Canada

Tens of thousands flood downtown Montreal as unions rally against Legault’s 'rightward shift’

09/12/25

Author:

Harry North

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Montreal Gazette

A young child riding on her parents' shoulders is lost in a sea of flags during a huge union protest against the CAQ government in Montreal on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette

Nov. 30, 2025

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.

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France recalls Canadian lentils as Carney weakens pesticide rules

06/12/25

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Dec. 5, 2025

Canadian lentils are exposing simmering tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a key part of Canada's pesticide risk assessment, observers say.

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Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal

06/12/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Dec. 4, 2025

The federal government’s expert body mandated to provide it with independent advice to reach net-zero emissions is collapsing following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pipeline agreement with Alberta. Two prominent members of the body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.

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Canada

Climate Change

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Carney Flips on Tax Breaks for Phony Carbon Capture

04/12/25

Author:

Nick Murray - The Canadian Press with files from The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Shell Quest CCS plant, photo by @EarthAccounting

Dec. 3, 2025

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney “will have to answer” questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits for a controversial and self-defeating form of carbon capture and storage when he signed the Alberta energy deal.

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Climate Prof Quits Carney's 'Net-Zero' Committee

04/12/25

Author:

Mitchell Beer

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The Energy Mix

Simon Donner - UBC News CC BY-NC 2.0/flickr

Dec. 3, 2025

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

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'Godfather of AI' Predicts Mass Unemployment

04/12/25

Author:

Preston Fore

Link:

MSN

Tech giants are “betting on AI replacing a lot of workers,” warns ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton—but adds that anyone confident about long-term tech predictions are kidding themselves. © GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images

Dec. 4, 2025

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What’s at Stake During DULF’s [Drug User Liberation Front] Constitutional Challenge

02/12/25

Author:

Michelle Gamage

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The Tyee

Jeremy Kalicum leaves court on Nov. 7. Sentencing for his criminal charges is on hold while the provincial court of BC considers his compassion club’s constitutional challenge. Photo for The Tyee by Michelle Gamage.

Dec. 2, 2025

The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.

Drug User Liberation Front founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are back in court arguing their compassion club members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

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British Columbia

Canada

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Thomas King and the Problem with Indigenous ‘Heroes’

02/12/25

Author:

Celeste Pedri-Spade

Link:

The Tyee

Thomas King is presented the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction in 2014. Photo by Patrick Doyle, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.

Years ago, when I first began researching Indigenous identity theft — something that intrigued me intellectually and impacted me personally — I remember trying to explain it to my Indigenous family members back home in northwestern Ontario.

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

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Did the climate world misread Carney?

01/12/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Dec. 1, 2025

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion.

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A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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Canada

It marks one of the largest public mobilizations against the CAQ government since the premier took office in 2018.

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.

These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

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