O’Regan putting nuclear ‘front and centre’ raises eyebrows, industry hopes
Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan’s recent declaration that the federal government is “placing nuclear energy front and centre” came as a surprise, according to some nuclear experts and industry stakeholders, but has left some excited about the prospect of more federal support. “I’m surprised at that language,” said NDP MP Richard Cannings (South Okanagan–West Kootenay, […]
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Reconciliation is wearing Eau de Colonialism 2020
OTTAWA—Do you hear that? It’s the sound of reconciliation buckling under the oppressive weight of white supremacy. Ostensibly, Canada was founded on the principles of “peace, order, and good government,” and apart from missing the necessary aspirational quality expected in the birth of a nation, the list of principles is missing one defining feature: white […]
Combatting climate change through better IP policy
Much of the conversation in 2019 in politics regarding climate change revolved around carbon pricing and its effectiveness on combatting the realistic threat that Canada and the world faces from rising temperatures. This, coupled with the conversations on Trans Mountain pipeline, unfortunately took most of the oxygen away from conversations about how to spark growth […]
Trudeau must achieve Canada’s emission targets, even at expense of oilsands industry
TORONTO—Can the oilsands industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with Canada’s climate change commitments while also remaining competitive in a decarbonizing global economy? This is the question asked in a new report on Alberta’s oilsands industry by one of the country’s most respected think tanks on energy and the environment. It’s possible, the […]
Canada may be facing its biggest test in a generation
OTTAWA—This month will likely be remembered as the defining moment of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tenure. It’s hardly worth mentioning the irony of the fact the national crisis over the Coastal GasLink pipeline blew up while the prime minister was in Africa and Europe trying to enhance his and Canada’s leadership globally. Or that, as […]
Oka Crisis veteran says feds have ‘lost control’ of country-wide solidarity protest in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs
Ottawa’s offer to meet with some of those standing in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation in its opposition to a natural gas pipeline signals the government’s efforts to avoid a similar conflict to the Oka Crisis, says one Mohawk scholar who witnessed the summer 1990 dispute firsthand. Speaking to The Hill Times on Feb. 13, […]
Court challenges, opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion remain after feds’ Appeal Court win
Despite the Federal Court of Appeal’s recent dismissal of an Indigenous-led challenge, the pushback against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, now estimated to cost $12.6-billion to complete, continues on multiple fronts. All the while, construction on the project—which will see 987 kilometres of new pipeline added, and 193 kilometres reactivated, to twin Trans Mountain’s […]
Federal silence on Wet’suwet’en tensions a ‘worrisome’ sign of faltering Liberal push on reconciliation, say advocates
As the new Wet’suwet’en blockade enters its fourth week, some advocates say the tensions are revealing gaps in the Liberal reconciliation effort, laying bare the need for new models of Indigenous self governance and respect for land rights. Rose LeMay, CEO of the Indigenous Reconciliation Group, says she’s been “cringing” as she watches the federal […]
Canada’s oil and gas sector can be part of the climate change solution, not the problem
TORONTO—In a stark new report that needs to be read in Canada, the International Energy Agency warns that the oil and gas industry has two choices as the world transitions to a low-carbon world: it can be part of the problem, or it can be part of the solution. The industry can be part of […]
