Andy Kroeker

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Trump's war on Iran hasn't altered Canada's cost of making gas — at all. So why are we being hosed at the pumps? Policy choices, not market forces of a war halfway around the world, explain the spike in prices, writes Jim Stanford, leading to unnecessary economy-wide inflation and higher interest rates.

The gas in those pumps was refined weeks ago, from oil extracted months ago, none of which came through the Straits of Hormuz. So why does it cost 15c more per litre than it did LAST Friday? I ask why, in
@thestar.com: thestar.com/business/opi.... #canlab /2

Unlike previous oil wars renewable energy is now available at scale. It's distributed, diversified and resilient. And solar panels don’t blow up; once they're in place you don’t need ships to constantly feed them to make energy.

The sun is looking like a pretty stable energy source right now.

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You know, Mr Prime Minister, you could have just said nothing. That might have been better.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

What you have to understand is that Carbon Capture and Storage is driven not by environmental concerns but by fossil fuel industry demands. It provides both a new revenue stream (at our expense) and the mother of all greenwashing schemes. Whether it works or not (it doesn't) is entirely irrelevant.

How Canada’s Middle-Class Housing Crisis Is Undermining Its Future Why pricing out young families is weakening productivity, entrepreneurship, and social cohesion.

Pretty extensive roundup of research about how the housing crisis is obstructing other broadly uncontroversial policy goals. But I do feel a bit like I'm taking crazy pills that this is even necessary. www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/how-canada...

Bloody Hell

Wow.

"The only thing more powerful than hate, is love." - #BadBunny

This year's #Superbowl halftime was a powerful reminder that choosing love and hope is an act of resistance.

Our teams choose love and hope when they provide medical humanitarian care in over 70 countries. 🚑 🌎❤️

Alliance graphic with text that reads: Strengthening Primary Health Care and Expanding Attachment Using the Neighbourhood Health Home and Link Workers. Read the Alliance's full 2026 Ontario Pre-Budget Recommendations (via the link in post).

Read the Alliance's 2026 Pre-Budget Recommendations: Strengthening Primary Health Care and Expanding Attachment Using the Neighbourhood Health Home + Link Workers. This is HOW we can strengthen #PrimaryCare as the foundation of Ontario's health system: www.allianceon.org/news/Allianc... #ONpoli

From harm reduction to harm production: A frontline physician on the closure of safe consumption sites - Healthy Debate The closure of safe consumption sites in Ontario flies in the face of scientific evidence and my experiences as a physician on the frontlines.

From harm reduction to harm production: A frontline physician on the closure of safe consumption sites

healthydebate.ca/2026/02/topi...

Canada's largest pension fund retreats from climate but other funds show leadership The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested at least $7.1 billion in new fossil fuel and pipeline assets between October 2024 and October 2025, pension watchdog Shift Action estimated in its ann...

At a time when the federal government is encouraging Canadian financial institutions to invest in nation-building projects, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) keeps investing in #fossilfuels and backing away from climate commitments. #cdnpoli

The multi-billion problem Canada’s oilpatch doesn’t want to disclose Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books.

Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/30/o...

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Thanks @shiftaction.bsky.social for another great report. Disappointed to see CPP Investments drop to a "D". Hope that OHA or some #OnHospital CEO will start discussions with HOOPP to improve their "C" rating. #Environmental and social determinants of health. #SDOH #OnHealth #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis

What time is it? 85 seconds to midnight.

The setting of the Doomsday Clock gets a lot of eyeballs, but the real juice is in the Clock Statement, where @meckdevil.bsky.social synthesizes the many intersecting global threats assessed by @thebulletin.org's Science & Security Board:

And so we choose to do battle against the forces of darkness, #ghting back against a malevolent movement that represents all that is bad in the world— fascism, authoritarianism, racism, misogyny, and bigotry— a movement that uses antiscienti#c disinformation as its preferred weapon. We do this not because our success is guaranteed. Given the forces mobilized against us, we are clearly the underdog. And no white wizard will come to our rescue. But we have truth and justice on our side. And the stakes simply couldn’t be greater. We #ght for a livable planet, for us, our children, and future generations. Because it’s worth #ghting for.8

The concluding paragraph of #ScienceUnderSiege
(www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...)

My staff, clients and communities thank you for your efforts. #OnHealth #OnPoli

Billionaires demand more babies but make parenthood unaffordable The economic model championed by figures like Musk makes raising children economically irrational for most households.

"If people do not earn enough to live decently, they will not buy expensive goods, have children or plan long-term futures. If they are expected to be permanently available for work, they will not have the time...to care for families or communities."#OnPoli #CdnPoli
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#OTD we honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., born Jan. 15, 1929. His leadership in the struggle for racial justice, voting rights and economic equity continues to guide the work. #TheMarchContinues

Opinion: Alberta’s oil economy has 10 years before electric takes over. It’s time to invest in the future. Alberta’s oil economy has 10 years before electric takes over. It’s time to invest in the future.

Somebody had to say it: doubling down on fossil fuels while the global energy transition continues (Trump can't stop it) is like investing in Blockbuster just as Netflix arrived. Great stuff here from UBC's @mk49.bsky.social & David Boyd: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #cdnecon

#ClimateCrisis

#OnPoli #RenewableEnergy

See it now?

Happy(?) New Year! #CdnPoli #OnPoli

When the Globe and Mail editorial board is warning that the Venezuela invasion represents a threat to Canada you know how serious the menace is from the gangster fascist regime.

#WealthTax