Peter Dalglish, founder of the charity Street Kids International and brought into the order in 2016, was found guilty in Nepal of sexually assaulting two boys, aged 11 and 14.

Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Jaques Lamarre, who was made a member in 2005,was found guilty of collusion and corruption in relation to the firm’s work in Libya with Saadi Gadhafi, son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

SNC renamed itself AtkinsRealis to try to get people to forget about their various corruption scandals.

An internal investigation months later showed the team at Canadian Joint Operations Command did in fact violate intelligence-gathering rules by using their personal computers and home networks to collect information about Canadians, CBC News reported last month.

Looks like they were right.

You’re right that it’s a deeply shitty and cynical counterpoint. In terms of realpolitik, you probably aren’t wrong.

Trudeau talked a great game but repeatedly fumbled the implementation. Maybe if his government has done a better job with the branding and politicisation of the various carbon taxes we’d be in a better spot. But we aren’t.

At best we can say this steals some of the thunder from the separatists.

The Globe gets deeper into the numbers:

The government said that by 2040, the carbon price paid by the market will be $130 per tonne. However, the floor price, which is the fee enforced by the government, will be set at only $110 per tonne for 2040. … Alberta will start regulating a floor price in 2030, at $60 per tonne … when Mr. Trudeau was prime minister, it was much stricter, at $170 per tonne by 2030.

So a two thirds discount on the 2030 number. I’m betting that’ll be further watered down in the next few years.

They’re even scaling back the carbon capture plan:

The original aim of Pathways was to reduce emissions by 22 megatonnes per year. Friday’s agreement scales that down to 16 megatonnes per year. And it sets the in-service date at 2035, rather than the previously stated 2030.

In context: annual heating due to climate change is accelerating, as is sea level rise

It looks like they’re dramatically reducing the carbon price, delaying increases to the cost, and reducing the goals for carbon capture.

It looks like a win for the greenhouse gas producers, and yet another fuck you to our kids.

At least someone is getting a fair payout from the lawsuit.

CBC had an interesting blurb about this kind of study: it refers to asking rent, as opposed to what renters actually pay. Typically, most renters only see their rent go up, unless they move. Typically, when renters move equivalent homes will be the current inflated price - so the only way to reduce cost is to reduce amenities.

Regardless however, it’s good that prices are falling.

A new report says average asking rents in Canada have fallen back to levels seen three years ago, as April marked the 19th consecutive year-over-year decline.

The latest monthly analysis from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, based on asking rents across the former’s listings network, says prices reached an average of $2,027, down 4.7 per cent from April 2025.

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That’s really interesting. Thanks for those links.

IMO the question is whether current ecosystems are degraded by the reintroduction of horses. It sounds like they have a negative impact on existing ungulates and (maybe?) soils.

I don’t know enough to say if an ecosystem that has existed for 12,000 years without horses that has horses reintroduction, is being degraded or returned to its previous state.

Horses are part of humanity’s footprint. They’re invasive to North America, and degrade native ecosystems.

There are fun specifics, but it sounds like it’s business as usual.

It sounds like the ol’ foreign influence registry still isn’t up and running.

From the link above:

The Alberta RCMP said it is investigating whether any offences were committed respecting the “dissemination or handling of the information” from the provincial voter list.

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Elections Alberta said any person who contravenes the rules is guilty of an offence and liable to an administrative penalty of not more than $100,000 or, if convicted by a court, to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both a fine and imprisonment.

Although they haven’t publicized suspected perps, it’s likely some people will be found over the course of the investigation.

I don’t have a great deal of confidence in the RCMP, but it’s too soon to say no one is getting punished. Let’s see how the investigation turns out.

It has translated to ~25 power of sale listings this year, so I think Brampton is safe.

But hopefully their house prices will fall faster because of it.

Elections Canada is pretty solid. I dealt with them for election and EDA stuff. They always seemed very competent, well meaning, and responsible. I wouldn’t be surprised if that attitude has spread to the provincial bodies as well.

One of the CBC stories mentioned that Elections Alberta salts their lists with a few fake names so they can trace leaks. Clever.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/elections-alberta-electors-database-9.7182667

Court heard that an Elections Alberta investigation determined the list was legitimately provided to the Republican Party of Alberta, a provincial party founded in 2022 that supports Alberta independence.

I feel like the exact how doesn’t really matter, but since you asked for speculation:

Someone in the Republican Party probably got the list as part of the last election and decided to keep a copy. Then they either gave it to a pal at Centurian or they went to work for Centurian and brought the list.

Someone unaware of election law thought they could use the database, so they did something obvious and made it searchable for their volunteers.

Then one of their volunteers who was aware of election law saw how flagrant the violation was and told Elections Alberta.

Weren’t they responsible for implementing the stress tests? Or was that the mortgage brokers?

Oops. I meant to include that in the post. Thanks for the reminder.

It’s the Americas edition, so they localized it. /s

Weirdly, they spell it properly in the article text.

B.C. is particularly blessed with near-surface geothermal resources … One such site is Mount Meager, near Pemberton, where temperatures of 290 C were measured only three kilometres below the surface. In geothermal terms, that is like striking gold.

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Canada has a competitive edge in geothermal energy — one that can truly make us an energy superpower. By deploying our own expertise towards geothermal innovation across our broad spectrum of geological settings, we can unlock vast resources of clean, firm, renewable heat and power. Canadians are already doing this around the world. It’s time to turn this expertise towards our own resources.

But how will this help the oligarchs? /s