The global climate emergency is no longer a distant warning – it is an unfolding catastrophe. Longer heatwaves, recurring cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are already reshaping lives across South Asia. A UN report notes that over the past 50 years, 130,000 lives in India have been lost due to extreme weather events. Between 2001 and 2019 alone, it is estimated that more than 20,000 people died from heatwaves – though the real figure is likely much higher.
It marks one of the largest public mobilizations against the CAQ government since the premier took office in 2018.
Major arteries of downtown Montreal on Saturday afternoon were shut down as tens of thousands of people, part of a broad coalition of Quebec labour groups and community organizations, marched against what they called Premier François Legault’s accelerating turn to the political right.
Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.
The provincial Conservatives wasted no time calling for Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s head this week after Domtar announced it would soon shutter its Crofton pulp mill.
The government will also continue funding some pandemic wage increases.
A Hospital Employees’ Union official said Monday that an agreement with the British Columbia government to bring some 5,000 workers at 100 care homes back into the sector’s main bargaining unit is a win for the union and seniors.
Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil, has ended, the last week of November is Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it is organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange.
