Think-tank urges Canada’s oil and gas majors to invest in renewables—or risk playing catch-up in decades ahead
As concerns grow about the long-term economic viability of drilling in the Alberta oil sands, a Vancouver-based think tank focused on creating a greener economy says big Canadian oil and gas companies need to invest in more in renewable energy projects in order to stay competitive against global firms already throwing billions towards wind and solar. […]
On the road again: how rookie Liberal MP Hutchings tackles riding bigger than Switzerland
Representing the riding of Long Range Mountains, N.L., which covers an area larger than Switzerland and includes more than 200 communities, means a lot of time spent on the road for Liberal MP Gudie Hutchings and her constituency staff team. On top of that is casework to help residents of the riding, which, according to […]
Phoenix backlog down 4,000 cases last month, but could still climb, feds say
There was some good news for the public servants affected by the troubled Phoenix pay system today: for the first time in more than half a year, the backlog has dropped. The February update of a government website tracking the issue—known as the Public Service Pay Centre’s “dashboard”—showed 4,000 fewer open cases in the backlog […]
Boushie’s uncle slams Saskatchewan MPs who won’t speak up: ‘They figure this is just going to go away’
MPs from Saskatchewan aren’t speaking out enough about racial tension and problems with the justice system in the wake of the Gerald Stanley trial, says Alvin Baptiste, the uncle of Colten Boushie, the young Indigenous man shot to death in Saskatchewan in 2016 by farmer Gerald Stanley. “These MPs in Saskatchewan here, I think they’re […]
What about free trade within our own country with other provinces?
Free trade with everyone but ourselves. Canadians have been hearing a lot of talk about the need for and benefits from free trade with the Americans, the Europeans, the Chinese, and the Americans. Yeah, let’s get it done. What about free trade within our own country with other provinces? Not so much. We have been […]
Unlikeable PC leader could be a ‘pathway to victory’ for Horwath’s Ontario NDP: Bricker
Forget about Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals. It’s the Ontario NDP that stands to gain if the public doesn’t support the winner of the leadership brawl for the front-running Progressive Conservative party in Canada’s biggest province, says pollster Darrell Bricker. Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s personal brand far outperforms Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and all of the […]
Brown’s team quickly switches gears from crisis management to full-blown leadership campaign, says Mills
Controversially green-lit to run in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign after stunningly entering into the race at the eleventh hour on Feb. 16 and three weeks after quitting the job, Patrick Brown and his team of consultants have moved from managing a crisis to running a full-blown leadership campaign, says his public spokesperson Alise […]
Industry self-regulation doesn’t work
A recent article from The Tyee suggested the previous Liberal government in British Columbia was relying too much on industry self-regulation in terms of protecting the environment and public safety. The problem of funded-by-industry oversight is not contained to environmental issues in B.C. It extends to other aspects of governance, including oversight of our banking […]
Anti-pipeline front fails in B.C. vote
The outcome of the first electoral engagement to take place against the backdrop of the B.C.-Alberta trade war was non-conclusive. That is not to say it was meaningless. On Feb. 14, the voters in the provincial riding of West Kelowna had the somewhat dubious honour to be the first to have the opportunity to use […]
Trudeau government must stand up to U.S. to protect Yukon caribou
VANCOUVER—Yes this tale involves Donald Trump but first we need a short history lesson. The Porcupine caribou herd, ranging between 100,000 and 200,000 animals, migrate annually 2,400 km between their winter range in the boreal forests of Alaska and northwest Canada over the mountains to their calving grounds on the Beaufort Sea coastal plain. That’s the longest migration […]
