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Trudeau pressured to adopt tougher emissions target for Biden climate summit

“There is no way they can go to Washington with 36 per cent and not get
laughed out of the room,” said Keith Stewart, a senior energy
strategist with Greenpeace Canada.

Some say it needs to be higher, like 60 per cent.

Among those who believe the floor needs to be 50 per cent is Mary
Robinson, chair of the international human rights group The Elders, and
former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The former Ireland president believes there’s a perception Canada has
accomplished more on fighting climate change than it actually has.

“Canada’s the only G7 country where emissions have increased since the signing of the Paris Agreement.”

April 21, 2021

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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO – The Energy Mix

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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO – The Energy Mix:

“Last year was ranked as the hottest on record, in a tie with 2016
and 2019, despite the cooling effect of the cyclical natural climate
phenomenon, La Niña,” The Guardian reports. “Without this, 2020 would most likely have been the hottest year yet. The decade 2011-20 was the hottest on record.”

Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO – The Energy Mix: “Last year was ranked as the hottest on record, in a tie with 2016
and 2019, despite the cooling effect of the cyclical natural climate
phenomenon, La Niña,” The Guardian reports. “Without this, 2020 would most likely have been the hottest year yet. The decade 2011-20 was the hottest on record.”Read More

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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO – The Energy Mix

April 21, 2021

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Want to avoid U.S.-style populism? Put a lid on house prices

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We are at a critical turning point that will determine whether or not Canada will remain a nation of homeowners. Relative to household incomes, house prices in Canada are now the highest on record. Even before the pandemic, a growing share of first-time homebuyers had to depend on money from parents to buy houses. If prices stay at these levels, fewer parents will be able to help their children land a home.

“The bar is being raised further and further,” Eaqub told me in an interview a few years ago. “At these prices (the housing market) is only open to people who have generational wealth.”

The problem is spreading to small-town and rural Canada. House prices have jumped by 30 to 50 per cent in numerous small cities and towns across Ontario over the past year, as well as in many communities in British Columbia and Atlantic Canada. In Nova Scotia’s South Shore region, the benchmark price is up 60.8 per cent in a year, according to CREA data.

Source: Daniel Tencer: Want to avoid U.S.-style populism? Put a lid on house prices – The Line

This entry was posted in General and tagged canada, homeless, housing, politics on April 21, 2021 by Steve.

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Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges in George Floyd’s death – 680 NEWS

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charged in George Floyd’s death has been found guilty of all charges.

Derek Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree
murder and second-degree manslaughter — all of which required the jury
to conclude that his actions were a “substantial causal factor” in
Floyd’s death and that his use of force was unreasonable.

Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a 45-year-old now-fired white
officer, pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for about 9
½ minutes.

April 20, 2021

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