Affordable shelter, fertilizer emissions, and tourism topped lobbying issues in busiest October since 2018
YWCA Canada is calling for increased funding under the National Housing Strategy for a grants-based system to fully fund shelters that are specifically dedicated to women and gender-diverse people.
‘A quiet killing of the Charter’: experts debate spirit and letter of notwithstanding clause’s pre-emptive use
Despite the federal government’s rhetoric, the Liberals may be reluctant to seek limits on the section’s pre-emptive use and leave Ottawa ‘out of a tool,’ says law professor Howard Kislowicz.
Key climate justice discussions go down to the wire at COP27
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has been involved in discussions aimed at salvaging an agreement on funding for climate-related loss and damage, a key source of division between the Global North and Global South.
Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group
The new American law could ‘attract a lot of capital’ that ‘might otherwise go to Canada,’ because it offers companies investing south of the border a much clearer picture of what incentives are available to them, says Canadians for Clean Prosperity.
‘Remarkable showing of co-operation’ from MPs on amendments to create ‘historic’ National Council for Reconciliation
Native Women’s Association of Canada president Carol McBride says she received a personal phone call from Minister Marc Miller telling her that an amendment had passed which would give her organization a seat on the council’s board.
‘We’ve got to speak with everyone’: new Congress will bring new Canadian outreach efforts on Capitol Hill
‘Ultimately, you need to build relationships with everyone, and you need to be relentless,’ says former PMO Canada-U.S. relations staffer Simon Beauchemin.
Better analysis needed on balance of diplomats abroad and at home, says Sajjan
Canada’s foreign service is highly concentrated in Ottawa with only around 18 per cent of its diplomats posted abroad.
‘Just be sustainable’: Green Party renewal will require message of stability, prioritization of issues
‘It is so critical that, as Greens, we put democracy ahead of politics,’ says Ontario Green MP Mike Morrice.
Canadians’ appetite for extremist organizations like Diagolon will need a ‘whole-of-society approach,’ say experts
‘Perfect storm’ of geopolitical events and two years of pandemic isolation have left Canadians looking for ‘easy answers to complex questions’ and someone to blame, says Barbara Perry.
‘We tried to stop it’: chair of Indigenous coalition bidding for Trans Mountain went to court to block the project
The Western Indigenous Pipeline Group is a coalition of Indigenous communities that has partnered with Pembina in its attempt to buy Trans Mountain.
