Canada

14/12/23
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Cop28 was hosted by a petrostate, the United Arab Emirates, and run by the boss of its state oil company, Adnoc. Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Dec. 14, 2023

The absence of a ‘phase-out’ let petrostates off the hook, but there are other ways to end the era of coal, oil and gas

Petrostates fought fiercely against the call from 130 nations at Cop28 for a fossil fuel phase-out. That is because they are engaged in a colossal fossil fuel phase-up, already working on double the extraction that the planet can cope with.

11/12/23
Author: 
Ruth Milka
Illustration: Curbing corporate control: new bill seeks to restrict hedge funds in housing market

The article below is about the US housing market, but we need similar legislation in Canada--to reduce purchase prices AND rents. Regarding rents, we need to get rid or Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which mean renters don't even have a landlord/lady to deal with, just a big business.

            -- Gene McGuckin

 

Dec. 11, 2023

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11/12/23
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Protect the Planet
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Dec 11, 2023

Land Defenders chain themselves to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) boring tunnel to protect sacred Secwépemc territory

11/12/23
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Still from Brandi Morin video

Dec. 10, 2023

 

Open trench construction for the Government of Canada-owned Trans Mountain pipeline near Pipsell (Jacko Lake) is underway despite the opposition of land defenders.

09/12/23
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
We pretend extracting more metals to build bigger vehicles whose electricity is largely powered by fossil fuels is progress. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 8, 2023

Sputtering EV promises, in 13 scenes. And the true road to surviving the climate crisis.

09/12/23
Author: 
Nelson Bennett
Artist's rendering of Ksi Lisims LNG, a floating LNG project proposed for the north end of Pearse Island snorth of Prince Rupert. | Submitted

Dec. 6, 2023

The Nisga’a Nation-backed Ksi Lisims LNG project appears to have sparked considerable pushback during a public comment period as part of the BC Environment Assessment Office’s review.

Whereas the Haisla Nations’ much smaller Cedar LNG project sailed through the environmental review process with just 16 written submissions, the Nisga’a Nation’s much larger project liquefied natural gas project – Ksi Lisims – generated more than 500 written comments, many of them anonymous, the bulk of them negative.

04/12/23
Author: 
Adam D.K. King
Woman sick in bed.  Photo via Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.

Dec. 4, 2023

Most have chosen to completely ignore workers’ demands for paid sick days, putting public health and employee safety at risk.

In October, researchers at Statistics Canada released a troubling report on paid sick leave coverage. With the public health implications of the pandemic in mind, researchers compared workers’ access to paid sick leave between 1995 and 2022. The results were telling. 

04/12/23
Author: 
Linda McQuaig
Canada Revenue Agency - It's time for a wealth tax on Canadians with  assets of more than $10 million to deal with the growing economic inequality, writes contributor Linda McQuaig. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Nov. 30, 2023

After years of the rich getting richer, they’re now getting spectacularly richer -- while most Canadians are losing ground.

Robin Hood never managed to make much of a dent in income inequality. But, if he’s still out there, he’s switched sides and is now unabashedly working for the Sheriff of Nottingham.

After years of the rich getting richer, they’re now getting spectacularly richer -- while most Canadians are losing ground.

01/12/23
Author: 
Mining Watch Canada
B.C. mining boom triggers new gold rush - https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-mining-boom-triggers-new-gold-rush-1.956886

Yet another fairly basic requirement for democratic decision-making which is being steadfastly ignored by "our government."

      -- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2023

Environmental groups call on the BC government to deliver on its long-delayed promise to establish a public participation funding program for environmental assessments

01/12/23
Author: 
Canadian Press
A new report from Statistics Canada says life expectancy for the average Canadian at birth has fallen for the last three years in a row, from 82.3 in 2019 to 81.3 years in 2022. Pedestrians walk through a sliver of sunlight in downtown Toronto on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

OTTAWA — Life expectancy for Canadians decreased for the third straight year in 2022, and more people died of COVID-19 than in any other year since the pandemic began, according to a report released Monday.

Statistics Canada’s analysis of deaths last year shows the average Canadian's life expectancy dropped to 81.3 years in 2022, a full year lower than the 82.3 years recorded in 2019.

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