First Nations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by ‘nuclear-is-green’ deception
Nuclear power is touted as ‘green.’ It is not, despite what big-money firms are saying. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life.
Welcome to ‘uncharted territory’
If we’re already ‘in uncharted territory,’ then what do we do next? There is no realistic short-term way to boost our emissions cuts: even if the will were there, the alternative energy sources take much time to build.
Canada must lead the fight against plastic pollution
To stem the tide of plastic pollution, Canada must phase out hard-to-recycle single-use plastics and prioritize reusable, refillable alternatives.
What Canada needs in its next prime minister
In the future post-Justin Trudeau era, Canada will need someone who understands what the masses feel economically, who recognizes we’re at a perilous moment in our planet’s evolution.
Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
Parliament gridlock must end to tackle Canada’s biodiversity crisis
Critical legislation to combat the biodiversity crisis is being sidelined as MPs bicker.
Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport
Federal carbon tax is ‘devastating’ to Western Canadian food producers, said the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities’ president.
‘They need more local resources’: greater co-ordination needed in wildfire response, Senate committee hears
While well below the 16 million hectares burned in the record-setting 2023 season, this year’s wildfire season was still the second-worst in terms of area burned since 1995.
Canadians deserve long-term energy solutions, not short-term fixes
This winter, the government needs to remove taxes on lower-emission home energy sources like propane.
Environment Policy Briefing
