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"Canada's wildfire genius, Evan Solomon's plan: Skip boring old 'forest management' like clearing deadwood and controlled burns Nah, just drop $66M on 44 AI startups so some PhD's software can detect smoldering fires in 11 countries while our forests still burn like Roman candles Evan Solomon on CBC: 'This... show more

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CBC really rolled out the red carpet for Dave Sawyer, the Canadian Climate Institute's resident Liberal pet activist and professional alarmist, to hawk the same tired grift: "Spend billions more on your carbon tax 'insurance' against wildfires, folks!" This huckster just admitted forest fire prevention is underfunded while pushing the real "solution" as more climate policy cash grabs Newsflash, genius: actual forestry management, clearing deadwood, controlled burns, and not turning our forests into tinderboxes through decades of neglect would actually mitigate fires. Not your BS emissions rituals that punish taxpayers while the smoke keeps rolling in CBC isn't journalism anymore—it's just Liberal propaganda hour with taxpayer-funded activists selling snake oil. Canadians are choking on the smoke AND the costs. Enough. Fire the grifters, manage the damn forests 'I'm not a health expert, but I play one at the Climate institute' Still no counterbalance to CBC's climate hysteria propaganda! Brodie Fenlon

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CBC’s coverage of the Canadian wildfire smoke choking US cities this week has been a textbook case of omission The network ran multiple interviews with climate activists framing the fires as unquestionable proof of climate change. Yet in the only segment even touching forest management — this piece highlighting complaints from Michigan Republican lawmakers — CBC quickly pivots to Carney government talking points about “global cooperation” and “climate change being a global problem,” while giving almost no airtime to practical forestry solutions Where is the discussion of: * Proactive clearing of pine beetle-killed timber? * Scaled-up controlled burns (including Indigenous-led practices)? * Regular removal of deadwood and underbrush? Where is the historical context on Canada’s steady decline in active forestry labour and management intensity since the late 1980s? Those are measurable policy and resource choices, not weather An average Canadian cannot let their roof rot for years, then blame “climate change” when it collapses in a storm. Yet when it comes to our publicly managed forests, CBC treats neglect of basic maintenance as off-limits for debate. Instead, the network allows activist guests to declare the cause “unquestionably climate change” with zero pushback or counter-analysis. Forest management is not a partisan issue — it is land stewardship Canadians cannot lecture Americans about transboundary pollution while neglecting basic land stewardship. In the 1970s and 1980s, Canadian politicians repeatedly scolded the US over acid rain drifting from Midwest coal plants, demanding action and treaties because it was damaging Canadian lakes and forests. They didn’t simply blame “global climate patterns” and move on — they insisted on accountability for preventable emissions and management failures on the American side and Americans followed through Responsible coverage would examine both long-term climate trends ANDthe on-the-ground failures in prevention and maintenance. CBC has chosen the former while burying the latter. That’s not journalism; it’s advocacy. Canadians and our American neighbours deserve better This all merits an Ombudman complaint Brodie Fenlon Maxime Bertrand

CBC’s coverage of the Canadian wildfire smoke choking US cities this week has been a textbook case of omission The network ran multiple interviews with climate activists framing the fires as unquestionable proof of climate change. Yet in the only segment even touching forest management — this piece highlighting complaints from Michigan Republican lawmakers — CBC quickly pivots to Carney government talking points about “global cooperation” and “climate change being a global problem,” while giving almost no airtime to practical forestry solutions Where is the discussion of: * Proactive clearing of pine beetle-killed timber? * Scaled-up controlled burns (including Indigenous-led practices)? * Regular removal of deadwood and underbrush? Where is the historical context on Canada’s steady decline in active forestry labour and management intensity since the late 1980s? Those are measurable policy and resource choices, not weather An average Canadian cannot let their roof rot for years, then blame “climate change” when it collapses in a storm. Yet when it comes to our publicly managed forests, CBC treats neglect of basic maintenance as off-limits for debate. Instead, the network allows activist guests to declare the cause “unquestionably climate change” with zero pushback or counter-analysis. Forest management is not a partisan issue — it is land stewardship Canadians cannot lecture Americans about transboundary pollution while neglecting basic land stewardship. In the 1970s and 1980s, Canadian politicians repeatedly scolded the US over acid rain drifting from Midwest coal plants, demanding action and treaties because it was damaging Canadian lakes and forests. They didn’t simply blame “global climate patterns” and move on — they insisted on accountability for preventable emissions and management failures on the American side and Americans followed through Responsible coverage would examine both long-term climate trends ANDthe on-the-ground failures in prevention and maintenance. CBC has chosen the former while burying the latter. That’s not journalism; it’s advocacy. Canadians and our American neighbours deserve better This all merits an Ombudman complaint Brodie Fenlon Maxime Bertrand

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Janyce McGregor reports about forced labour in Chinese automaker BYD Hungary plant The CBC timing on this story is off The Washington Post first reported on this mid-March and many other outlets repeated the story while Finance Minister Francois- Philippe Champagne was in China McGregor conveniently reporting it while Canada's trade delegation is back... is the story! Did CBC sit on reporting this the same way they are producing Chinese puff pieces from the new China CBC bureau? Brodie Fenlon

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16,889 views • 5 months ago

John Vaillant, the "Fire Weather" expert gets seven minutes on CBC Blames pipelines, oil, politicians. Solution? Vote harder and... prune trees + clean gutters around your house (FireSmart!) Guy just reinvented forest management in his backyard while ignoring it at scale. Decades of fire suppression and pine beetled created the fuel loads. Lightning starts most fires. Prescribed burns and thinning actually work. But nah—must be fossil fuels CBC: "Climate bad, industry evil, no pushback." Classic propaganda hour. Canada’s emissions are tiny globally, but sure, tank the $130B sector funding fire crews while lecturing from BC Prune the hypocrisy instead, John John Vaillant Where is the counterbalance to all this activist propaganda, Brodie? Brodie Fenlon

John Vaillant, the "Fire Weather" expert gets seven minutes on CBC Blames pipelines, oil, politicians. Solution? Vote harder and... prune trees + clean gutters around your house (FireSmart!) Guy just reinvented forest management in his backyard while ignoring it at scale. Decades of fire suppression and pine beetled created the fuel loads. Lightning starts most fires. Prescribed burns and thinning actually work. But nah—must be fossil fuels CBC: "Climate bad, industry evil, no pushback." Classic propaganda hour. Canada’s emissions are tiny globally, but sure, tank the $130B sector funding fire crews while lecturing from BC Prune the hypocrisy instead, John John Vaillant Where is the counterbalance to all this activist propaganda, Brodie? Brodie Fenlon

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