Alberta government ad propagates fear and disinformation, writes Tom McElroy
The federal government is doing a bad enough job with the fossil fuel file without Smith urging them to more folly. Scientists have known for almost 200 years that CO2 was going to eventually cause destructive changes to our atmosphere. Trying to delay action for decades more is a crime against humanity.
Supreme Court dares Canada’s polarized politics to do better
Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner and his fellow jurists have done their job. Now it is up to the politicians. The hurry up offence doesn’t work in a courtroom.
Canada charts formal course for CARICOM engagement
The Canada-CARICOM strategic partnership paves the way for annual meetings between foreign ministers and senior officials.
Carbon-pricing course change drives Liberals into another self-made mess
Instead of winning votes in one region and getting applauded for responding to regional concerns, the Liberals have set off a national bidding war for regional wins.
Bill C-69 dragon has been slain
If Canada is to be a world leader, we must reform our project assessment processes, and become a major supplier of natural resources and energy to our friends and allies. Our national security depends upon it.
Canada must embrace digital transformation to achieve climate change and sustainability goals
In just the last year, Canadians have experienced the devastating effects of wildfires, flooding, hurricanes, heat waves, and drought. Shaped by the effects of climate change, the increasing frequency and intensity of severe weather events is concerning for all Canadians, with recent opinion polls indicating that 89 per cent have noticed an increase in natural […]
Is this any way to run a country?
Amid the urgent need to do something about the catastrophe of climate change, Canadians on the right continue to undermine the required national co-operation.
Dogmatism an existential threat to Liberals’ political fortunes in Atlantic Canada, say pollsters
While the growing public warnings from within the federal Liberal caucus and at the provincial level over climate policies have so far remained polite, Abacus Data’s Tim Powers says they may not remain so the longer they are ignored.
Best pathway for clean electricity is to leave fossil fuels behind
As climate impacts intensify, and clean electricity solutions are lying in wait, the federal government has a choice: to lock in benefits for communities or lock in profits for the fossil fuel executives.
Senate sizes up annual carbon footprint in bid for 2030 net-zero goal
Travel and commuting made up roughly 35 per cent of the Senate’s total emissions for 2022-23, while building-related emissions accounted for 56.4 per cent.
