Rudy Turtle said he’s again calling on Trudeau to visit his community, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Kenora in northwestern Ontario, to see first-hand the effects that decades of exposure to mercury are having on the people. Elevated levels of the toxic element have remained in the English-Wabigoon River system since Reed Paper, former owners of the mill in Dryden, dumped 9,000 kilograms of mercury into the water in the 1960s and early 1970s. #cdnpol #GrassyNarrows
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Nine Million Canadians Cite Climate as Vote-Determining Issue – The Energy Mix
While issues like climate change, immigration, fiscal policy, and foreign affairs can divide populations, “there is a common concern among people that life is increasingly unaffordable, that income and wages are not keeping pace with rising prices, leading to anxiety about whether the standard of living we have come to expect can be reached today and in the future,” he states. “This anxiety seems to be growing and fueling the rise of populist political movements—both on the left and right—which are responding to the pressure and frustration people are feeling.”
The Abacus climate survey found that “a total of 83% of Canadians say they are quite (26%), very (30%), or extremely (27%) concerned about climate change,” Anderson and Coletto note. And when it comes to the upcoming federal vote, “12% say climate change policies will be at the top of the list of considerations affecting how they will vote in the federal election this fall. Another 19% say it will be the second most important issue.” #cdnpoli
‘I lacked respect’: PM Trudeau apologizes for response to protester
Trudeau came under heavy fire from politicians and advocates alike
after his comments and the Liberal fundraiser Wednesday night.
after his comments and the Liberal fundraiser Wednesday night.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Trudeau’s comments were a “sad example”
of the “colonial disregard for Indigenous lives” that he says
contributed to the suffering in Grassy Narrows.
“Instead of showing respect for people fighting for clean water [and]
funding, Trudeau sides with his rich donors to get a laugh,” Singh
tweeted.
SNC-Lavalin has a $500M contract with Defence. So what happens if it’s convicted? | CBC News
In an analysis piece for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Newark said PSPC is working on a revision of its ‘integrity regime’ policy to give federal officials more discretion to waive bans of individual companies contracting with the federal government.
Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough has said her department is looking at eliminating fixed bidding disqualification periods and replacing them with a wholly discretionary determination — which would include the option of imposing no contracting ban at all.
Even under the current system, Newark said, an order cancelling a company’s federal contracts and banning it from future contracts following a conviction is far from a slam-dunk.
Make oil and gas corporations pay | The Council of Canadians
In January the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a ruling on the Redwater case, overturning earlier decisions that said the Alberta Environmental Regulator (AER) couldn’t seize assets of bankrupt companies to pay for environmental cleanup. Because our regulatory system has allowed for it, a disturbing pattern has emerged whereby extraction companies rack up huge debts, file for bankruptcy, sell their assets to the creditors, and shed any responsibility for the environmental wreckage they leave behind. January’s ruling will help break this cycle, but still leaves us with a broken regulatory system that has no way to recoup many of these environmental liabilities. Companies’ assets at bankruptcy are often not enough to cover the full costs of cleanup for their projects.