Category Archives: General
Alberta government asks Court of Appeal whether Bill C-69 is constitutional
The government filed its challenge
with the court on Tuesday, asking it whether the federal government was
acting within its authority when it passed Bill C-69, which established the process earlier this year.
with the court on Tuesday, asking it whether the federal government was
acting within its authority when it passed Bill C-69, which established the process earlier this year.
“The
government of Alberta asserts that Bill C-69 is a flagrant violation of
the exclusive constitutional jurisdiction of provinces and territories
to control the development of their natural resources,” Premier Jason
#Kenney said in a news release on Tuesday.
Fact-Checking Isn’t Enough to Counter Climate Denial, New Study Concludes – The Energy Mix
It’ll take more than a good fact check to shift the views of the more than one-quarter of Canadians who don’t believe climate change is real and caused by the human activity, according to a report released late last month by the Digital Democracy Project, a joint initiative of the Ottawa-based Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University.
Adaptation Efforts Need $1.8 Trillion by 2030 to Avert ‘Climate Apartheid’ – The Energy Mix
The funding for weather warning systems, infrastructure, dry-land farming, mangrove protection, and water management would yield $7.1 trillion in benefits, according to a commission led by former UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
“Every tenth of a degree rise in temperature matters as impacts scale quickly, even exponentially,” wrote the 34 members of the Global Commission on Adaptation. “At higher temperature increases such as 3.0 to 4.0°C, it becomes almost certain that we will cross tipping points, or irreversible changes in ecosystems or climate patterns, which will limit our ability to adapt.”
Liberals, Conservatives start campaign tied — but one party could have the edge | CBC News
Forty days — and every one of them will count.
It’s
rare for a Canadian federal election campaign to begin with the outcome
so much in doubt. To call the 43rd federal election close would be an
understatement. On Day One, it’s literally as close as it can get.
That’s
how things look on the surface, at least. But a deeper look suggests
that the Liberals hold some advantages over the Conservatives in how
their vote breaks down across the country — slim, potentially vulnerable
advantages, but advantages nonetheless.