Senators come together on C-69 amendments, but far off pace to meet May 16 deadline for committee
Senators on the Environment Committee found common ground last week on proposed amendments to curtail the environment minister’s powers to intervene in the early stages of the new environmental assessment process laid out under Bill C-69, the sweeping reform to environmental reviews introduced by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna. However, the Senators on the committee were […]
Ottawa-area MP Karen McCrimmon overlooked for commitment to helping flooded community
Re: “Local MPs pitch in to help combat flooding as water levels continue to rise,” (The Hill Times, May 1, p. 2). I was extremely disappointed that the text of Neil Moss’ article did not include the name of my Member of Parliament, Karen McCrimmon. Ms. McCrimmon is one of the hardest-working constituency MPs in […]
A lesson for the boys in short pants: the war on data hurts us all in the end
OTTAWA—In a few short months Canadians will head to the polls to elect our next government. But before they do, voters need to appreciate that their ballots will have lasting effects for years to come—well beyond a single government’s mandate, and in ways exceeding the imaginations of election platforms. Following nearly 10 years of Conservative […]
Trying to derail serious climate change action will someday be viewed as the crime it is
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer kept joking at the press gallery dinner the other night about the persistent questions about his party’s lack of a climate-change plan six months before a federal election. Yes, yes, it’s coming, he chuckled. This while newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, now considered the leader of the right-wing “opposition” to […]
The sad state of Canada’s left wing
OAKVILLE, ONT.—According to recent media reports, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer supposedly blundered when he secretly met not too long ago with oil company executives to plot a grand strategy aimed at ousting the Liberals from power. Why was that meeting seen as a blunder? Well, in ordinary times, such a move would certainly cause […]
“As communities grapple with flooding, is Canada doing enough to ensure it’s ready to deal with such emergencies and natural disasters?” by Laura Ryckewaert
Cory Hann Conservative strategist “The entire Conservative family has the flooded communities in our thoughts. It’s difficult to imagine losing your home, and it’s something no one ever expects to experience. We’ve encouraged many people to volunteer by filling sandbags in the affected communities, and continue to encourage anyone who can volunteer some time to […]
Politicians should stop blame game on climate change and take real action, say environmentalists
Canada’s federal politicians have been pointing fingers at one another for failing to offer a plan that prevents global temperatures from rising to uninhabitable conditions, while the window for averting catastrophic, destabilizing climate events is closing in, say environmentalists, who argue the next election needs to be a contest of policy ideas, not a partisan […]
Floods remind us we haven’t learned lessons of the past
OTTAWA—In 1791, after a century of habitation in the flat plains along the Saint Lawrence River, an earthquake hit the parish of Kamouraska, Que., damaging the church and some of the town’s buildings. The priest at the time, Joseph-Amable Trutault, called it a “sign from God” the parish should move. However, he had an ulterior […]
Quebec’s relationship with the oil industry: it’s complicated
The Lac-Mégantic disaster remained seared in Quebec’s consciousness. The train that exploded in July 2013—one example of the fiftyfold increase in oil-by-rail between 2009 and 2013—had come through the American Midwest, crossed into Canada at Windsor, then passed through Montreal before heading toward the Maine border to cut across the northern part of the state, […]
Continued inaction on Kashechewan relocation has Liberals telling on themselves
There’s really little that the federal government can say in its defence when it comes to the disparity of how it has reacted to recent flooding events in northern and southern parts of the country. On Tuesday, evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario rallied on Parliament Hill, demanding action after 17 years of […]
