For Canada to be ‘climate competitive’ we need to stay the course on key industrial policies
In investigating the efficacy of Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan, I’d like to highlight two sectors whose emissions have changed dramatically over the last 20 years. I believe they tell a story of how strong, durable climate policies can work, without damaging industries.
The Giant Mine project is yet another Liberal scandal: Conservative MP
The Giant Mine remediation boondoggle is a stark reminder of what happens when government prioritizes optics over accountability.
Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade
The Climate-Aligned Finance Act provides the structure and legal clarity needed for our financial system to operate consistently with Canada’s own climate commitments.
Canada can still get to net-zero by 2050 if we get real about what’s missing
If 2025 becomes the year governments reconnect climate, energy, and economic policy, Canada can still meet its 2050 goal—and emerge more prosperous and competitive in the process.
Carney: short-term self-interest?
The tragedy Mark Carney warned about was stranded assets, financial loss, and maybe economic collapse—does he not understand the evil damage we are doing over the horizon to our only home and every future generation? How Canada, as a major producer, must be responsible? And the need for urgent, unthinkably radical action?
Water security a matter of national security
Water systems aren’t just environmental resources. They’re critical infrastructure and prime security targets.
Plastics and PFAS: a public health crisis Canada can no longer ignore
The government must invest in the health of Canada, stop subsidizing polluters, and drive the well-being agenda by eliminating harmful toxics and plastics.
Canada needs an agenda to end pollution from toxics and plastics
Voluntary measures for polluters will never measure up: we need rules that reduce pollution.
Chimps, war, and us
Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible
Extreme weather is already reshaping our economy, destabilizing our energy supply, weakening our ecosystems, and testing our infrastructure.
