Feds’ justice reforms, poverty-reduction bill priorities for House in coming months: Chagger
With only a few days left before MPs and Senators break for the holidays, the government could see two more of its bills passed during what Government House Leader Bardish Chagger has called a “productive” fall sitting. In recent a phone interview with The Hill Times, Ms. Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) identified a few key pieces […]
Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close
TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home, the Canadian and Albertan governments are trying to salvage an industry that is one of this country’s largest emitters of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. If this sounds […]
PCs’ vague climate plan might just be ‘for the people’
TORONTO—Doug Ford’s climate change plan is sorely lacking. It is not entirely a bust. As York University environmentalist Mark Winfield writes, the Ontario premier’s blueprint for dealing with global warming contains some “surprisingly progressive” elements—including a commitment to take climate change into account in government decision-making. But overall, the plan released on Nov. 29 is […]
‘Failure is not an option’: NDPers say they’re optimistic heading into 2019, despite falling political fortunes, but much rides on Singh’s byelection win
Despite trailing in fundraising and opinion polls, and a steady loss in vote-share in federal byelections since 2015, NDPers say they’re optimistic the party can turn things around and be competitive in 2019, but much hangs on new leader Jagmeet Singh’s upcoming byelection campaign. “There’s a corridor available for the NDP to do the critique […]
What the old economy got wrong, the blue economy could get right
As the adage goes, if you want different results, you have to try a different approach. Old models of economic thinking have brought us to where we are today: facing a series of ecological crises that threaten to destroy our life-support systems. But where our old, unsustainable economy went wrong is where the “blue economy” […]
Taiwan can help in the climate change fight, says envoy
The 24th session of the Conference of Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held from Dec. 3 to 14 in Katowice, Poland. Despite being a vibrant democracy, the world’s 20th largest economy and a responsible stakeholder in the global community, Taiwan will once again be shut out of this […]
Majority of Canadians not sold on feds’ plan to tackle climate change, poll suggests
Federal Liberals shouldn’t give themselves too much credit for trying to lead action on the climate file, a recent poll suggests. A significant majority of Canadians gives the Trudeau government poor marks for its efforts to tackle climate change, according to a Forum Research poll. About 58 per cent of respondents rated those efforts as […]
The climate emergency requires extraordinary measures
As any observer of the energy scene can confirm, renewable energy is providing an increasingly large portion of our energy needs. Photovoltaic solar panels are cheaper than coal. Geothermal and wind are competitive with other fossil fuels. We have the technology to phase out the internal combustion engine and to massively reduce the energy wasted […]
Nuclear industry eyes more federal support of ‘small modular reactors,’ as advocates push for Ottawa to hit pause
The Canadian nuclear industry is looking for more federal government involvement in supporting the development of a new generation of reactors, after Natural Resources Canada put out a “roadmap” report earlier this month, spelling out steps different players in the sector could take. The small modular reactor (SMR) roadmap was published on Nov. 7, and […]
Feds must halt Site C dam construction before Indigenous cultural sites lost forever
The Site C dam under construction in northern British Columbia is a completely unnecessary project that will overload the B.C. power grid, killing demand for less ecologically destructive and more socially just energy projects proposed by First Nations. Yet the B.C. government is going ahead anyway, despite the enormous significance of the Peace River valley, where […]
