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Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki
Site C Is a Climate-Change Disaster, Says Suzuki ‘We have to rethink everything’ says noted environmentalist. A Tyee Q&A. David Suzuki and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip at a media scrum outside the B.C. Superior Court Monday morning. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa. Flooding valuable farmland to build the Site C dam undermines Canada’s commitment to meet […]
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next?
After ISIS Is Defeated, What Next? A modest proposal for a new start by Canada the ‘honest broker.’ Could Trudeau ever find common ground between combatants in Syria? Photo by Chris Wattie, Reuters Media Express. Drop, for a moment, the question of whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was right to stop the Canadian air war […]
Why the Wild Descent of Oil Is Cause for Concern
Why the Wild Descent of Oil Is Cause for Concern Low prices once signalled good news for the global economy. Not this time. Global markets now behave like digital roller-coasters from China to Europe. Oil photo via Shutterstock. The signs of oil’s madcap price collapse are everywhere. Global markets now behave like digital roller-coasters from China to […]
On Nature’s Death Row: Ontario’s Vanished ‘Carolinian’ Forest
On Nature’s Death Row: Ontario’s Vanished ‘Carolinian’ Forest It used to stretch from Oshawa to Windsor. Now, development encroaches on the last scraps of a once-great woods. Part of a series. The tranquil Blanding’s Turtle faces a vanished ecosystem in Southern Ontario. Turtle photo via Shutterstock. [Editor’s note: In this Tyee Solutions Society series, reporter Chris Wood profiles […]
Psst, Trudeau: IMF Now Pegs Our Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $46 Billion
Psst, Trudeau: IMF Now Pegs Our Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $46 Billion Fastest way to transition Canada to a green economy? Quit the giveaways. According to IMF economists, Canadian carbon-based fuels should be taxed an additional $17.2 billion annually to compensate for climate change. Oil photo via Shutterstock. Justin Trudeau has a problem. How can Canada meet […]
Pipeline Reforms ‘Great Step’ but Don’t Account for Most Emissions, Say Climate Critics
Pipeline Reforms ‘Great Step’ but Don’t Account for Most Emissions, Say Climate Critics Does ignoring downstream impacts export Canada’s responsibilities? Canada’s minister of the environment and climate change Catherine McKenna at the COP21 climate summit in Paris, France in December. Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa. The Trudeau government’s newly announced reforms to pipeline environmental assessments still fail […]
Telecoms Must Defend Our Privacy, Court Confirms
Telecoms Must Defend Our Privacy, Court Confirms Ontario decision orders companies to represent subscribers’ interests. Court ruled law enforcement’s request for thousands of subscribers’ cell phone records breached Canadian Charter rights. Anonymous photo via Shutterstock. In today’s communications driven world, no one collects as much information about its customers as telecom companies. As subscribers increasingly rely on […]
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians And why there’s still time for Trudeau to reject it. The Trudeau government still has options to push for renegotiation or to decline either to sign or to ratify the TPP on Canada’s behalf. Protest photo by arindambanerjee via Shutterstock. The Harper government agreed to the text of the […]
Thanks to TPP, Canada Could Get Caught in Global Privacy Battle
Thanks to TPP, Canada Could Get Caught in Global Privacy Battle Trade deal coupled with EU court decision could spell trouble for our laws. Two unconnected developments — a recent European privacy decision and the TPP — could create a major Canadian privacy problem. Privacy photo via Shutterstock. Amazon’s announcement last week that it plans to establish […]
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians And why there’s still time for Trudeau to reject it. The Trudeau government still has options to push for renegotiation or to decline either to sign or to ratify the TPP on Canada’s behalf. Protest photo by arindambanerjee via Shutterstock. The Harper government agreed to the text of the […]
Come Listen to the Man Fracking Powers Tried to Silence
Come Listen to the Man Fracking Powers Tried to Silence Why you should spend Thursday, Jan. 28, with Andrew Nikiforuk. A special Tyee event. On Jan. 28, Andrew Nikiforuk has some knowledge to share. On Jan. 28, in Vancouver, you have the opportunity to spend an evening with Andrew Nikiforuk, one the finest journalists, one of the […]
Why We May Never See $100-a-Barrel Oil Again
Why We May Never See $100-a-Barrel Oil Again ‘Race for What’s Left’ author surveys geopolitical fortunes in aftermath of a pricequake. Pricequake: Recent turmoil could spell doom — not just for ‘tough oil’ projects now underway — but for some over-extended companies (and governments) that own them. Oil barrel photo via Shutterstock. As 2015 drew […]
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights Jessica Ernst’s long fight to challenge legislation putting energy regulator above the law reaches top court. Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta. Photo: Colin Smith. After years of legal wrangling, Jessica Ernst and Alberta’s powerful energy regulator finally squared off in the Supreme Court […]
As Housing Prices Soar, Finance Minister Is Well Invested
As Housing Prices Soar, Finance Minister Is Well Invested Gov’t must be ‘careful about intervening,’ says Mike de Jong, who has a stake in several properties. Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s most recent financial disclosure shows he received rental income from seven investment properties. Photo: BC Gov’t Flickr. Taking action to reduce housing prices in Vancouver […]
California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known
California’s Massive Gas Leak: Hazards of Industry Long Known Expert research, public record details many risks of underground gas storage. Overhead photo of the leaking Aliso Canyon well pad near the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County, Dec. 17, 2015. Credit: Earthworks, Creative Commons licensed. A massive methane leak from an aging underground gas […]
