Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Western politicians turn to walls, deportations as public cools on migration
The current flow of migrants crossing Europe’s borders is only a fraction of what’s to come once climate change forces increasing movement of desperate people whose homes are no longer livable.Â
Canadian security in a 21st century world
Unlike the threats of past millennia, planetary warming could ultimately lead to the destruction of what sustains human civilization and life as we know it.
Harnessing Canada’s entrepreneurial spirit to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
We need to both reduce current emissions and invest into removing past emissions.
Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities
Reducing the risk of wildfire will involve multiple forestry stakeholders and the federal government.
Fossil fuel consumption rising despite net-zero plans worldwide
While politicians across the globe talk about a great energy transition, fossil fuel consumption has only grown. And it’s the same story here at home.Â
The world is turning to renewables and Canada should, too, with its clean electricity regulations
The federal government must tell facts apart from fiction and stand its ground on its clean electricity strategy.Â
Let’s get creative: CAF can’t keep picking up emergency response shortfall
Given the reality of climate change, the demand for federal disaster assistance will only increase. The answer cannot always be ‘send in the military.’
Canada needs a national emergency response agency
There are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses, but the federal government should create one national registry so Canada is better prepared for the worst.
Trump administration would put ‘robust emphasis’ on fossil fuels
Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a ‘rip-off of the United States.’
