‘Nothing to See Here, Folks’, as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN – The Energy Mix: “Nothing to see here, folks!” wrote Karri Munn-Venn, senior policy
analyst at Citizens for Public Justice. “In a highly anticipated
announcement about Canada’s new emissions reduction target, Environment
and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said, well, nothing.”

“The Canadian government has decided to not do its fair share of the action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change,” added
Dale Marshall, national climate program manager at Environmental
Defence Canada, in a release. “Instead, the government once again failed
to rein in oil and gas emissions by continuing to ignore the most
important measure: the phaseout of oil and gas production in Canada.”

‘Nothing to See Here, Folks’, as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN – The Energy Mix: “Nothing to see here, folks!” wrote Karri Munn-Venn, senior policy
analyst at Citizens for Public Justice. “In a highly anticipated
announcement about Canada’s new emissions reduction target, Environment
and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said, well, nothing.”“The Canadian government has decided to not do its fair share of the action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change,” added
Dale Marshall, national climate program manager at Environmental
Defence Canada, in a release. “Instead, the government once again failed
to rein in oil and gas emissions by continuing to ignore the most
important measure: the phaseout of oil and gas production in Canada.”Read More

Bill C-12: Image Over Substance – the Liberal Way: “You can and will continue to pretend but nature and physics will not fall for it…You don’t only continue business as usual as before; in many cases you’re even speeding up and scaling up the process, pretending to have the most ambitious climate policies while granting new oil licenses, exploring future oil fields, bragging about your so-called ambitious climate commitments.”

— Greta Thunberg July 1 2021

The Thunberg quotation sums up the Liberal way in a nutshell. The
Liberal Party does not seem overly concerned about the climate
emergency.  Witness the latest manipulations involving the Net-Zero
Emissions Accountability Bill C-12.  As originally
drafted last fall, it lacked the substance and accountability needed to
be effective.  This was obvious to everyone.

Bill C-12: Image Over Substance – the Liberal Way: “You can and will continue to pretend but nature and physics will not fall for it…You don’t only continue business as usual as before; in many cases you’re even speeding up and scaling up the process, pretending to have the most ambitious climate policies while granting new oil licenses, exploring future oil fields, bragging about your so-called ambitious climate commitments.” — Greta Thunberg July 1 2021 The Thunberg quotation sums up the Liberal way in a nutshell. The
Liberal Party does not seem overly concerned about the climate
emergency.  Witness the latest manipulations involving the Net-Zero
Emissions Accountability Bill C-12.  As originally
drafted last fall, it lacked the substance and accountability needed to
be effective.  This was obvious to everyone.Read More

Canada’s new fighter jets could be deployed in Arctic resource war:

Militarized responses to climate change

Despite the worsening climate crisis, the Trudeau government has
increased annual fossil fuel subsidies by 40 per cent from 2015 to $16.8 billion in 2019.

Most recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also affirmed at the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels last month
his interest in Canada hosting a NATO “centre of excellence” on climate
and security. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office noted:
“It would provide allies with a central location to pool their
knowledge and develop effective preparedness and responses to the
security impacts of climate change.”

This suggests a willingness to both deepen the climate crisis and prepare militarily for the resulting impacts.

Canada’s new fighter jets could be deployed in Arctic resource war: Militarized responses to climate change

Despite the worsening climate crisis, the Trudeau government has
increased annual fossil fuel subsidies by 40 per cent from 2015 to $16.8 billion in 2019.Most recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also affirmed at the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels last month
his interest in Canada hosting a NATO “centre of excellence” on climate
and security. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office noted:
“It would provide allies with a central location to pool their
knowledge and develop effective preparedness and responses to the
security impacts of climate change.”This suggests a willingness to both deepen the climate crisis and prepare militarily for the resulting impacts.Read More

Canada’s wildfires could cost billions, kill thousands if nothing is done: report | Globalnews.ca: The scientists, including Mathieu Bourbonnais, assistant professor of
earth and environmental sciences at the University of British Columbia
Okanagan, predict devastating wildfires such as those currently burning
in B.C. and elsewhere in the country will be commonplace by 2050.

The
group has released a paper predicting billions of dollars in
suppression and indirect fire costs as well as hundreds or thousands of
premature deaths due to exposure to wildfire smoke if climate change and
fire causes are not resolved.

Canada’s wildfires could cost billions, kill thousands if nothing is done: report | Globalnews.ca: The scientists, including Mathieu Bourbonnais, assistant professor of
earth and environmental sciences at the University of British Columbia
Okanagan, predict devastating wildfires such as those currently burning
in B.C. and elsewhere in the country will be commonplace by 2050.The
group has released a paper predicting billions of dollars in
suppression and indirect fire costs as well as hundreds or thousands of
premature deaths due to exposure to wildfire smoke if climate change and
fire causes are not resolved.Read More