Soldiers arrive to help with flood relief in Quebec and N.B.
Meanwhile, about 120 Canadian soldiers are being deployed across western New Brunswick to help residents threatened by rising floodwaters.
Is it time for a strategic retreat from carbon pricing? – Macleans.ca
It’s been a tough
year for those who believe in carbon pricing. In June, Doug Ford’s PCs
stormed to victory on a platform that included a pledge to toss out the
Ontario government’s cap-and-trade system and replace it with, well,
something. In November, the otherwise eco-conscious residents of
Washington rejected a third attempt at introducing a carbon tax. And
now, in Alberta, a government that staked much of its reputation on a
climate plan built around an economy-wide carbon price has been defeated
by a party that made its disdain for carbon pricing a key part of its
platform. At the rate things are going, the federal Liberals might need
to be more worried about their carbon pricing policy going into
October’s election than anything to do with Jody Wilson-Raybould.
Fighting the normalization of right-wing ideology, from Ford to Kenney | rabble.ca
No wonder many on the left are concerned that Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, whom many progressives didn’t and don’t support, will be
battling against not just federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer but
also a line-up of five right-wing premiers in this year’s federal
election.
Flooding, climate change force Quebecers to rethink relationship with water | CBC News
Sudden waves of warm weather followed by quick drops in temperatures increase the risk of ice accumulating on the rivers in the winter, he said.
The ice jams act as a dam, holding back water, and when the ice begins to melt and move, the dam bursts.
That’s exactly what happened in Beauceville this week, when an ice jam broke and water rushed through downtown, flooding at least 230 buildings in the small town south of Quebec City.