Here’s what MP Cathy McLeod ought to know about carbon pricing
Re: “Northerners deserve a government that has their back,” (The Hill Times, May 16, p. 17). Let’s have all the facts. In decrying Justin Trudeau’s “carbon tax,” Conservative MP Cathy McLeod fails to mention that under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, each province and territory is free to choose their preferred […]
Feds assembling Indigenous advisory team ahead of Indian Act reform
The federal government is putting together an Indigenous advisory panel to help it navigate what are sure to be complicated discussions over how to remove gender discrimination from—and make broader changes to—the Indian Act. After the government compromised on Senate-led amendments, Bill S-3 passed in December allowing all women to pass Indian status down to […]
Canada needs a reconstructed Conservative Party
CHELSEA, QUE.—This country needs a reconstructed Conservative Party—one that embodies the prudent policy and personal rectitude of a Peter Loughheed, Bill Davis, Joe Clark, or Robert Stanfield, not the extremism, vitriol, and defiant ignorance on offer from today’s right. Red Tories, blue Conservatives, and centre-right intellectuals still exist in demoralized and diminishing rumps within present-day […]
Are we on the cusp of a dark decade for progressives and a golden age for conservatives?
OTTAWA—This could be the beginning of the return to a dark decade for progressives across Canada. Suddenly, it looks like the conservative, and even neo-conservative and populist arguments are winning out. At the end of the 2015 federal election, prime minister Stephen Harper held two rallies with the Ford brothers in the Greater Toronto Area, […]
‘Quite a few caveats’: Morneau’s vague, B.C.-only ‘indemnity’ arouses questions about a growing federal financial stake, economists say
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s offer to financially backstop the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from delays created by British Columbia Premier John Horgan leaves a big question mark on how far Ottawa is willing to go to financially buoy the project—a move appearing increasingly necessary as costs for the project grow, economists say. Mr. Morneau […]
Quebec survey respondents positive, pragmatic about ties with China
As Ottawa awaits the outcome of the NAFTA negotiations and amidst deepening tensions in United States-China relations, a new survey shows that Quebecers have views of China and the prospect of deeper relations even more positive than in the rest of Canada. Conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of a research team based at the School […]
Indigenous services minister says plan to eliminate water advisories is on track
Since November 2015, 62 long-term drinking water advisories for public systems on reserves have been lifted, says Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott. And despite adding 32 to the list in that time, she said the government is on track to meet its commitment of eliminating them all by March 2021. “It’s continuing in a very […]
Northern corridor research has ‘merit,’ say Tory politicians who want to see Liberal support
A dedicated trade corridor for the North and its closest neighbours would spur economic development for the country’s most remote regions, say Tory politicians who are frustrated with the government’s refusal to support a proposal that already has the endorsement of a Senate committee. But Transport Canada says money is already directed towards improving northern […]
Oil and gas companies in limbo await decision on Arctic offshore drilling licences
Energy companies with active licences to explore Arctic waters for oil and gas expect an announcement from Ottawa by July that could spell the fate of their future in the North, after a year of consultations with licence holders were held following a December 2016 decision to freeze drilling in Arctic waters for five years […]
Trudeau policies well-meaning but costly to Nunavut, says Independent MP Tootoo
The Trudeau government has taken several steps to ensure an economically prosperous and sustainable Canadian Arctic into the future, including agreeing to the United States-Canada Joint Arctic Leaders’ Statement; receiving Mary Simon’s report, A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model; and putting together a new Arctic Policy Framework. But what does a sustainable and economically prosperous […]
