Canada

Time to stop playing nice with fossil fuel companies

17/05/21

Author:

Seth Klein

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May 17th 2021

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In the face of the climate emergency, this is the time of our Phoney War. Most of us know the battle for our lives must soon get underway, and most of our leaders — in government and industry — are now talking tough on climate. But in deeds, they aren’t there yet.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Council of Canadians tells MPs to stop infrastructure privatization

17/05/21

Author:

Dylan Penner

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Council of Canadians

Mar. 2021

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Canada

Social

Canada pegs its energy future on nuclear power, but not everyone's buying it

17/05/21

Author:

Charles Mandel

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National Observer

Research and development to support the advancement of small modular reactors and advanced reactors. Photo by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

May 12th 2021

John Gorman believes in a nuclear future — which, given his background, might come as a surprise. Before becoming president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association, Gorman worked in positions where he championed solar, wind and hydro, renewable energy sources with a lot less baggage.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The Montreal apartment building on the front lines of Canada’s rental crisis

15/05/21

Author:

Duncan Fraser McLachlan

MAY 10, 2021

Meet the tenants fighting the type of ‘renoviction’ that’s making affordable housing disappear across the country

The story of Le Manoir Lafontaine can be told by the banners that hang from the residents’ balconies.

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Canada

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Urban

Defending the left case against basic income

12/05/21

Author:

John Clarke

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Canadian Dimension

A MakePovertyHistory march attended by an estimated 200,000 people before a G8 Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2, 2005. Photo by Bruno Vincent.

May 3, 2021

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Will Trudeau Let Canada-Bolivia Vaccine Deal Bypass Patent

12/05/21

Author:

Geoffrey York

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The Globe and Mail

A woman gets a shot of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at the Universidad Publica de El Alto, during a vaccination drive for people over age 60 in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 6, 2021. JUAN KARITA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAY 11, 2021

Canadian company wins COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bolivia – and WTO support

A top official of the World Trade Organization says he welcomes a landmark decision by the Bolivian government to seek a compulsory licence for a Canadian company to produce and export COVID-19 vaccines without the permission of the patent holder.

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Canada

Global

Social

Vancouver named 'Anti-Asian Hate Crime Capital of North America'

12/05/21

Author:

Brendan Kergin

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New Westminster Record

Asian Hate - sign -U.S. media outlet Bloomberg has used crime data to determine Vancouver, Canada is the 'Anti-Asian Hate Crime Capital of North America.'Photo via Wachiwit / Getty Images

"Maybe Vancouver isn’t the bastion of progressive multiculturalism it thinks it is."

May 10, 2021

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Biden turns to emergency powers to counter Colonial Pipeline disruption

12/05/21

Author:

Yoel Minkoff - SA Editor

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Seeking Alpha

This might have an impact on the perceived "need" for TMX. - Gene McGuckin

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Legal opinion singles out Canada on oil and gas financing

07/05/21

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

Export Development Canada headquarters in downtown Ottawa, June 25, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

May 5th 2021

A Crown corporation’s financial support to the oil and gas sector came under scrutiny Tuesday as part of a new legal opinion outlining Canada’s obligations in responding to the climate crisis.

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Making a Democratic Socialism for the 21st Century: Interview with Sam Gindin

03/05/21

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Socialist Project

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Left Streamed

Editor: This is an interesting interview on the subject of how democratic socialism might be advanced.

May 2, 2021

Azadeh Reisdana interviews Sam Gindin on the recent growth of democratic socialism in developing countries and as an ideology which attracts a new younger generation of socialists. They also discuss the expansion of democratic socialism to not only a political theory but also as an economic application. This was recorded online during the Covid lockdown, March 2021.

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