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Carney Net Zero

From Global Ideology to Local Bylaws: Mark Carney and the Spread of Net Zero in Canadian Municipalities

MARCH 12, 2026

Canadian municipalities have been pushing the radical green Net Zero scam since well before Carney became Prime Minister. I wrote …

One Year Later LA Wildfires

City of Los Angeles Wildfires: One Year Later

FEBRUARY 5, 2026

A year has passed since devastating fires ravaged Los Angeles, scorching over 57,000 acres, destroying more than 18,000 structures, and …

Your City, Your Vote: Why 2026 Matters More Than You Think

Your City, Your Vote: Why 2026 Matters More Than You Think

JANUARY 25, 2026

Municipal Watch readers have likely seen the excellent news out of Calgary. In December of 2025, soon after Alberta’s municipal …

No more foreign flags

Calgary decides “no more foreign flags” at City Hall

DECEMBER 30, 2025

The city of Calgary has just enacted a new policy which should make municipalities across Canada sit up and take …

Ontario bans municipal speed cameras! The war on the car (aka the war on drivers) just suffered an important defeat, and in Ontario of all places!

A Defeat for the “War on the Car” – in Ontario, of all places!

NOVEMBER 22, 2025

The war on the car (aka the war on drivers) just suffered an important defeat, and in Ontario of all …

The War on the Car Electric Vehicles

The War on the Car, Part 2: Electric Vehicles

OCTOBER 31, 2025

In part one of this blog post, we looked at how municipalities have spent decades waging their quiet war on …

The War on the Car Electric Vehicles

The War on the Car

OCTOBER 7, 2025

Remember the “war on the car”? For decades, municipalities around the world have been waging a relentless war on cars …

Rio

Blame it on Rio

JUNE 30, 2025

Would it surprise you to learn that, for over a generation, one of the main ways the federal Liberals have …

Mark Carney WEF Net Zero

Carney’s Influence on Canadian Municipalities: Driving Net Zero from the World Economic Forum to every city and town in Canada

MAY 23, 2025

As a globalist – now arguably one of the most powerful globalists in the world – Mark Carney has long …

Carbon tax carney

Our new PM is still “Carbon Tax Carney”

APRIL 21, 2025

Our new PM is still “Carbon Tax Carney” With a week to go before the election, many Canadians have forgotten …

Ottawa’s “green master plan”: Meaningless targets set by municipalities will have real and terrible consequences for Canadians everywhere.

MARCH 28, 2025

Yes, I might seem slightly obsessed with the nonsensical “climate emergencydeclarations” passed by just about every Canadian municipality, but I …

Los Angeles Wildfires

Los Angeles wildfires: A Cautionary Tale for Canadian Municipalities

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The recent Los Angeles wildfires killed at least 29 people, forced over 200,000 evacuations, burned over 57,000 acres of land …

Tony Abbott

Alarmism, Australia & (Tony) Abbott

JANUARY 21, 2025

In my last column, I wrote about Donald Trump’s 2013 tweet, in which he implied that the term “global warming” …

Climate Terminology and Rivalries Among the Green Left

JANUARY 6, 2025

Last month, I published my opinion piece “Understanding the “Municipal” GreenAgenda: The Example of Ad Bans.” The subject matter was …

Understanding the “Municipal” Green Agenda: The Example of Ad Bans 

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The City of Ottawa voted in March of this year to consider banning fossil fuel (oil, natural gas) advertisements in …

New watchdog organization aims to eliminate ‘municipal madness’ across Ontario & Canada

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Municipal Watch, launched in January, hopes to become an official opposition to local mayors and councillors who abuse their positions.

Why Canada needs a new watchdog focused on the municipal level

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Trudeau battle it out in the House of Commons, Canada’s cities and …

Podcast: President Stella Ambler speaks to True North’s Andrew Lawton: Are Municipalities Broken Too?

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Former member of parliament Stella Ambler has launched a new watchdog group, Municipal Watch, which takes aim at costly and …

News Release – New Group Aims to Make City and Town Governments More Accountable

JANUARY 30, 2023

TORONTO, ON: Starting today, Canadians will have a new way to hold politicians accountable between elections. Municipal Watch is a …