Canada

24/01/22
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Primary Author: Mitchell Beer
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Jan. 24, 2022

The federal government is looking into independent analysis claiming that carbon capture at a highly-touted Shell Canada demonstration project in Alberta is producing more greenhouse gas emissions than it prevents, The Energy Mix has learned.

24/01/22
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David Climenhaga
Truckers and supporters against a federal vaccine mandate in Delta before departing for Ottawa on Jan. 23. They vow to snarl traffic on their route. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Jan. 24, 2022

The convoy that left BC Sunday raised $2 million. A key organizer is said to be a big figure in the Alberta separatist scene.

An online fund-raising campaign organized by a person associated with the Maverick Party and other western separatist causes now indicates it has raised close to $2 million in the week to bankroll highway disruptions by truckers angry at Ottawa for imposing a vaccine mandate on cross-border essential workers.

The convoy departed B.C. for Ottawa on Sunday.

23/01/22
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PressProgress
Amazon workers
December 21, 2021

From the minimum wage, to precarious work to unemployment benefits, 2021 was a year of intense struggle

Through 2021, COVID-19 continued to expose many flaws in Canada’s labour laws and employment standards, creating opportunities for reform and change.

23/01/22
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Boundary Bay Conservation Committee
Why care if species go extinct?

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PLEASE ACT AND CIRCULATE

The Port of Vancouver is planning to dredge and fill the Fraser River Estuary, Delta, B.C. to build a massive man-made island the size of 250 football fields for a new Container Terminal with 3 new berths.

DEADLINE FEBRUARY 13, 2022

20/01/22
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John Woodside
The official launch of the Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage facility in Estevan in 2014. Photo via SaskPower / Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Jan. 20, 2022

Leading climate scientists and academics are calling on the federal government to abandon a proposed tax credit that gives big polluters a break for investing in carbon capture technology.

The experts say the planned carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) tax credit will lock in fossil fuel use and risk ruining Canada’s chances of meeting emission reduction goals.

18/01/22
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Liisa LadouceurContributor
A new initiative is providing a glimpse into Canada’s revolving door with Big Tech, writes Liisa Ladouceur of FRIENDS.  JOSH EDELSON / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOT

Jan. 17, 2022

New research is shedding light on a revolving door of career moves between public policy teams at Big Tech firms and federal public offices.

Canadians have been served a familiar dish of election promises aimed at taking on the American web giants. But our governments have demonstrated a knack for aggressive procrastination on this file.

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18/01/22
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Don Pittis
Nurses don personal protective equipment before attending to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU of Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary. Despite burnout and wage increases below inflation, health-care workers are quitting, rather than taking job action, say labour specialists. (Submitted by AHS/Leah Hennel)

Jan. 18, 2022

Collective action appears to have given way to individual moves to improve compensation

With inflation cutting into workers' spending power and businesses complaining of staff shortages, you might think now would be the time for a dramatic resurgence in the kind of labour activity Canada has not seen since the 1970s.

But, so far, people who study the trade union movement in Canada say it's not happening.

18/01/22
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Natasha Bulowski
Billionaires like Elon Musk saw their fortunes increase over the pandemic while the majority of people across the globe suffered. Photo by NASA / Wikimedia Commons

Jan. 18, 2022

The fortunes of Canada’s 59 billionaires have increased by $111 billion since March 2020, a new report finds — more than the $109 billion the Canadian government spent on income support for workers.

17/01/22
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The Canadian Press
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday October 21, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

Jan. 11, 2022

OTTAWA -- A federal judge says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters.

In a newly released decision, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagne says Lucki breached her duty under the RCMP Act by not submitting a response to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission's interim report on the spying allegations "as soon as feasible."

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