The real threat to our food supply and public health is lack of regulation
If Canada had more robust laws and regulations ensuring animal welfare on farms, we would have no need for whistleblowers.
Canada should be using heat pumps with low GWP refrigerants, writes Victoria, B.C., reader
Re: “Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 14, by Susan Riley). There is one big problem with heat pumps, ignored by both federal and provincial efforts to boost heat pump use. The refrigerants used in most Canadian heat pumps are potent greenhouse gases, with global […]
Yet another tranche of propaganda from the oil industry: McElroy
Re: “Lowering Emissions while Growing Production: Conventional Oil & Natural Gas,” CPP ad, (The Hill Times, Nov. 14, 2023). Yet another tranche of propaganda from the oil industry. Another desperate ad to confuse the public and lead the world deeper into disaster. Mere days from COP28, and our oil industry is bragging about increasing production. […]
Advocates look for Canada to lead at COP28, but say credibility depends on meeting domestic commitments
Canada has been ‘much more accommodating’ to the concerns of developing countries in recent months than the United States has been, says policy analyst Pratishtha Singh.
Liberal pandering hasn’t opened Pandora’s box of voter support
According to a recent Abacus Data poll, only 13 per cent of respondents said the policy changes on carbon pricing will make them more likely to vote Liberal.
Still losing the war on climate change all these years later
The likelihood of the carbon tax becoming a game-changing problem for the government was advanced by the prime minister’s failure to effectively explain to Canadians how it works.
COP28 is an opportunity for Canadian global leadership
At the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai, the Canadian government has both the responsibility and the credibility to lay out the costs of climate inaction.
Keep dreaming for net zero by 2050—the country is not winning the battle against climate change
The Liberals have bludgeoned the Tories over their lack of a coherent climate change plan—and properly so. But if the cornerstone of the Liberals’ plan, the carbon tax, is not delivering results, the sting goes out of that criticism. What’s the difference between no plan, and a plan that isn’t working?
Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge
The Liberal government seemed content to let the carbon tax do all the work until, magically, everyone buys electric vehicles, installs heat pumps, and flocks to public transit.
Liberals fed resentment against their carbon pricing plan by neglecting low-income Canadians, says energy efficiency expert
Carbon pricing is a necessary piece of the Liberals’ climate agenda, says environmental advocate, but defending it is ‘eating up so much political capital’ at a time when the federal government will need credibility to move ahead on other major planks of its climate agenda.
