Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport
Federal carbon tax is ‘devastating’ to Western Canadian food producers, said the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities’ president.
‘They need more local resources’: greater co-ordination needed in wildfire response, Senate committee hears
While well below the 16 million hectares burned in the record-setting 2023 season, this year’s wildfire season was still the second-worst in terms of area burned since 1995.
Canadians deserve long-term energy solutions, not short-term fixes
This winter, the government needs to remove taxes on lower-emission home energy sources like propane.
Environment Policy Briefing
Climate adaptation is as important as climate mitigation
Most of the time, we emphasize the importance of fixing an issue by addressing its root cause; otherwise, we are likely to see the issue happening again.
Water security needs water intelligence
You cannot manage what you do not measure, and we simply measure less about freshwater than we used to in Canada.
Canada’s siloed approach to natural disasters isn’t working
We need more systemic approaches to the ever-increasing threats of heat, drought, wildfires, floods, hailstorms, and other extreme events.
The politics of climate change are changing
Economists tell us such carbon taxes are the most efficient way to fight climate change. Yet, regular people will often see them as disproportionately harming the middle class.
Global plastics treaty failed: how Canada can still protects its environment through a national microfibre strategy
Over two decades of scientific research reveals that microfibres are the predominant form of microplastics contaminating virtually all reaches of our planet. There is growing evidence that these tiny particles are being ingested by people and wildlife and posing troubling health risks.
COP29 outcome called worst ever by environment advocates, who say Canada should show $300-billion finance deal is ‘the floor and not the ceiling’
Nearly 200 countries at COP29 agreed to channel at least US$300-billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries ramp up climate action. This falls well-below the $1.3-trillion that developing countries requested. ‘We need to come together to ensure the world can get us off this highway to climate hell.’
