Canada

21/12/20
Author: 
Paris Marx
 Air Canada Plane - Photo via Roderick Eime.

Dec. 14, 2020

Neoliberal transport policies have failed Canadians, but the pandemic provides us with the perfect opportunity to rethink our priorities.

The recent news of Air Canada having received $492 million from the government’s wage subsidy at the same time as they were denying many customers refunds on their flights has caused a new wave of anger at the national carrier.

21/12/20
Author: 
Lost Creek Protection Camp
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, DECEMBER 20th 2020

After demolition of Homes Creek Camp, a new occupation has begun in pipeline path near Brunette River.

21/12/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
According to that protest camp’s organizers, Timothee Govare, with the help of a small crew, has now climbed to a 20-metre-high perch near the same area and that he plans to remain.Submitte

Dec. 19, 2020

With Trans Mountain work suspending, protesters have moved back in after camp was cleared out

Someone has re-occupied a forested Burnaby area in the way of the Trans Mountain pipeline project just days after all work on the project was stopped due to safety issues.

On Dec. 9, a protest treehouse called the Holmes Creek Protection Camp was cleared out of a wooded area just west of North Road and south of Highway 1 in Burnaby.

21/12/20
Author: 
Socialist Project

December 20, 2020

Socialism in the Time of Corona

E14. In memoriam: Leo Panitch on Empire, Socialism and November

21/12/20
Author: 
Chad Pawson
 
Workers with the SA Energy Group work on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in this undated photo. (Trans Mountain)
19/12/20
Author: 
Jeff Lewis
TODD KOROL / REUTERS Suncor Energy president and CEO Mark Little speaks at the TD Securities Calgary Energy Conference in Calgary, July 9, 2019.

06/02/2020

Alberta's bitumen can be used to produce carbon fibre for electric vehicles, Little points out.

TORONTO (Reuters) ― The shift to electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies could disrupt crude oil demand on a similar scale to the coronavirus pandemic, Suncor Energy Inc.’s chief executive said on Monday.

18/12/20
Author: 
Theresa McManus
Dr. Tim Takaro took to a tree along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline this summer to protest the project.File

Dec. 18, 2020

Pipeline opponents have filed court documents aimed at halting the project.

New Westminster city council stands behind efforts to halt construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Council issued a statement Dec. 18 regarding its opposition to the pipeline expansion project and its support for a recent court application by land defenders, who are hoping to stop the pipeline project. Council is concerned about its proximity to the sensitive riparian area of the Brunette River.

18/12/20
Author: 
Sharon J. Riley
A new report confirms what communities close to the Alberta oilsands have long suspected: tailings ponds are leaking and toxic fluids are making their way into groundwater and tributaries of the Athabasca River. Photo: Todd Korol / Cavan Images

Dec 14, 2020

A years-long international investigation has found ‘scientifically valid evidence’ the massive pits that store toxic waste in the oilsands are leaking, leaving Albertans wondering who’s going to clean them up

There are more than a trillion litres of toxic oilsands waste stored in tailings ponds near Alberta’s Athabasca River — and they’re leaking.

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