Canada

Canadian banks, insurers pour nearly $2 billion into new fossil fuel projects in Africa

16/11/22

Author:

John Woodside

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In 2014, the Okavango Delta was added to the UNESCO World Heritage sites due to its ecological and cultural significance to the San people. Photo by Photo by Roger Brown / Pexels

Nov. 15, 2022

Canadian companies are helping drive a wave of fossil fuel expansion in Africa, new data from German climate and human rights group Urgewald shows, and climate advocates say the federal government must step in with strong regulations to turn the tide.

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The Canadian ‘Newest’ Right: Is the Far Right Redrawing the Boundaries of Mainstream Politics?

14/11/22

Author:

Bryan Evans - Left Streamed

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Left Streamed

The Canadian ‘Newest’ Right: Is the Far Right Redrawing the Boundaries of Mainstream Politics?

informative 36-minute video (watch below)

Recorded in Toronto Oct. 19, 2022

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Canada

Labour - Unions

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Rising food prices, escalating hunger, and the role of the fertilizer cartels

14/11/22

Author:

Lois Ross

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rabble.ca

Oct. 25, 2022

The role that the fertilizer industry plays in the rising cost of food deserves a closer look.

October 16 is World Food Day. And hot on the heels of that annual event the debate is on across Canada. Have you noticed the increase in food prices? Are you buying more or less food because of rising food prices? If Loblaws can freeze prices on its “no-name” brand products, what does that say about price gouging and grocery store profits?

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Oil and gas lobbyists flood climate conference in shockingly large numbers

14/11/22

Author:

John Woodside & Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Nov. 10, 2022

Hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists including at least a dozen from Canada are in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for this year’s United Nations’ climate conference, a data analysis from Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Witness reveals.

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After Ontario’s labour resurgence, is it time for a general strike for climate?

14/11/22

Author:

Luke Ottenhof

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National Observer

CUPE Ontario members and supporters wave signs and flags as they demonstrate outside the Queen's Park legislative building in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Nov. 14, 2022

When the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and its labour allies seemed to be moving toward a general strike, Premier Doug Ford jumped to beat the news.

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Canadian Heavy Crude Taking Market Dive

11/11/22

Author:

Nia Williams

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The Globe and Mail

An oil worker holds raw oilsands near Fort McMurray, Alta., July 9, 2008. The difference between the price of Western Canada Select (WCS) — an oilsands bitumen blend — and New York-traded West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has widened dramatically in October, to more than US$25 per barrel, according to a Scotiabank report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Dec. 10, 2022

Canada’s benchmark heavy crude, Western Canada Select (WCS), is trading at a steep discount to West Texas Intermediate (WTI) after weakening sharply last month, and is expected to remain subdued well into next year.

Why is WCS under pressure?

WCS for delivery at the Hardisty, Alberta, hub is trading close to $30 a barrel under WTI, having averaged $16.67 a barrel below WTI for the first three quarters of 2022.

A number of factors are to blame.

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Should CUPE Have Kept Education Workers On Strike?

10/11/22

Author:

Davide Mastracci

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Passage

Nov. 9. 2022

Writers Adam King and Abdul Malik discuss whether the union made the right choice by sending members back to work.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

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America’s 9/11 Wars Created the Foot Soldiers of Far-Right Violence at Home

09/11/22

Author:

Peter Maass

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The Intercept

Tear gas is deployed against pro-Trump rioters breeching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Nov. 6, 2022

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan radicalized a generation of veterans, many of whom face trials for sedition and other crimes.

NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST was one of the most aggressive generals of his generation, and after his military service ended in a bitter fashion, he went home to Tennessee and found a new way to fight. A defeated general in the Confederate army, Forrest joined the Ku Klux Klan and was named its inaugural “grand wizard.”

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The RCMP’s Secrecy on Coastal GasLink Attack Fuels Rumours and Fears

08/11/22

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

Four RCMP vehicles belonging to the force’s Community-Industry Response Group were burned last week in an apparent arson in Smithers. Many have been quick to link the incident, which police say targeted emergency vehicles, with pipeline protests. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Nov. 8, 2022

An arson attack on RCMP vehicles in Smithers has renewed speculation and conspiracy theories.

When eight vehicles were set on fire in a Smithers hotel parking lot a few days before Halloween, it seemed everyone had a theory.

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How The Threat of a General Strike Forced Doug Ford to Blink

08/11/22

Author:

Scott Martin

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The Maple

Nov. 8, 2022

"The government managed to unite the entire labour movement in an effort to repeal Bill 28 and protect the Charter rights of workers across Canada.”

A union representing tens of thousands of education workers in Ontario called off planned strike actions on Monday in exchange for the Doug Ford government promising to rescind legislation that imposed a contract and made going on strike illegal.

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Canada

The role that the fertilizer industry plays in the rising cost of food deserves a closer look.

Why is WCS under pressure?

Writers Adam King and Abdul Malik discuss whether the union made the right choice by sending members back to work.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan radicalized a generation of veterans, many of whom face trials for sedition and other crimes.

An arson attack on RCMP vehicles in Smithers has renewed speculation and conspiracy theories.

"The government managed to unite the entire labour movement in an effort to repeal Bill 28 and protect the Charter rights of workers across Canada.”

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