Canada

13/11/24
Author: 
Raphael Fischler
The rear of 114-120 Elizabeth St., a dilapidated building used as housing in Toronto. Photo by Arthur Goss via Flickr, Creative Commons licensed.

Nov. 11, 2024

In North America, we chose right-wing solutions that haven’t worked. What we need to do instead.

Housing is an important political issue. Politicians and experts now talk about it as a major crisis that could threaten our economic and social well-being. But this is nothing new. Another housing crisis raged at the beginning of the 20th century.

10/11/24
Author: 
Just Peace Advocates

Nov. 10, 2024

JNF loses court appeal

Canada’s most iconic Zionist charity has days to disband

The Jewish National Fund of Canada had its bid to overturn the Canada Revenue Agency’s revocation of its charitable status dismissed by the Federal Court of Canada. The decision bolsters the CRA’s authority to revoke other Israel focused charities violating Canada’s Income Tax Act.

10/11/24
Author: 
Left Streamed
Citing Genocide Convention, Seven Lawyers Launch Historic Lawsuit Against Canada

One of the lawyers in this case is Dimitri Lascaris, a securities lawyer who ran for leadership of the Canadian Green Party in 2020.

Nov. 6, 2024

In Ottawa, the Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza discusses a recent court filing against Justice Minister Arif Virani. This action, led by the Legal Centre for Palestine and others, seeks to hold the Canadian government account for allegedly failing to uphold its international legal obligations as they relate to the ongoing violence in Gaza.

28/10/24
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Photo by Rab Lawrence/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Oct. 28, 2024

Canada committed to ending thermal coal exports by 2030, but a massive mine expansion proposed in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains will keep exports trending in the wrong direction.

“Exports of Canadian mined thermal coal have more than tripled and overall thermal coal exports through Canada have almost doubled since 2015,” reads a letter sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 22. It was signed by 36 organizations, including Environmental Defence, Ecojustice and Greenpeace Canada.

23/10/24
Author: 
Amanda Stephenson
Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada's energy sector as promised — but questions still linger about who will pay for the project's massive cost overruns. In this photograph taken with a drone, the Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal tank farm is seen in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, April 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Oct. 21, 2024

Six months on, what has the Trans Mountain pipeline project achieved and what’s next?

Nearly six months after its opening, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is boosting Canada’s energy sector as promised – but questions still linger about who will pay for the project’s massive cost overruns.

By a variety of measures, the expensive and contentious pipeline project is bearing fruit as more Canadian oil reaches the West Coast to be shipped to export markets.

23/10/24
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
LNG Canada, a joint venture by Shell, PetroChina and other foreign firms, has nearly completed its terminal in Kitimat, BC. Photo via LNG Canada.

Oct. 23, 2024

Both major BC parties backed the methane boom. Two new Green MLAs might change the equation.

18/10/24
Author: 
Jordan Olmstead · The Canadian Press
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously Thursday that the seven young people who launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial government's emissions targets will get a new hearing. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Oct. 17, 2024

Young people arguing Ontario's weakened emissions target violates their Charter rights

Ontario's top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government's emissions target.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's ruling sends the case back to the lower court for a new hearing. It found the lower court judge's analysis was flawed on some key points and the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh.

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