Bennett: Senate Committee could study meaning of ‘nation to nation’ over three years
A Senate committee may be undertaking a hefty study to examine just what exactly a nation-to-nation relationship looks like, possibly over the course of three years. In an interview with The Hill Times last Tuesday, the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) said she was “excited by the prospect that maybe […]
Pipeline decisions about getting resources to market sustainably, says Natural Resources Minister Carr
The government’s decision to approve the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain and Enbridge Line 3 pipeline projects “speaks volumes about what the government of Canada thinks of the necessity of building infrastructure to get our resources to market sustainably,” Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr told a crowd of Alberta businesspeople at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce event […]
Canada’s natural resource sector suffering
Canada’s natural resource sector is suffering. Since the election of the Trudeau government, 100,000 energy workers alone have lost their jobs and face a very bleak Christmas. The challenges facing our oil and gas sector are well known. Our land-locked oil and gas sector is constrained by a lack of pipeline capacity to tidal waters […]
Feds hearing more from industry than environmentalists on pipelines, according to lobbyists registry
There has been a steady stream of lobbying activity related to pipelines lately, the federal lobbyists registry shows, and there are indications that pipeline proponents are getting the ear of government more than pipeline opponents are. Thirty-one communication reports for contact with government since Sept. 1 were shown on the registry when doing a search last […]
Politics This Morning: Norway’s royal couple starts Canada tour, with emphasis on Arctic relations
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway are in Canada and will be visiting the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa at 2 p.m. They will be there to celebrate the opening of a Norwegian photo exhibit on the Arctic, compiled in partnership with Laval University, ArcticNet, Arctic Frontiers and the Royal Norwegian […]
Feds to serve up both good, bad news to weather looming pipeline storms: lawyer
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have three weeks to make a final decision on the fate of one of the most controversial energy projects backed by the former Conservative government, the Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia’s rugged northwest coast, as opposition rises to another pipeline that has faced nearly […]
Indian Act amendment a short-term fix, big questions remain
A government bill that was introduced in the Senate last week is a short-term fix for one aspect of the Indian Act, say the bill’s sponsor and the Native Women’s Association of Canada. The bill was introduced by Government Representative in the Senate Peter Harder, and is a government bill, but has been taken over by […]
Seismic testing controversy in North set for Supreme Court
For the northern community of Clyde River, Nunavut, the sustainability of hunting and fishing is at the centre of a Supreme Court of Canada case around seismic testing that could test the limits of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. “The biggest concern we have is that the wildlife, the sea mammals, the narwals, seals, the […]
Shipbuilding contract leads to research funding in North
The federal government is hoping that its shipbuilding program will help nurture a sustainable marine industry across the country, and through its shipbuilding contracts is investing in northern research. The Nunavut Research Institute at Nunavut Arctic College has just awarded $2-million in funding to nine scientific projects that range from industry research to wildlife health […]
Vox Populi on how climate change is transforming the Arctic
Liberal MP Michael McLeod Northwest Territories “Taking action against climate change is a moral imperative. I do not believe there is another option if we care about our children, our grandchildren, the future of our land and our waters. “To meet this threat and to minimize the potential for its devastating impacts requires global action, […]
