To understand where we’re headed with climate change, we need to look at the latest political policies. What is the government doing to combat our changing climate and its impacts? What types of regulations are being put forth? What will the cost of moving away from fossil fuels be, both economically and socially?
By understanding the policies that are in place and the aims of our political parties, we can get a sense of where our political parties and the country as a whole is headed on this issue.
To seize the potential of a prosperous rural Canada of tomorrow that delivers for all Canadians, we need to start by recognizing the tremendous value these regions bring to our country.
Decisions the federal government will make in the next few weeks and months will determine Canada’s growth potential over the next decade. That makes shutting down parts of the country’s biggest export-earning industry an ill-advised move.
The implications of home heating oil being exempted from the federal carbon tax have led to debates on what the government’s objectives are.
Whatever you think of the carbon tax as a policy, it’s days may be numbered. The same government that introduced it delivered the potentially fatal blow.
If we want people to pollute less in their day-to-day lives, we should build more traditional, walkable neighbourhoods—the kind of neighbourhoods this country was built on.
This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the Canadian reaction to Israel’s war against Hamas including the extent to which left-wing academic ideas have been reflected in a lot of pro-Hamas protests and rallies across the country. They also discuss the Trudeau government’s announcement this week of new exemptions from the national carbon tax.
The featured guest in this episode is Sean Strickland, executive director of Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU), who joins host Rudyard Griffiths to discuss the challenge of decarbonizing industry, the pressing need to bring more people into the trades in Canada, and how labour can contribute to a greener Canadian economy.
This episode of Hub Dialogues features Heather Exner-Pirot, director of natural resources, energy, and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and special advisor to the Business Council of Canada, about climate change, energy, and Indigenous economic development, as well as the future of lunar mining.
This episode of In Conversation with Amanda Lang features discussion on the growing tensions between Ottawa and the provinces over the federal government’s new regulations for net-zero emissions for electricity grids by 2035.
With Doug Ford’s Ontario government modestly expanding its nuclear power capacity and the federal government showing signs it is open to more similar moves, climate experts are seeing a new opportunity for Canada to achieve its objective of carbon neutrality by 2050.
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