Mark Carney wants to make Canada more like Norway. He has some work to do
It’s back. As dangerous wildfire smoke blanketed much of the northeast part of our continent, the conversation about our new climate change-driven normal returned with a depressingly predictable vengeance. So too did the loopy comments from Republican politicians in the United States, reflecting a fundamental misunderstanding of both climate science and geographic realities.
Prominent New Democrats and community leaders raise the alarm over Premier Eby + caucus support for LNG and call for renewed provincial climate leadership, amid worsening climate disasters Signatories in open letter say British Columbia no longer has a climate plan
Carney finally shows which side he's on! FIGHT ON FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!
- Gene McGuckin
Jul. 5, 2026
Carney seals the pipeline deal, and his energy minister touts a $43-billion taxpayer bailout as a good investment. Would you buy a used “energy superpower” strategy from these guys?
“Trust is probably the most sought-after commodity now.”
While residents of Iran suffer the consequences of a senseless war, the impacts ripple across the globe in the form of price spikes for gas and other commodities. And the Canadian oil and gas industry has been laughing all the way to the bank.
John Clarke is a longtime organizer in Toronto, as well as an active instructor with the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He will be leading classes on the poor, activism, community/labour organizing, and how to build fighting movements in the Fall of 2026. Check leopanitchschool.ca regularly for these and other event announcements throughout the summer.
Pension Beneficiaries Fear Funds Will Pour Retirement Savings Into LNG
As the LNG Canada liquefied natural gas megaproject prepares to expand its Kitimat export facility, Canadian workers are speaking out against the possibility that their retirement savings may end up funding the project.
Pension beneficiaries who oppose fossil fuel infrastructure investments say such financing puts pension funds in breach of both their fiduciary duty and their obligation to future generations.
‘Feedback from Thousands’ Prompts Ottawa to Delay Regulatory Rollback
The federal government has responded to “feedback from thousands” by postponing a series of sweeping environmental rollbacks and extending the comment period for the proposed regulatory changes from June 7 to July 22.
Heiltsuk Marilyn Slett won’t relent on the tanker ban. Which leaves Mark Carney only a problematic southern route.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has probably never heard her name, but K̓áwáziɫ Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council on B.C.’s Central Coast, has emerged as one of the strongest voices opposing any change to Canada’s North Coast tanker ban.
If there’s one immovable obstacle to Smith’s dream of a new northern oil pipeline and terminal, it’s Slett.
Every month, the Treasury Department releases a data set that almost nobody reads. No cable news chyron. No memorable acronym. It’s called the Treasury International Capital report, TIC data, and it is, for now at least, one of the more honest documents the federal government produces. Just money moving across borders, recorded in black and white.
