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Marv Shaffer

@MarvShaffer

Economist, would-be writer and other things

 Vancouver, Canada
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Joined April 2013
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🚨| URGENTE: El tirano de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro no quiere que el mundo vea esta masiva protesta en su contra que está sucediendo ahora mismo en Caracas, encabezada por María Corina Machado. Dale ME GUSTA y RT para que el mundo se entere y esto le duela más a Maduro. 🇻🇪
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Just emerged from the news-void bliss of the Westcoast Trail. 🏕️🌊🥾😊
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I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/
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MAR 20: #COVID19 in #Ontario 1829 cases*, 11 deaths, 1261 resolved 52083 tests/day, 28020 pending, 3.6% pos 765 hospitalized (302 in ICU)🏥 1480882 vaccinations (+60283)💉 See thread for more graphs📈⬇️ #onhealth #COVID19ontario
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Imagine if BC and Alberta were one province. While it may sound like a bad joke, it’s the premise of this piece I wrote w @MarkJaccard. Improving the electricity connection between BC and AB can help Canada meet its GHG goals using BC’s flexible hydro and AB’s plentiful wind.
CBC Calgary (@CBCCalgary) profile pictureCBC Calgary@CBCCalgary22 Dec 2020
OPINION | Bridging the electricity gap between Alberta and B.C. makes perfect climate sense cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/r…
OPINION | Bridging the electricity gap between Alberta and B.C. makes perfect climate sense | CBC...

OPINION | Bridging the electricity gap between Alberta and B.C. makes perfect climate sense | CBC...

Connecting the provinces is an opportunity to use B.C.’s hydro flexibility to enable more wind and solar to be built in Alberta, resulting in lower GHGs, according to professors Mark Jaccard and...

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Replying to @CTVNews
With all the anxiety around schools starting back this week, why would you post an article like this? @CTVNews we should be supporting parents, teachers and students, not adding fears with this type of writing.
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For all the existing vulnerabilities the coronavirus has exposed, it has also revealed how easily seemingly intractable problems can be fixed—with enough political will, writes @YasmeenSerhan: on.theatln.tc/yI4qgdh
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LYSIANE GAGNON - Trudeau et le « Jodygate » #lapresseplus plus.lapresse.ca/screens/e57…
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bctoday@bctoday14 Feb 2019
PODCAST: Energy lawyer David Austin and @MarvShaffer on #BCHydro and #IPPs, #bcpoli. @NicoleTalksLove and @YuthikaGirme on #ValentinesDay. podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/p…
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#Trade spat with #Mexico speeds U.S. decline as global #wheat supplier goo.gl/jGA8Rv
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Blair King@BlairKing_ca24 Aug 2017
Will there be a demand for #SiteC power? Delving into BC Hydro demand statistics achemistinlangley.wordpress.… @maxfawcett @bcshaffer #bcpoli
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To toll or not to toll? Is that the (election) question? I wrote about bridge tolls and politics for @MacleansMag #bcpoli nitter.gq/jason_kirby/status/851…
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Good post. Cautionary tale for #bcpoli where the Govt has significantly reduced BCUC authority cdhowe.org/intelligence-memo…
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Important piece. How BC uses deferral accounts to shield customers from cost increases. Currently at $6 billion. policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
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Reconciling pipelines with Canada’s climate goals. My latest with @trevortombe. Discuss! #ableg #cdnecon #bcpoli cdhowe.org/intelligence-memo…
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Digging into regional unemployment numbers in BC: very different story from Vancouver/Prov avg. Northeast region just surpassed 10% #bcpoli
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Mourn the #stamps loss by reading about the AB electricity market! Great pick-me-up! My take: get past the rhetoric & look at the policies nitter.gq/heraldheadlines/status…
Herald Headlines (@HeraldHeadlines) profile pictureHerald Headlines@HeraldHeadlines28 Nov 2016
Shaffer: Electricity: There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear dlvr.it/MlwdX6
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What does a capacity market mean for #Alberta? Read the latest Intelligence Memo post by @bcshaffer: cdhowe.org/intelligence-memo… #ableg
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I wrote about carbon tax revenue. This, not pricing itself, is where the debate should be. #cdnpoli #cdnecon theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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The CCPA–BC@CCPA_BC20 Sep 2016
. @MarvShaffer: Supporting youth aging out of foster care is the right thing to do – and it makes economic sense: policynote.ca/investing-in-y…
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