Canada has opportunity to ‘turn climate action into a competitive advantage,’ says natural resources minister
The Trudeau government didn’t waste any time after assuming office in November 2015 to indicate that fighting climate change and moving towards clean-energy technologies would be major priorities. After signing the Paris climate agreement in December 2015, the government promptly started sketching out its plan to meet emission reduction targets laid out in the global pact. […]
UNESCO seeks new safeguards for Wood Buffalo National Park
VICTORIA, B.C.—On Canada Day, while many Canadians made use of their ‘Canada 150’ passes for free admission to Canada’s national parks, a delegation of the Mikisew Cree First Nation was in Poland working to save Canada’s largest national park, Wood Buffalo National Park (WBNP). WBNP is home to the world’s largest inland freshwater delta, the […]
‘British Columbians do not want this,’ Trudeau faces tough task on $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan pipeline with incoming B.C. government
The Trudeau government is facing a difficult scenario with a pipeline project in British Columbia it supports now that a provincial government is coming in that’s firmly opposed to it, experts say. What’s at stake is the $7.4-billion expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline between Alberta and British Columbia. The project was approved by […]
Canada must tackle root causes of displacement, conflict, as well as their effects
OTTAWA—Twenty million people in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Yemen are facing famine. It is being called the largest humanitarian crisis since the inception of the United Nations. In Yemen, the last two years of conflict has caused such severe economic breakdown that today some seven million people do not know where their next meal […]
Canadian oil and gas wanted abroad
The world can count on Canada for a lot of things: humility and quiet pride; hospitality and friendliness; intellect; and, perhaps most of all, our constant need to apologize. We don’t give ourselves enough credit, and often let others determine our sense of worth. Truthfully, we’re better than that. When it comes to energy, we’re […]
Taking cue from local hero Crosby, Grit N.S. MP Fisher scores winner
It’s a proud time for residents of the federal riding of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, N.S.; not only is their homegrown prodigy Sidney Crosby celebrating a second-straight Stanley Cup with his Pittsburgh Penguins, but local MP Darren Fisher has gotten a private member’s bill passed into law. The Liberal MP’s Bill C-238, which compels the government to […]
Feds leave 99 per cent of lakes, rivers unprotected
The list of broken election promises by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is growing longer, with another one added last week. Last Tuesday, the Trudeau government tabled its response to the House Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities’ recommendations on the Navigation Protection Act (NPA), formerly the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA). The Trudeau government […]
Liberal summer caucus meeting to be held in Kelowna as party looks to maintain grip on B.C.
The federal Liberals will host their annual summer caucus meetings in Kelowna this year, The Hill Times has learned, as the party looks to secure its presence in British Columbia after approval of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline drew sharp criticism from political leaders and voters in the Lower Mainland. Liberal MPs will descend on the […]
Reducing pollution makes economic sense
A ground-breaking report of the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development recommends 87 changes that would significantly strengthen the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). CEPA plays an important role in the daily lives of Canadians, covering a broad range of environmental issues, including the regulation of pollution and toxic chemicals […]
Trudeau’s impractical politics
OAKVILLE, ONT.—If nothing else, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must be credited with ushering in a glorious new era of marvellous political impracticality. He’s a prime minister, in other words, whose style of leadership is to seemingly offer Canadians a fantastic vision of the future, a vision sometimes so idealistic and so fabulous, it could actually […]
