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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) • Senior Researcher @policyalternatives.bsky.social • Climate/labour/industrial policy 🌎✊⚙️
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There is no shortage of good ideas for disentangling Canada from the U.S. and investing in more resilient alternatives. What all of these ideas have in common is a foundational belief in and commitment to the public interest. New from me: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

New from @policyalternatives.ca : Politicians have been framing interprovincial trade barriers as an end-all-be-all for dealing with the #Trump #tariffs. There's just one issue—the numbers that they're citing are wildly inflated. By @marclee.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Lots of unanswered questions! Per Alto website, "this announcement paves the way for a consultation phase," so seems like we're still a long way away from a final design, let alone a timeline for shovels in the ground.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Great news for a long-overdue infrastructure project! Unfortunately, it looks like a P3 model that will mean unnecessarily higher costs (i.e., private rent-seeking) over the long term. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Strongly agree with this piece today by @hadrianmk.bsky.social. The current crisis is an opening to leap into the new, not beat a path back to the past. An east-west oil pipeline is a trap—Canada needs an east-west electricity grid www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

An east-west pipeline is neither a short-term nor a long-term solution for Canada. It would take too long to build to help with the current crisis and, even if it got built, it would be competing for a shrinking market with falling prices. New from me: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

New oil pipelines will take 10+ years to build and make us even more dependent on a volatile resource that's in long-term global price decline. We need to be *less* dependent on fossil fuels, not more. Something the EU learned after the invasion of Ukraine. energyandcleanair.org/russia-ukrai...

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Very glad that @policyalternatives.bsky.socialis putting ideas on the table that are reasonable, though leftwing. We don't hear these kinds of proposals enough. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

Nationalization, export quotas, sanctions on oligarchs, price controls and more. Everything needs to be on the table in an economic war with Trump. My take w/ @marclee.bsky.social: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

"The radical is today the only practical; it is the only hope." Great stuff from Sam Gindin here: www.readthemaple.com/trumps-threa...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Canada must be prepared for four years of unpredictable, vindictive and destabilizing American policy. My initial take on Trump's opening salvo with @whosestreets.bsky.social and @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

"Canada has a long and ugly history of resource busts. A Trump bust will be worse." My latest op-ed highlights the vulnerability of rural Canada. Fortunately, with the WSJ reporting no tariffs this morning, the worst is unlikely to come to pass. troymedia.com/viewpoint/th...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

The oil and gas sector loves to complain about how Justin Trudeau is trying to "kill" their industry. In reality, he's been the best friend they've had for a prime minister in decades. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/08/o...

submitted 50 days ago • 14 comments

Thank you @hadrianmk.bsky.social for these very kind words about my book. Hadrian's newsletter, Shift Storm, is a necessary resource for labor/climate and just transition folks. You can sign up for it here: mailchi.mp/policyaltern...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, well, a 2 hour 48 min martial law declaration in the Motherland wasn't how I thought pub day would go but here we are lol. My book is officially out today! A little 🧵 on some main points 1/

submitted 86 days ago • 31 comments

No politician or government in Canada can “save” the oil sands in the long term. For all the finger-pointing within Canada, the real spectre hanging over the industry is the global clean energy transition. My latest in the @calgaryherald.bsky.social: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Super important report here from @hadrianmk.bsky.social & Matt Hulse. 👇 Shows how global trends will impact oil production and fossil fuel workers in 🇨🇦, regardless of what climate-denying politicians do or say. These workers and communities deserve a robust just transition plan!

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Welcome new followers! We're so glad you're here with us! Thank you to the many people who have included the CCPA in their Starter Packs. Here's ours go.bsky.app/TYuVu7X

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Canada is failing to prepare for a net-zero future w/ a significantly reduced role for the oil sands. New research paints a catastrophic picture of what's to come w/out deepening transition plans. @hadrianmk.bsky.social @policyalternatives.bsky.social #ClimateAction monitormag.ca/articles/can...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

What happens to Canada if the world stops buying our oil? New research by Matt Hulse and I finds that governments, communities and workers are not prepared for a potentially catastrophic drop in global oil demand. Read the full report at: policyalternatives.ca/heads-in-the...

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments