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.
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.
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.
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.
Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill
Bill C-5 would come to a final vote on June 20 under the terms of the motion.
Nation building isn’t just about speed—it’s about vision
Bill C-5 is walking backwards into the future if it aims to support an outdated and expensive fossil fuel industry while moving in the direction of more climatic and environmental breakdown.
The urgency of confronting a warming world remains
As Mark Carney battles Donald Trump’s trade wars and confronts western alienation, he will also have to lead Canada’s heighten effort in the energy transition and prepare the country for the baked-in impacts of climate change.
How will the Carney government navigate between fighting climate change and bending to corporate priorities? Only time will tell
A 2024 UN Environment Program report concluded, under a status quo scenario, Earth is on track to reach an approximate 2.7°C increase in planetary warming by 2100. There is a possibility that the world could experience 2°C before the end of this decade according to the World Meteorological Association.
