Canada doesn’t have climate leaders: Bill Henderson

Re: “Will the real climate leaders stand up?” (The Hill Times, by Keith Brooks and Aly Hyder Ali, Nov. 27). We don’t have climate leaders. Canada has never met its (woefully inadequate) climate targets. We continue to do terrible damage to every future generation and the species with which we share creation. If we were […]
COP28 and climate science

Climate scientists are unanimously terrified by the speed at which things are moving, but also relieved that the crisis is finally getting some serious attention from both the public and the governments.
A burning platform for a national fire administration

Creating a Canadian Fire Administration could be one of the most consequential policy tools in the history of fire and emergency management in Canada. Fire chiefs are willing to help make this happen. We hope policy leaders will take our advice seriously.
Federal government can do more to help aviation industry get to 2050 target

Capital expenditure tax claims like SR&ED could make the difference between an advanced manufacturing facility in aviation being built in Canada or not.
World leaders should adjust their global CO2 emissions strategy

Taking an alternative look at how to deal with the energy transition would be a better strategy than crying that the sky is falling while you hope to hold it up with your finger.
Will the real climate leaders please stand up?

Beyond COP28, the question is, what story will parties tell on fighting climate change when the next election comes? Will they be able to say they reigned in oil and gas emissions? Or will it be the same story about carbon pricing, more unkept promises and missed targets?
Big costs sink flagship nuclear project and will sink future small modular reactor projects, too

Adverse economics killed the flagship NuScale SMR project. There is no reason to believe the costs of SMR designs proposed in Canada will be any lower. Are government officials hearing the alarm bells?
The significant and existential threat to Arctic sovereignty from climate change

Strong, Secure, and Engaged had no new initiatives to increase natural disaster fighting capabilities, leaving the women and men in the Armed Forces without meaningful investments in the training and equipment required to combat this growing threat.
‘Everything is not going right for them’: feds’ confusing messaging on pause on home heating oil carbon pricing puts them ‘on the defensive,’ says Nanos

It could be difficult for the Liberal Party to outflank the Conservatives on affordability issues and to recover in the polls, says president and Innovative Research Group founder Greg Lyle.
The real threat to our food supply and public health is lack of regulation

If Canada had more robust laws and regulations ensuring animal welfare on farms, we would have no need for whistleblowers.