Scrapping net-zero commitments step in right direction for CPPIB
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s objective should not be climate activism or other environmental or social concerns, but risk-adjusted financial returns.
Canadian competitiveness is on the line
As Canada’s new government looks to expand trade beyond the United States, carbon must stay top of mind.
Working with First Nations on an Indigenous fire stewardship protocol could go a long way
Practices like prescribed burns must be incorporated within federal and provincial strategies and leveraged not only for First Nations, but also for land across the country.
Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin
The One Canadian Economy Act is being rammed through the House via a ‘non-democratic’ process and would result in governmental overreach, say the Bloc Québécois, who plan to vote against the bill.
Q&A | Elizabeth May on Carney’s major projects’ ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Bill C-5 ‘is 100 per cent about unfettered political discretion exercised by cabinet,’ says the Green leader.
Bill to fast-track major projects could boost GDP, but raises environmental concerns
The One Canadian Economy Act seeks to to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility and streamline the federal regulatory processes for major projects.
While the world fiddles, Canada is burning
The world needs to be seized of the emergency at hand. With thousands of hectares of our own country burning, we need to reignite global interest in finding an energy solution.
Carney has energy to burn, that’s a problem
The federal government’s legislation encouraging the building of pipelines comes as wildfires in parts of British Columbia and Manitoba force residents to flee their homes for yet another year. It should be in the ‘national interest’ to act on climate change—and act quickly.
Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling
It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we’ve have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in this manner are ‘bycatch,’ thrown back into the water dead or dying.
Diversified trade and strong pollution laws work together
If Canada wants the strongest economy in the G7, we’ll need to meet a higher environmental standard.
