Please creator make them stop the desecration
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—As many know, one of the main differences between Indigenous people and most if not all settler Canadians and our knowledge philosophies is that Indigenous people value the original dream of the creator and creator’s natural law. Another way to understand this difference is to value that Indigenous assumptions, beliefs, knowledge, teachings, and rituals […]
Senate more unpredictable, as Conservatives boycott planning meetings over ‘O Canada’ bill manoeuvring
The Conservatives’ deputy leader in the Senate is skipping daily planning meetings with her counterparts as a “consequence” of the way the controversial National Anthem Bill was passed in the Red Chamber, a move the government’s deputy in the Chamber says would make the Senate even more unpredictable. Conservative Senator Yonah Martin (B.C.) stopped attending […]
McKenna in spotlight as major environment reforms expected in February
Environment groups say 2018 presents a turning point for environment, with the opportunity for a “major spend” on protected areas to meet international targets and for government to get it right on the environmental assessment overhaul. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre, Ont.), her staff and her department are consistently among the top lobbied, for […]
People power: Canadians willing to shell out for clean energy
Energy issues can be a polarizing force in Canadian politics, all too often pitting region against region, or opening up divisions between rural and urban. So when we kicked off the Citizen Dialogues on Canada’s Energy Future in September, we didn’t know where these discussions would take us. The idea was to bring together randomly […]
Canada needs to think bigger to see true growth in its cleantech industry
The worldwide movement to fight climate change is electrifying unprecedented momentum in the global cleantech market. This momentum is characterized by a global race to innovate, develop, verify, and bring solutions to market. Canada has the potential to lead the pack. There’s no question we have the talent; Canada’s clean technology sector continues to punch […]
These provinces led in economic growth. They also price carbon pollution
Opponents of carbon pollution pricing have had a busy year, incessantly warning of the severe economic damage such policies will purportedly cause. Thankfully, proponents of clean growth have had a busy year too. Alberta wrapped up its consultation process on output-based allocations for large industrial emitters, Manitoba and Nova Scotia announced new carbon pricing systems, and the […]
New Senate committee to place spotlight on Arctic
A new Senate committee dedicated to studying issues affecting Canada’s North, is planning to “hit the ground running” when the Upper Chamber resumes at the end of January, says the new group’s deputy chair. Approved by the Senate on Sept. 27, the new Special Committee on the Arctic held its first meeting on Dec. 13, […]
Why the world needs a little less Canada in 2018
Barack Obama, then United States president, told Parliament in 2016 that: “The world needs more Canada.” Banners in Chapters bookstores proclaimed the same message in 2017, by way of celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary. But considering the harm to nature that Canadians cause, the inconvenient truth is that the world needs less Canada. Indeed, if the world’s other species could vote on which humans should be voted off Turtle Island, Canadians would be […]
Does columnist Crane know something we don’t?
Re: “Trudeau’s biggest challenge over next several years will be to cut GHGs,” (The Hill Times, David Crane, Jan. 8). Many thanks for David Crane’s recent opinion piece which highlighted the significant gap between the ambition of the federal government’s climate change rhetoric and its present policy. The sad fact is that the escalating carbon price floor set out in […]
Canada won’t make progress on GHGs if expansion of oil sands continues
Re: “Trudeau’s biggest challenge over next several years will be to cut GHGs,” (The Hill Times, David Crane, Jan. 8). There is no denying it. Canada will not make progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions if exploration and expansion of the oil sands continues, including new pipelines to export bitumen to foreign markets. Reports from the […]
