Canada

Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors

05/11/23

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John Woodside

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Illustration by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Nov. 3, 2023

Nuclear proliferation experts are warning that 50 years of policy designed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons is unravelling as governments invest in certain small modular reactors that could be misused to build bombs.

The concerns are aimed at Moltex, a Saint John, N.B., nuclear startup building small modular reactors (SMRs) that will be powered with spent fuel from CANDU reactors. To make the fuel, Moltex plans to separate plutonium from uranium in CANDU waste and use the extracted plutonium to power new SMRs.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Missing Paris Goal Could Cost CANADA $5.5 Trillion

04/11/23

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Mark Carney speaks at the Fall 2023 Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 31, 2023. Photo via Carney/X(Twitter)

Nov. 2, 2023

It’s estimated that the Canadian economy could take a $5.5-trillion hit by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a white paper from Independent Sen. Rosa Galvez’s office published this week as sustainable finance experts and policymakers descended on Ottawa for a high-level conference Wednesday.

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Canada

Climate Change

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400,000 Quebec Workers on Verge of General Strike?

04/11/23

Author:

Felix Fuchs

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Jacobin

A demonstration of Quebec’s Common Front in October 1988. (Flickr / André Querry)

Website Editor: See - Quebec unions representing 400,000 public sector workers set to strike Nov. 6 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/common-front-quebec-union-strike-1.7007518

Oct. 11, 2023

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Bidenomics and the Left

30/10/23

Author:

Sam Gindin

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The Bullet

October 29, 2023 •

“There’s something happening here
But what it is ain’t exactly clear.”

– “For What It’s Worth,” Buffalo Springfield.

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An Urgent Call from Palestinian Trade Unions: End all Complicity, Stop Arming Israel

29/10/23

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Progressive International

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The Bullet

Oct. 17, 2023

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Judge approves historic $23B First Nations child welfare compensation agreement

24/10/23

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Darren Major, Olivia Stefanovich

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CBC News

The class-action lawsuit against Ottawa was based largely on a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling which found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations children and families. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)

Oct. 24, 2023

The settlement agreement is the largest ever in Canada

The Federal Court has approved a $23 billion settlement agreement — the largest in Canadian history — for First Nations children and families who experienced racial discrimination through Ottawa's chronic underfunding of the on-reserve foster care system and other family services.

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

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68% of Canadians Oppose Ottawa Write-Down on Trans Mountain Pipeline

24/10/23

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EnergyNow Media

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Energy Now

A replacement pipeline segment is lowered into the Coquihalla River by Trans Mountain near Hope, B.C., on Aug. 9, 2022. CBC News 2023

Oct. 24, 2023

Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Canadians oppose the federal government taking a multibillion-dollar writedown on the Trans Mountain pipeline, a survey showed on Tuesday, a dilemma for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals as they look to sell it ahead of an election expected by 2025.

Ottawa has sunk roughly C$35 billion ($25.6 billion) into the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, which the federal government bought in 2018 to ensure a controversial expansion project known as TMX went ahead.

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Not one, but two legal challenges! Hold Woodfibre LNG and FortisBC accountable

22/10/23

Author:

My Sea to Sky

In January I joined dozens of other caring citizens to call on Minister Guilbeault to stop Woodfibre LNG from harming seals and sea lions.

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Yukon Corn Harvests? Climate-Based Shift Will Also Threaten Bio-Diversity

22/10/23

Author:

Kiley Price

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Inside Climate News

A small herd of Woodland Caribou on the tundra, Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Credit: by DeAgostini/Getty Images.

Oct. 19, 2023

As new areas become suitable for planting, researchers predict that vast swaths of biodiversity will be at risk, particularly in northern regions and the tropics.

Climate change has the potential to restructure the world’s agricultural landscapes, making it possible to plant crops in places where they have never been viable historically. Within the next 40 years, these new growing regions could overlap with 7 percent of the world’s wilderness areas outside Antarctica, putting those ecosystems at risk, scientists reported Thursday.

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More than 30 MPs — including 23 Liberals — call for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

21/10/23

Author:

Raffy Boudjikanian, Darren Major

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CBC News

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,400 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press)

Oct. 20, 2023

One former minister and several Parliamentary secretaries say Trudeau should advocate for a ceasefire

More than 30 MPs — 23 of them Liberals — have written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling on him to advocate for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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Canada

The settlement agreement is the largest ever in Canada

As new areas become suitable for planting, researchers predict that vast swaths of biodiversity will be at risk, particularly in northern regions and the tropics.

One former minister and several Parliamentary secretaries say Trudeau should advocate for a ceasefire

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