Canada

Climate Expert Who Studied WW2 Shares How Canada Can Win Trump’s Trade War

12/04/25

Author:

Mitch Anderson

Link:

DeSmog

Author Seth Klein (right) outlines opportunities to build economic self-sufficiency in his book 'The Good War.' Credit: Gage Skidmore and Josh Berson

Apr. 8, 2025

‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff announcements last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Aaron Gunn’s Residential School Views Have Become an Election Flashpoint

12/04/25

Author:

Jen St. Denis

Link:

The Tyee

Todd Caldecott made this sign about Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate in his riding under fire for comments on residential schools — but the signs were ripped down. Photo submitted.

Apr. 11, 2025

The front-running North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate has drawn protests and criticism.

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Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines

12/04/25

Author:

Verity Stevenson

Link:

CBC News

Over one hundred municipal leaders representing millions of Canadians have published an open letter to federal parties called ‘Elbows Up for Climate Change. It urges a national electric grid, a high-speed railway, two million affordable green homes, and a climate disaster strategy.

Apr. 11, 2025

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

Watch Canada votes: Municipal leaders demand climate action from parties: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6721598

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Trump, Tariffs, Canada and the Politics of Discontent

08/04/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

President Donald Trump announcing new tariffs on April 2. Most non-college-educated white men supported the radical shift. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein, the Associated Press.

Apr. 7, 2025

This election compels us to face forces that tore apart the US and could do the same here.

“Freedom for the pike is death for the minnows.” — Historian R.H. Tawney

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First LNG carrier arrives in Kitimat, B.C., as $40B liquefied natural gas plant prepares to start

05/04/25

Author:

Andrew Kurjata

Link:

CBC News

The Maran Gas Roxana LNG carrier navigates through the Douglas Channel to Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (LNG Canada

Apr. 3, 2025

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

A 204-metre tanker ship has arrived on B.C.'s North Coast, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to arrive in Kitimat, as a major energy export project prepares to come online.

The Maran Gas Roxana, sailing under the flag of Greece, made its way through the Douglas Channel Wednesday, carrying a load of LNG that will be used for equipment testing at the LNG Canada site.

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‘Metals are the new oil’: B.C. fast-tracks critical minerals projects to counter tariffs

28/03/25

Author:

Zoë Yunker

Link:

The Narwhal

British Columbia produces more copper than any other jurisdiction in Canada, including from the Copper Mountain mine near Princeton. The province wants to bring more mines into operation, vowing to fast-track approvals for some proposed projects. Photo: Andrew Roberts / The Narwhal

Mar. 24, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Two facets of wealth inequality in Canada: billionaires and housing

28/03/25

Author:

Alex Hemingway

Link:

BC Society for Policy Solutions

Image credits: Tent City in Victoria, BC. Photo by Mike Gabelmann (2016). Used under Creative Commons License BY-NC 4.0 international. | Modified by BCSPS. Elon Musk Brazil 2022. Photo by Ministério Das Comunicações (2022) Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. | Modified by BCSPS.

Mar. 17, 2025

Article by Alex Hemingway, Senior Economist & Public Finance Policy Analyst, BC Policy Solutions

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Fight fascism with climate justice, not ‘Canada First’ nationalism

25/03/25

Author:

Erin Blondeau

Link:

rabble.ca

Pierre Poilievre at the 2023 Conservative Party convention. Credit: Pierre Poilievre / X

Feb. 21, 2025

Instead of turning towards nationalism, in the face of rising fascism, we should turn to each other and the planet.

Our neighbours across the colonial border are grappling with what is shaping up to be a United States dictatorship, with outsized influence from a syndicate of the world’s richest men. With a federal election around the corner and geopolitical tensions rising across the world, this is a moment for Canada to dive into audacious changes that can unite us all through visionary climate justice rather than rugged individualism and nationalism.

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‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

24/03/25

Author:

Tom Perkins in Detroit

Link:

The Guardian

Lake Michigan in Chicago. The vital lakes provide drinking water to more than 40 million people in the US and Canada. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Mar. 18, 2025

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” for the environment of the sensitive Great Lakes region if not reversed, industry and environmental advocates in the region warn.

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Wilkinson says Canada should not scrap climate policies to appease oil and gas executives

24/03/25

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

March 19, 2024: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson pictured during an interview in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo by Dave Chan/Canada's National Observer

Mar. 21, 2025

The fossil fuel industry’s call to roll back environmental policy at a time of economic crisis will hurt Canadians in the long run, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the executives of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies Thursday.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canada

‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

The front-running North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate has drawn protests and criticism.

Open letter proposes national grid, high-speed rail, disaster resilience strategy

This election compels us to face forces that tore apart the US and could do the same here.

LNG Canada is 'largest single private sector investment' in Canadian history, government says

Instead of turning towards nationalism, in the face of rising fascism, we should turn to each other and the planet.

Advocates warn firings and funding freezes already risk poisoning drinking water and decimating fish population

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