In a poll released
by Ipsos to coincide with Earth Day April 22, climate change and the
environment emerged as one of Canadians’ top-five policy issues, with
19% citing it as a leading concern—a four-point increase in six months.
Health care, listed by 37% of Canadians, was the top issue, followed by
the economy, housing, and taxes. (It would have been beyond Ipsos’
mandate for opinion research to point out what climate hawks know full
well—that each of those top four issues is affected, in one or many
ways, by the climate crisis.)
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Dear Americans, Banff Is Not Near Ottawa
There are plenty of videos online of Americans struggling with world geography, but a U.S. television station was way off with its graphic for Banff National Park.
Twitter
user Don Kollins shared a clip from KTVU, a Fox-owned station servicing
California’s Bay Area. The video shows Banff National Park incorrectly
placed near Ottawa at the Ontario-Quebec border, which is more than
3,000 kilometres away from its actual southern Alberta location.
Climate Action Requires Consistency
Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (April 23, 2019):
– Six Canadian environmental groups released a series of
recommendations today that would ensure consistent quality and
performance of Canadian climate policies as they are implemented across
federal and provincial jurisdictions.
– Six Canadian environmental groups released a series of
recommendations today that would ensure consistent quality and
performance of Canadian climate policies as they are implemented across
federal and provincial jurisdictions.
Methane emissions, coal-fired electricity, and standards regarding
the use of clean fuels in transportation, industry, and buildings: each
of these areas of Canadian climate policy are ones in which some
provincial governments are developing independent approaches that will
be measured against standards set by the federal government.
Canadian law allows federal and provincial governments to sign
equivalency agreements if provincial regulations would achieve
equivalent or better environmental outcomes as federal regulations.
There is, however, little precedent and no standard method for judging
equivalency.
Note: For those who are unfamiliar with UNDRIP, it’s supposed to give the Indigenous people the right to veto any outside projects on their land that will affect them… such as pipelines being built on their lands.
Cree Senator Mary Jane McCallum says too much is at stake for Bill C-262 to die on the Senate floor.
The former university professor and long time advocate for Indigenous rights tells APTN News
that “by obstructing the vote the senate is feeding into the cycle of
manufactured violence toward Indigenous peoples by not providing them
the opportunity to move forward in a positive direction.”
McCallum’s comments come amid allegations by Liberal and independent
senators who say Conservative senators are deliberately stalling the
bill from going to committee, where it would be studied and potentially
amended before returning to the senate floor for a third and final
reading.
If passed, the bill would compel Canada to harmonize its laws with
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIP), which details the global minimum standards for recognizing and
respecting Indigenous rights.
Ottawa’s decision to either kill or approve Trans Mountain pipeline extended to June 18 | CBC News
After a period of uncertainty last summer, the National Energy Board (NEB) endorsed the project on Feb. 22, giving Ottawa a 90-day period to make a final call.
That set up May 22 as the original deadline to either approve it or kill the taxpayer-owned project outright.
However,
in a statement on Thursday, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet
Sohi said a decision will now be made by mid-June to give more time for
Indigenous consultations, a sticking point in the project’s
development.