Political Streeter on Climate Change
Conservative MP Harold Albrecht Kitchener-Conestoga, Ont. “Air pollution and smog. Especially the number of smog days we’ve had. We have more industry and more people driving cars than before. If we’re going to encourage people to take public transit we have to increase infrastructure.” Conservative MP Michael Allen Tobique-Mactaquac, N.B. “I would say sustainable forestry […]
‘Our climate is changing very rapidly and we better start treating it like a crisis’: Layton
NDP Leader Jack Layton doesn’t own a car, rides his bicycle to work on the Hill and recently installed photovoltaic solar panels in his 115-year-old home to go along with his solar-powered hot water heater, which cuts his $5,000 per year electric bill by 60 per cent. He also believes that climate change is “the […]
‘I was in love and still am’ with Centre Block, says Douglas Fisher
There should be little surprise that Douglas Fisher’s favourite place on the Hill is the Library of Parliament, where every once in a while he’ll steal peak up at the dome. Mr. Fisher began his career as a librarian. He switched to politics after the Second World War as an MP for the CCF, then […]
Tories considering a tax rebate for popular hybrid cars: environmental lobbyist Sadik
The Conservative government seems to be preparing the way to offer a tax rebate for purchasers of hybrid cars, Pierre Sadik, a senior policy advisor at the David Suzuki Foundation, told The Hill Times. An official from the Department of Finance said the department “won’t speculate” about future budget decisions, but Mr. Sadik said that […]
LCPO signs up 48,000 new members in just two months
Ontario federal Liberals signed up 48,289 new members province-wide in the two months preceding the July 4 cut-off date for new members, more than doubling the party’s provincial membership since May, according to preliminary membership numbers obtained by The Hill Times. The federal Ontario riding of York West has kept its status as the largest […]
‘Quebec is applying the polluter pays principle’: Environment Minister Bechard
Another measure of which I am especially proud to speak today is the 2006 to 2012 Québec action plan on climate change, which our government launched on June 15 and which will have also positive effects on improving air quality. Even though Québec already has the best record in Canada for greenhouse gas emissions per […]
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘AT THE TOP’ OF TORY CAUCUS AGENDA
CORNWALL, Ont.-While some Cabinet ministers avoided any public discussion of Canada’s position on the escalating Middle East conflict in Lebanon, their colleagues in the federal Conservative caucus said the controversial topic was top-of-mind during their summer retreat in Cornwall last week. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.), Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Michael Chong (Wellington-Halton Hills, Ont.) […]
Climate change can be solved, but we need a ‘plan to move the car in reverse’
Canada’s climate change problem can be solved. To do so, we must first realize that climate change and the ways we develop, produce and use energy are inextricably linked, because they all relate to carbon dioxide-the waste product of fossil fuels-and have an impact on our atmosphere. Climate change is real, so it is absolutely […]
McDonough urges Harper to recall Parliament
Prime Minister Stephen Harper should recall Parliament to discuss at length Canada’s role in the escalating Middle East crisis, NDP Foreign Affairs critic Alexa McDonough says. “If this government very, very quickly can’t be pressed to take on a more responsible position about supporting a call for an immediate ceasefire, then it’s our view that […]
Environmental groups left in the dark, Tories not consulting with them on ‘made-in-Canada’ plan, they say
The Liberals may not have accomplished much with their plans to slow climate change in their 13 years in office, environmentalists say, but they wonder whether the Conservative government has any plan at all. Environmentalists said the government hasn’t engaged in any formal policy discussions with them and that they are left in the dark, […]
