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Short-Sighted Politicians Are Fuelling Canada’s Housing Crisis
Short-Sighted Politicians Are Fuelling Canada’s Housing Crisis The latest example of Canadian politicians’ (in)action in regard to real estate prices getting out of control is the recent decision by the B.C. Premier Christy Clark, to reject the idea of raising taxes for overseas investors — despite a petition from her constituents that attracted some 25,000 signatures. “By […]
Canada needs to confront its oilsands ‘challenge,’ German ambassador says
Canada needs to confront its oilsands ‘challenge,’ German ambassador says Observers say Canada and Japan are attempting to block ‘decarbonization’ pledge from G7 declaration Germany’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa’s new targets to cut carbon pollution mean it will have to tackle the problem of the oilsands. In an interview with CBC News, Ambassador Werner […]
Oil-price drop impact on Canada lessened thanks to foreign ownership
Oil-price drop impact on Canada lessened thanks to foreign ownership Finance department memo says foreign ownership of energy sector higher than reported by StatsCan Canada has been partly insulated from the sharp drop in oil prices because so much of the energy sector is foreign owned, says an internal Finance Canada document. The Feb. 20 […]
Nine Months After Polley Breach, Alaskans Seek Compensation Guarantee from BC
Nine Months After Polley Breach, Alaskans Seek Compensation Guarantee from BC Proposed northern BC mines ‘source of great angst in Juneau.’ Earlier this month, Heather Hardcastle, a commercial fisherwoman from Juneau, Alaska met in Williams Lake, B.C. with members of the Tsilhqot’in First Nation. They shared a meal of wild Alaskan salmon that Hardcastle brought […]
Canada 5 years behind Europe when it comes to banning neonic insecticides
Canada 5 years behind Europe when it comes to banning neonic insecticides ‘Clear connection’ between DDT-like problems and neonics today, French researcher says Canada’s wait and see policy on neonicotinoids, the controversial insecticide often blamed for the widespread death of bees, is “where France was five years ago,” says a researcher with the French National […]
Stouffville Corner
A new section of my site, Stouffville Corner, aims to provide a variety of write-ups on topics I consider to be of primary importance/ interest. The aim was to have my local paper, Stouffville Tribune, publish them on a weekly/bi-weekly basis to bring the issues to the consciousness of my local community (thus the name). […]
Canadian Miners on the Road to Accountability
Canadian Miners on the Road to Accountability There was a time not that long ago when Canadian mining companies could feasibly commit all sorts of human rights abuses abroad, trampling the rights of local impoverished communities and overstepping their remit as a foreign firm extracting natural resources. Numerous allegations against these mining firms have cropped […]
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion ‘disastrous,’ says Mayor Gregor Robertson
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion ‘disastrous,’ says Mayor Gregor Robertson ‘My mind is clearly made up. I think this is a bad deal for Vancouver,’ he said after reading new report Mayor Gregor Robertson says new evidence proves the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline presents a grave threat to the City of Vancouver’s health, […]
How Canada Can End Mass Surveillance
How Canada Can End Mass Surveillance Third chapter in OpenMedia’s crowd-sourced privacy plan. Just two short years ago, if you asked strangers on the street about mass surveillance, you’d likely encounter many blank stares. Some may remember East Germany’s Stasi spy agency, or reference China’s extensive Internet censorship. But few would express fear that western democratic governments […]
Latest Privacy Revelations Show It’s Up to Canadians to Protect Themselves
Latest Privacy Revelations Show It’s Up to Canadians to Protect Themselves The most important self-help step? Get into encryption Another week, another revelation originating from the seemingly unlimited trove of Edward Snowden documents. Last week, the CBC reported that Canada was among several countries whose surveillance agencies actively exploited security vulnerabilities in a popular mobile web browser […]
Canada Steps Out of Peacekeeper Role and into the Unknown
Canada Steps Out of Peacekeeper Role and into the Unknown The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), intelligence, and border surveillance agencies have drawn hundreds of millions of dollars to “combat terrorism” in a federal budget that made special reference to the murder of two Canadian soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa last October. While there is […]
BC LNG Lost Its Window of Opportunity, Study Finds
BC LNG Lost Its Window of Opportunity, Study Finds Projects unlikely to be economic for another decade: Oxford Institute energy report. The window of opportunity to capture Asian gas markets has eluded proposed liquefied natural gas projects in British Columbia, and as a consequence it is unlikely that any LNG projects will likely be commissioned […]
Oil industry pushing for carbon tax in Alberta
Oil industry pushing for carbon tax in Alberta But if heavy emitters are going to pay, they want consumers to share the burden The biggest players in Canada’s oil and gas industry are urging Alberta’s government to step up its environmental policies and introduce a carbon tax. Alberta already has carbon pricing, but the program […]
Canadians to Spy Agencies: Get a Warrant!
Canadians to Spy Agencies: Get a Warrant! Ranked first among privacy priorities, the people of Canada have spoken. Second in a series. Do our digital homes deserve the same right to privacy as our brick-and-mortar homes? This is one of the questions Canadians are asking after CBC News revealed that a government spy agency — the Communications […]
Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware
Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware Users of millions of smartphones put at risk by certain mobile browser gaps, Snowden file shows Canada and its spying partners exploited weaknesses in one of the world’s most popular mobile browsers and planned to hack into smartphones via links to Google and Samsung app […]
