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Senator Rosa Galvez is chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources. She represents the Bedford division of Quebec. 

Half measures won’t get us off the starting line in global race to net zero

  • It seems like it is now every day that we get international signals that climate action is happening much quicker than expected. The last
Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | June 3, 2021
If, as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stated, the government believes that 'we need to see climate action as just a pure, hard economic question, a question of the sustainability and international competitiveness of the Canadian economy,' then more action is necessary if we wish to stay in the race, writes ISG Senator Rosa Galvez. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Half measures won’t get us off the starting line in global race to net zero

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | June 3, 2021
  • It seems like it is now every day that we get international signals that climate action is happening much quicker than expected. The last

Half measures won’t get us off the starting line in global race to net zero

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | June 3, 2021
  • It seems like it is now every day that we get international signals that climate action is happening much quicker than expected. The last
If, as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stated, the government believes that 'we need to see climate action as just a pure, hard economic question, a question of the sustainability and international competitiveness of the Canadian economy,' then more action is necessary if we wish to stay in the race, writes ISG Senator Rosa Galvez. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Renewable energy an environmental and economic imperative: Senator Galvez

  • The federal government pays out around $3.3-billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year to support an industry that could cost the global economy trillions
Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | July 16, 2018
Senator Rosa Galvez, left, chair of the Senate's Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, says the committee heard evidence that diesel could be replaced with relatively cleaner fossil fuels with minor changes to existing infrastructure, potentially reducing health harms and environmental impact in northern communities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Renewable energy an environmental and economic imperative: Senator Galvez

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | July 16, 2018
  • The federal government pays out around $3.3-billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year to support an industry that could cost the global economy trillions

Renewable energy an environmental and economic imperative: Senator Galvez

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | July 16, 2018
  • The federal government pays out around $3.3-billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year to support an industry that could cost the global economy trillions
Senator Rosa Galvez, left, chair of the Senate's Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, says the committee heard evidence that diesel could be replaced with relatively cleaner fossil fuels with minor changes to existing infrastructure, potentially reducing health harms and environmental impact in northern communities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trans Mountain pipeline project is good politics, bad policy

  • Is it clear why Canadians—and even Albertans—should support the Trans Mountain pipeline project? I’m not so sure. The Senate is debating public bill S-245,
Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | April 30, 2018
As my colleague Senator Murray Sinclair said, Indigenous support for the pipeline may have been misrepresented. At a time when we are supposed to be seeking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it seems counterproductive to send heavy equipment onto their land without their consent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trans Mountain pipeline project is good politics, bad policy

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | April 30, 2018
  • Is it clear why Canadians—and even Albertans—should support the Trans Mountain pipeline project? I’m not so sure. The Senate is debating public bill S-245,

Trans Mountain pipeline project is good politics, bad policy

Opinion | BY SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | April 30, 2018
  • Is it clear why Canadians—and even Albertans—should support the Trans Mountain pipeline project? I’m not so sure. The Senate is debating public bill S-245,
As my colleague Senator Murray Sinclair said, Indigenous support for the pipeline may have been misrepresented. At a time when we are supposed to be seeking reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, it seems counterproductive to send heavy equipment onto their land without their consent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Troubled steel, aluminum sectors show need for balance on climate change action

  • Recent furor over whether American tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would apply to Canadian products illustrated perfectly the vulnerability of some segments of
Opinion | BY SENATOR MICHAEL L. MACDONALD, SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | March 19, 2018
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna holds a news conference on the government’s environmental and regulatory reviews related to major projects. on Feb. 8, 2018. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade

Troubled steel, aluminum sectors show need for balance on climate change action

Opinion | BY SENATOR MICHAEL L. MACDONALD, SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | March 19, 2018
  • Recent furor over whether American tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would apply to Canadian products illustrated perfectly the vulnerability of some segments of

Troubled steel, aluminum sectors show need for balance on climate change action

Opinion | BY SENATOR MICHAEL L. MACDONALD, SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ | March 19, 2018
  • Recent furor over whether American tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would apply to Canadian products illustrated perfectly the vulnerability of some segments of
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna holds a news conference on the government’s environmental and regulatory reviews related to major projects. on Feb. 8, 2018. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade
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