For Canadian resource workers, a just transition is the best path forward
For a country as dependent on resource extraction as Canada, the global shift away from oil, gas, and coal toward renewable energy sources presents obvious challenges. In addition to accounting for nearly one-tenth of GDP, the fossil fuel industry employs more than 200,000 people across the country. What will become of these workers as governments […]
Are we having the right conversation about Canadian oil?
Would the displacement of foreign crude oil imports with Canadian crude result in the reduction of global carbon dioxide emissions and cost savings for refineries? Canada is the fifth-largest oil producer in the world, yet we continue to import oil. The majority of these imports come from the U.S. Other imports come from Saudi Arabia, […]
Canada can handle being ‘slightly delinquent’ on NATO contributions
OTTAWA—The fact that Canadian pundits are still pondering the potential fallout from what was labeled Justin Trudeau’s “gaffe” at the NATO Summit speaks volume to the actual state of Canada-U.S. relations. The incident in question arose from some candid comments by Trudeau at a Buckingham Palace reception. Trudeau was explaining his tardiness to fellow world […]
Canada’s opportunity for a sustainable development future
Governments, businesses, and consumers are trying to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit the severe impacts of climate change. This is our chance to move toward a sustainable development future—an economic model that balances environmental protection, wealth creation, and a prosperous society. Canada’s natural resources sector has an important role to play in that […]
Feds risk coveting support of autocratic nations in UN Security Council bid, says Conservative MP
As the Canadian government pushes for a coveted spot on the United Nations Security Council, Conservatives are questioning if principles will be pushed to the side in order to snag the vote of countries with questionable human rights records. At question is Canada’s support for a November UN General Assembly resolution that called disputed areas […]
Premiers’ nuclear announcement a potential boon, but issues remain: experts
Canadian nuclear energy experts say the recent announcement by three provincial premiers of plans to develop small and modular nuclear reactor technology, which could provide large amounts of greenhouse gas-free electricity, but one environmental expert says serious issues with the technology remain. On Dec. 1, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and New […]
Has Canada reached a breaking point or turning point?
Even if it’s a good punchline for late-night comedians, there is nothing inconsistent about building pipelines while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Stranding Canadian oil by blocking pipelines is damaging to both the energy industry and the Canadian economy as a whole. Moreover, it is an ineffective way to reduce our carbon emissions—a price on carbon […]
Feds’ silence on funding, transition plan for child welfare law causing ‘intense nervousness and frustration’
With an imminent law change looming that fundamentally changes how governments approach Indigenous child welfare, advocates say they are left filling a gap Ottawa has created by failing to offer an implementation plan, or funding, less than a month out from the law’s launch. Bill C-92, an Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, […]
Canada should be a world leader in breaking China’s hold on rare earth element mining
Three decades ago, China embarked on an ambitious plan to become a global leader in the production and processing of rare earth elements (REE). As former Chinese president Deng Xiaoping famously quipped in 1992: “There is oil in the Middle East; there is rare earth in China.” Today, China’s objective has been essentially achieved—and the […]
Canadians must get serious about combatting hate speech and gender violence
OTTAWA—Belatedly, but importantly, the city of Montreal last week marked the 30th year since the murder by a Quebec man of 14 women at the École Polytechnique by officially naming the incident for was what it was—an attack on feminists. The type of semi-automatic weapon used by the woman-hating assailant, who separated women from men […]
