Canada's aid to the oil & gas sector topped $29.6B in 2024: Environmental Defence
Big-ticket items last year include $21B in financing for the Trans Mountain pipeline project
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canadas-aid-to-the-oil--gas-sector-topped-296b-in-2024-environmental-defence-142524302.html
Environmental Defence says its $29.6 billion figure spans direct grants, tax breaks, loans, and loan guarantees
Big-ticket items in 2024 include $21 billion in financing for the government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline project, and $7.5 billion in public financing through Export Development Canada.
Figures can't lie, but liars can figure. They make it sound like a grant but loans are just loans.
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
