🏴🇨🇦 Technology and Democracy Reporter at Canada's National Observer. Creator of Civic Searchlight.
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After 'feedback from thousands,' Carney government slows down sweeping environmental changes www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any new actions to curtail this.
The Carney government is slowing down planned regulatory changes that angered some First Nations and mobilized civil society organizations.
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A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any ne...
Hello from Iqaluit! I'm here on my way to Canada's northernmost community (about as far north of Iqaluit as Iqaluit is from Toronto) for a story. It's always a pleasure and a privilege to return to the Arctic.
The new federal artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, has all the trappings of a policy document. But it is, at its core, a declaration of belief. By @hadrianmk.bsky.social and Rachel Pettigrew @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The real reason Mark Carney wants to build so many AI data centres?
@jenstden.bsky.social and I report on internal govt documents explaining one of the top 'public policy benefits to Canada' of data centres is they 'provide markets' for gas producers.
www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m... @desmog.com
The new federal artificial intelligence strategy, AI for All, has all the trappings of a policy document. But it is, at its core, a declaration of belief.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
www.desmog.com
NEW from @natashabulowski.bsky.social and myself
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/04/n...
NEW from me at @nationalobserver.com:
Yesterday, a group of climate conscious municipal leaders met on the sidelines of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to strategize on how to bring the climate crisis back on the agenda.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...
The federal government’s long-awaited AI strategy does not tackle the environmental and climate impacts of rapidly building AI infrastructure like data centres
New from @rorywh.bsky.social + @natashabulowski.bsky.social
🏆🥈Congratulations to Rory White and David McKie at Canada's National Observer for winning the Silver CAJ Award for Data Journalism for "Mapping the dark-money oil and gas ads targeting a small Ontario town" https://loom.ly/-WN6lEo
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Jimmy Thomson
A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any ne...
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The group is advocating for a national clean energy grid, major housing build-out and retrofit program, among other initiatives — and calling for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for it ...
A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any ne...
