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Came in like a wrecking ball: In less than two months, U.S. President Donald Trump has made the world a far worse place for everybody. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS RIVERS | March 10, 2025
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has said he's open to replacing the carbon tax if Canada can meet its climate change goals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS RIVERS | March 10, 2025
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS RIVERS | March 10, 2025
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has said he's open to replacing the carbon tax if Canada can meet its climate change goals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GARY STOREY | March 10, 2025
The federal Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre have mounted an attack on the program, but there may still be hope that Canada can revisit carbon pricing after the damage the Poilievre Conservatives have made to it are forgotten. After all, 46 countries, including China, have some form of carbon pricing, writes Gary Storey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GARY STOREY | March 10, 2025
Opinion | BY GARY STOREY | March 10, 2025
The federal Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre have mounted an attack on the program, but there may still be hope that Canada can revisit carbon pricing after the damage the Poilievre Conservatives have made to it are forgotten. After all, 46 countries, including China, have some form of carbon pricing, writes Gary Storey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JESSICA GREEN | March 10, 2025
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. True decarbonization means increasing rapidly clean energy investments, reckoning with our status as an oil and gas producer, and investing in health care and education, writes Jessica Green. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JESSICA GREEN | March 10, 2025
Opinion | BY JESSICA GREEN | March 10, 2025
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. True decarbonization means increasing rapidly clean energy investments, reckoning with our status as an oil and gas producer, and investing in health care and education, writes Jessica Green. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 10, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said ‘Axing the carbon tax is only the beginning,’ during a ‘Canada First’ rally for the party on Feb. 15 in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 10, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 10, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said ‘Axing the carbon tax is only the beginning,’ during a ‘Canada First’ rally for the party on Feb. 15 in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON DRUMMOND | March 7, 2025
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney said he would rely more on the industrial carbon tax, arguing it would make large polluters pay, not households. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON DRUMMOND | March 7, 2025
Opinion | BY DON DRUMMOND | March 7, 2025
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney said he would rely more on the industrial carbon tax, arguing it would make large polluters pay, not households. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GARY ZED | July 27, 2023
The Chapel Creek wildfire north of Blue River, B.C. In an average year, wildfires burn about 2.5 million hectares in Canada—equivalent to four Prince Edward Islands. So far, Canada lost at least 11 million hectares to wildfires this year alone, writes Gary Zed. Photograph courtesy of the BC Wildfire Service
Opinion | BY GARY ZED | July 27, 2023
Opinion | BY GARY ZED | July 27, 2023
The Chapel Creek wildfire north of Blue River, B.C. In an average year, wildfires burn about 2.5 million hectares in Canada—equivalent to four Prince Edward Islands. So far, Canada lost at least 11 million hectares to wildfires this year alone, writes Gary Zed. Photograph courtesy of the BC Wildfire Service
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 24, 2023
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. All Canadians have an interest in the setting of the national policy agenda, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 24, 2023
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 24, 2023
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. All Canadians have an interest in the setting of the national policy agenda, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | July 24, 2023
A collapsed road in Nova Scotia, where several wildfires were burning on May 31, 2023. Photograph courtesy of RCMP/Nova Scotia
Opinion | July 24, 2023
Opinion | July 24, 2023
A collapsed road in Nova Scotia, where several wildfires were burning on May 31, 2023. Photograph courtesy of RCMP/Nova Scotia
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 19, 2023
A wildfire burns southeast of Edson, Alta. Canadians’ attention to climate change can’t fade once the flames get put out. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Alberta
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 19, 2023
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 19, 2023
A wildfire burns southeast of Edson, Alta. Canadians’ attention to climate change can’t fade once the flames get put out. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Alberta
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2023
The Chapel Creek wildfire north of Blue River in British Columbia. There are 885 wildfires burning in Canada, and counting. Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2023
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2023
The Chapel Creek wildfire north of Blue River in British Columbia. There are 885 wildfires burning in Canada, and counting. Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said on July 11 that the amount of land burned during the 2023 wildfire season was approaching the area of Newfoundland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said on July 11 that the amount of land burned during the 2023 wildfire season was approaching the area of Newfoundland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 17, 2023
Protesters against the federal government's bailout of Kinder Morgan and purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline on Parliament Hill in 2018. Buying the pipeline is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most costly mistake, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 17, 2023
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 17, 2023
Protesters against the federal government's bailout of Kinder Morgan and purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline on Parliament Hill in 2018. Buying the pipeline is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most costly mistake, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | July 17, 2023
Environment Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. Deadly heat waves and other extreme weather events are already upon us. The adverse impacts will only grow in terms of economic activity, human health, and mortality, as well as its deleterious effects on the species that share the planet with us. Canada has to do much more. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | July 17, 2023
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | July 17, 2023
Environment Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. Deadly heat waves and other extreme weather events are already upon us. The adverse impacts will only grow in terms of economic activity, human health, and mortality, as well as its deleterious effects on the species that share the planet with us. Canada has to do much more. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | July 17, 2023
Opinion | July 17, 2023
Opinion | July 17, 2023
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Our present conception of mitigation is a plan to fail. It just keeps fossil fuels in the game running out the clock. It is a plan to sacrifice our kids' future and everything we love and care about, writes Bill Henderson.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | July 17, 2023
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. Our present conception of mitigation is a plan to fail. It just keeps fossil fuels in the game running out the clock. It is a plan to sacrifice our kids' future and everything we love and care about, writes Bill Henderson.  The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 12, 2023
Crawford Lake is a very deep limestone sinkhole not far from Hamilton, Ont., which has become the defining natural phenomenon representing the Anthropocene. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 12, 2023
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 12, 2023
Crawford Lake is a very deep limestone sinkhole not far from Hamilton, Ont., which has become the defining natural phenomenon representing the Anthropocene. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 10, 2023
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled the federal government's National Adaptation Strategy on June 27. 'The insurance industry paid out $1.4-billion for a 20-minute hailstorm in Calgary, $1.6-billion might seem like a lot, but it is a pittance, given the need,' says IBC's Craig Stewart. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 10, 2023
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 10, 2023
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled the federal government's National Adaptation Strategy on June 27. 'The insurance industry paid out $1.4-billion for a 20-minute hailstorm in Calgary, $1.6-billion might seem like a lot, but it is a pittance, given the need,' says IBC's Craig Stewart. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade