Canada

Economic Hit from Prairie Drought Could Be ‘Like Losing Ontario Auto Sector’

18/05/21
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Drought - Free-Photos/Pixabay

MAY 16, 2021

Farmers in parts of the Prairies are worrying about crop failures and water-deprived livestock, and communities are already facing local water restrictions and at least one forest fire, as the region enters a period of near-record dry conditions.

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Agriculture
Canada
Climate Change
Social
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Time to stop playing nice with fossil fuel companies

17/05/21
Author: 
Seth Klein
Link: 
National Observer

May 17th 2021

Video here.

In the face of the climate emergency, this is the time of our Phoney War. Most of us know the battle for our lives must soon get underway, and most of our leaders — in government and industry — are now talking tough on climate. But in deeds, they aren’t there yet.

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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
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Council of Canadians tells MPs to stop infrastructure privatization

17/05/21
Author: 
Dylan Penner
Link: 
Council of Canadians
Dylan Penner at parliamentary committee

Mar. 2021

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Canada
Social
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Canada pegs its energy future on nuclear power, but not everyone's buying it

17/05/21
Author: 
Charles Mandel
Link: 
National Observer
Research and development to support the advancement of small modular reactors and advanced reactors. Photo by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

 May 12th 2021

John Gorman believes in a nuclear future — which, given his background, might come as a surprise. Before becoming president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association, Gorman worked in positions where he championed solar, wind and hydro, renewable energy sources with a lot less baggage.

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Category: 
'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Nuclear
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The Montreal apartment building on the front lines of Canada’s rental crisis

15/05/21
Author: 
Duncan Fraser McLachlan
The first few floors of Le Manoir. (Duncan Fraser McLachlan)

 MAY 10, 2021

Meet the tenants fighting the type of ‘renoviction’ that’s making affordable housing disappear across the country

The story of Le Manoir Lafontaine can be told by the banners that hang from the residents’ balconies.

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Canada
Social
Urban
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Defending the left case against basic income

12/05/21
Author: 
John Clarke
Link: 
Canadian Dimension
A MakePovertyHistory march attended by an estimated 200,000 people before a G8 Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2, 2005. Photo by Bruno Vincent.

May 3, 2021

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Category: 
Canada
Capitalism
Labour - Unions
Social
VESG
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Will Trudeau Let Canada-Bolivia Vaccine Deal Bypass Patent

12/05/21
Author: 
Geoffrey York
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
A woman gets a shot of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at the Universidad Publica de El Alto, during a vaccination drive for people over age 60 in El Alto, Bolivia, on May 6, 2021. JUAN KARITA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAY 11, 2021

Canadian company wins COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bolivia – and WTO support

A top official of the World Trade Organization says he welcomes a landmark decision by the Bolivian government to seek a compulsory licence for a Canadian company to produce and export COVID-19 vaccines without the permission of the patent holder.

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Canada
Global
Social
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Vancouver named 'Anti-Asian Hate Crime Capital of North America'

12/05/21
Author: 
Brendan Kergin
Link: 
New Westminster Record
Asian Hate - sign -U.S. media outlet Bloomberg has used crime data to determine Vancouver, Canada is the 'Anti-Asian Hate Crime Capital of North America.'Photo via Wachiwit / Getty Images

"Maybe Vancouver isn’t the bastion of progressive multiculturalism it thinks it is."

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British Columbia
Canada
Social
USA
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Biden turns to emergency powers to counter Colonial Pipeline disruption

12/05/21
Author: 
Yoel Minkoff - SA Editor
Link: 
Seeking Alpha

This might have an impact on the perceived "need" for TMX. - Gene McGuckin

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Category: 
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
USA
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Legal opinion singles out Canada on oil and gas financing

07/05/21
Author: 
Carl Meyer
Link: 
National Observer
Export Development Canada headquarters in downtown Ottawa, June 25, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault
May 5th 2021

A Crown corporation’s financial support to the oil and gas sector came under scrutiny Tuesday as part of a new legal opinion outlining Canada’s obligations in responding to the climate crisis.

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Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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