Here’s what MP Cathy McLeod ought to know about carbon pricing
Re: “Northerners deserve a government that has their back,” (The Hill Times, May 16, p. 17). Let’s have all the facts. In decrying Justin Trudeau’s “carbon tax,” Conservative MP Cathy McLeod fails to mention that under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, each province and territory is free to choose their preferred […]
We need more than campaign slogans to effectively deal with climate change
Re: “Northerners deserve a government that has their back,” (The Hill Times, May 16, p. 17). Conservative MP Cathy McLeod makes the assumption that putting a price on carbon emissions is an attempt “to govern the North paternalistically,” and that things will cost more. Things will cost more, particularly if we don’t reduce our carbon […]
Minister Carr tops lobbying list as groups ramp up on environmental assessment, fisheries bills
Energy and environment groups focused their April lobbying efforts on Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, as they pushed the pros and cons of environmental assessment and fisheries bills, and continued to press the government on getting construction started on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. A May 17 search of the lobbyists’ registry showed groups logged […]
Political opportunism one reason for Conservative rejection of carbon pricing
TORONTO—My late great, friend Fraser Mustard, founder of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, would often ask, “why is there such a gap between what we know and what we do?” The British economist, Diane Coyle, asked the same question in a different way in her 2011 book on “how to run the economy as […]
G7 can’t exclude U.S., despite disagreements, say envoys
Diplomats representing G7 countries in Canada say the group can’t exclude the United States even if most members disagree with it on a growing number of issues, including most recently its decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran. Senior diplomats posted to Canada from five G7 member states and the European Union, […]
Oil and gas companies in limbo await decision on Arctic offshore drilling licences
Energy companies with active licences to explore Arctic waters for oil and gas expect an announcement from Ottawa by July that could spell the fate of their future in the North, after a year of consultations with licence holders were held following a December 2016 decision to freeze drilling in Arctic waters for five years […]
What kind of Arctic do we need for the world to remain liveable?
The evolution of human beings as a species has depended on a frozen Arctic. But the North Pole as a frozen ice cap on the top of the world is now in doubt. The rapidly melting Arctic—measured in loss of sea ice, melting permafrost, and temperature surges in mid-winter—is a threat to climate stability globally. […]
Northerners deserve a government that has their back
Last time I had the opportunity to write for the Hill Times, I spoke of the fortitude and resilience of Canadian northerners. The pristine land and waters north of the 60th parallel are full of stunning beauty, but also unique challenges. The Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, believes that the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the […]
Canada won’t meet its UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2020 biodiversity targets unless it takes urgent action
Canada will fail to meet both its UN Sustainable Development Goals and 2020 biodiversity targets unless it takes urgent action. That is the conclusion of Julie Gelfand, Canada’s federal commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, in two reports recently tabled in the House of Commons: “Canada’s Preparedness to Implement the United Nations’ Sustainable Development […]
Fighting for carbon price, burying pipeline headlines key for Trudeau nabbing green voters in 2019, says pollster
Battling an anti-carbon tax premier in Ontario or Alberta could shore up the Trudeau Liberals’ reputation as an environmental champion, says pollster Greg Lyle, after a series of blows to the Grits’ green credentials in recent weeks. Ontario PC leader Doug Ford and Alberta United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney each have strong support in […]
