Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups:

It is the second lawsuit filed in the court by a coalition of plastics
makers calling themselves the Responsible Plastic Use Coalition.

The first suit filed in 2021 seeks to overturn the government’s
decision to designate plastics as “toxic” under the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault used that designation to publish
regulations that will ban the sale, import and production of six
plastic items.

Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups: It is the second lawsuit filed in the court by a coalition of plastics
makers calling themselves the Responsible Plastic Use Coalition.
The first suit filed in 2021 seeks to overturn the government’s
decision to designate plastics as “toxic” under the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault used that designation to publish
regulations that will ban the sale, import and production of six
plastic items.Read More

Status of Women minister apologizes for racist, sexist essay contest in Alberta | Globalnews.ca:

A winning essay from a recent Alberta’s Legislative Assembly contest
that went viral has resulted in an apology from Associate Minister of
Status of Women Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk.

The contest, which wrapped up at the end of February, only recently released the first, second and third place pieces.

The Opposition NDP has since called out the third-place selection as racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic and fascist.

Status of Women minister apologizes for racist, sexist essay contest in Alberta | Globalnews.ca: A winning essay from a recent Alberta’s Legislative Assembly contest
that went viral has resulted in an apology from Associate Minister of
Status of Women Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk.The contest, which wrapped up at the end of February, only recently released the first, second and third place pieces.The Opposition NDP has since called out the third-place selection as racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic and fascist.Read More

Pierre Poilievre preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians: poll | Globalnews.ca:

Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole.

A new Leger poll conducted in collaboration with the Association for
Canadian Studies suggests 44 per cent of Conservative voters believe
Poilievre would make the best party leader. His chief rival, former
Quebec premier Jean Charest, is backed by 17 per cent.

The poll was conducted online between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7 among 1,500
adult Canadians drawn from Leger’s representative panel. It cannot be
given a margin of error because online polls aren’t considered to be a
statistically representative sample.

Twenty-two per cent of
Conservatives said they didn’t know which of the five candidates would
make the best leader, while eight per cent said none of them would.

Pierre Poilievre preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians: poll | Globalnews.ca: Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole.A new Leger poll conducted in collaboration with the Association for
Canadian Studies suggests 44 per cent of Conservative voters believe
Poilievre would make the best party leader. His chief rival, former
Quebec premier Jean Charest, is backed by 17 per cent.The poll was conducted online between Aug. 5 and Aug. 7 among 1,500
adult Canadians drawn from Leger’s representative panel. It cannot be
given a margin of error because online polls aren’t considered to be a
statistically representative sample.Twenty-two per cent of
Conservatives said they didn’t know which of the five candidates would
make the best leader, while eight per cent said none of them would.Read More

Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast | Globalnews.ca:

Like
many people on Canada’s “wet” coast, Vancouverite Don Morrison has been
noticing how fast the weather is changing across British Columbia.
Summers that used to be relatively mild here are now punctuated by
intense bouts of heat and humidity.

But
Morrison is in a unique place to do something about that heat — through
trees. He’s an urban forestry manager with the City of Vancouver, a job
that involves planting as many trees across the city as possible. And
not just any trees. Increasingly, it’s about species that will offer
big, wide canopies, and are resistant to climate change.

Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast | Globalnews.ca: Like
many people on Canada’s “wet” coast, Vancouverite Don Morrison has been
noticing how fast the weather is changing across British Columbia.
Summers that used to be relatively mild here are now punctuated by
intense bouts of heat and humidity.But
Morrison is in a unique place to do something about that heat — through
trees. He’s an urban forestry manager with the City of Vancouver, a job
that involves planting as many trees across the city as possible. And
not just any trees. Increasingly, it’s about species that will offer
big, wide canopies, and are resistant to climate change.Read More

Fossils Dismiss Federal Emissions Cap as ‘Aggressive’, ‘Unrealistic’ | The Energy Mix:

Guilbeault’s 29-page discussion paper on the emissions cap, released
in mid-July, was consistently deferential to the fossil industry’s
present-day footprint in the Canadian economy, casting emission
reductions as the way to keep the industry in operation and suggesting
no path to scale back oil and gas production.

But evidently not deferential enough. With public consultations under way until September 30, Canadian fossils wasted little time before pushing back on the plan.

“It
is very aggressive and stretches the capability of what is technically
and economically feasible,” Imperial Oil CEO Brad Corson told
analysts late last month, adding that the plan amounts to overreach by
Ottawa. That was after his company reported C$2.41 billion in profits
for the second quarter of the year, six times more than the $366 million
it took in over the same period in 2021.

“It’s ambitious at 30%,” said
MEG Energy CEO Derek Evans. “I don’t know how we get to 42%. I think
that personally, in my humble opinion, is almost unrealistic.”

Fossils Dismiss Federal Emissions Cap as ‘Aggressive’, ‘Unrealistic’ | The Energy Mix: Guilbeault’s 29-page discussion paper on the emissions cap, released
in mid-July, was consistently deferential to the fossil industry’s
present-day footprint in the Canadian economy, casting emission
reductions as the way to keep the industry in operation and suggesting
no path to scale back oil and gas production.But evidently not deferential enough. With public consultations under way until September 30, Canadian fossils wasted little time before pushing back on the plan.“It
is very aggressive and stretches the capability of what is technically
and economically feasible,” Imperial Oil CEO Brad Corson told
analysts late last month, adding that the plan amounts to overreach by
Ottawa. That was after his company reported C$2.41 billion in profits
for the second quarter of the year, six times more than the $366 million
it took in over the same period in 2021.“It’s ambitious at 30%,” said
MEG Energy CEO Derek Evans. “I don’t know how we get to 42%. I think
that personally, in my humble opinion, is almost unrealistic.”Read More