I’m glad #Alberta voted strongly against #separation, but I don’t expect its manipulative politics to mellow. Understand: the rest of the country doesn’t want to become a #petrostate.