Canada

Nov. 13, 2026

In 2025, more than 15,600 foreign workers applied for a work permit intended to help them escape abusive workplaces.

Record numbers of foreign workers in Canada are claiming their employers are abusing them, straining a federal relief program designed to help them find other jobs.

In 2025, more than 15,600 foreign workers applied for a federal open work permit intended to help them escape abusive workplaces — a more than twelvefold increase from the number of applications in 2021.

Nov. 10, 2026

Once it’s burned, gas processed at the Kitimat facility will produce more emissions than all other activities within BC.

Once Kitimat’s LNG facility is expanded, gas liquefied at the site and shipped to other countries will produce more greenhouse gases than all other emissions produced by the province of B.C. each year.

In September, LNG Canada’s joint partners made their final investment decision to double the plant’s capacity.

Nov. 6, 2026

The new federal budget pledges $6 billion over 10 years for Canada’s spy agency.

Mark Carney’s Liberal government has promised to give Canada’s spy agency a massive funding increase of around 60 per cent in this year’s federal budget, which was tabled in Ottawa yesterday.

Details about how the money will be spent, however, remain murky.

Oct. 29, 2026

Nov. 2, 2026

Pipeline proposed to transport 1 million barrels of oil per day from Alberta to B.C. coast

Oct. 5, 2026

Claire Seabron says she thinks Ottawa might look to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by LNG Canada shipments to Asia countries, where it will displace more carbon-intensive coal as an energy source.

The federal government could use a section in the 2015 Paris Treaty to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by foreign nations replacing coal with natural gas shipments from Canada, according to a former chief of staff to the energy minister.

Nov. 2, 2026

TORONTO — U.S. asset manager Blackstone and four Canadian institutional investors have signed a US$3.1-billion deal to acquire a non-controlling stake in the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds an interest in LNG Canada, the country’s first liquefied natural gas export facility. 

Nov. 3, 2026

Nov. 4, 2026

he Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has voted in support of a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel.

The CLC stands in solidarity with Palestinian workers and their families, and with all those calling for peace, justice, and respect for international law.

Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons and military equipment produced here are not used to harm Palestinian civilians or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law.