Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s …
Oct 18, 2024 · Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. In the absence of technology that can remove atmospheric carbon on a large scale, the Earth’s vast forests, grasslands, peat bogs and oceans are the only option for absorbing human carbon pollution, which reached a record 37.4bn tonnes in 2023.. At least 118 countries are relying …
Billions in compensation expected after Supreme Court rules …
Jul 26, 2024 · “For almost a century and a half, the Anishinaabe have been left with an empty shell of a treaty promise,” the Supreme Court of Canada found in the unanimous ruling released on Friday. While a decision that sets out the rights and obligations of the parties involved is helpful, the court said “given the longstanding and egregious nature of the Crown’s breach,” simply clarifying roles ...
LNG exports will cost consumers and the climate: U.S. Department …
Dec 19, 2024 · If the U.S. allows its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to grow, unrestrained, there will be significant costs to both consumers and the climate, according to a new government report.
Pierre Poilievre's silence on India keeps getting louder
Oct 16, 2024 · It’s safe to assume the Indian government’s agents weren’t buying memberships for Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown. As one of Brown’s campaign team members told Baaz, an online news outlet catering to the Sikh diaspora, “we knew that local pro-Modi organizations alongside Indian government actors were mobilizing against the Brown campaign as they were concerned with the strong support we ...
Federal chief actuary at odds with Alberta over CPP assets
Dec 24, 2024 · A report from Canada's chief actuary suggests Alberta would not be entitled to more than half of the Canada Pension Plan's assets that the province has argued it should get if it were to leave the investment fund.. The chief actuary’s paper, published Friday, says the calculation that claims Alberta should get 53 per cent — or $334 billion — of the $575-billion in CPP assets “does not ...
TikTok hoping to sway Ottawa's shutdown order to avoid …
Dec 10, 2024 · The Liberal government’s move to order the shutdown of TikTok’s Canadian operations over national security concerns has left hundreds of the company’s Canadian employees in limbo.. Ottawa hasn't publicly specified the date by which TikTok has to comply, and while the company has pledged to fight the order in court, it's also talking to the government in hopes of finding a "solution."
'Concrete revolution' takes aim at construction’s worst polluter
Sep 17, 2024 · “No shortage of ideas” Concrete has been used in construction for millennia, from the dome of the Pantheon in ancient Rome to the world’s biggest hydropower project, China’s Three Gorges Dam – and closer to home in the iconic contour base of Toronto’s CN Tower.. Cement makes up only 10-15 per cent of a typical concrete mix, but because it’s manufactured using fossil-fuel fired ...
Canada’s immigration crisis has only just begun
Oct 22, 2024 · None of this is going to end well if Canada continues down this path. Our long-term prosperity depends on our ability to effectively integrate immigrants, who will account for all of our country’s population growth by 2030. That population growth is crucial to mitigating the economic and fiscal effects of a rapidly aging population, and immigration will play a …
Deep flaws in Ontario's process to fast-track development: Auditor ...
Dec 3, 2024 · Deep flaws exist in the Ford government’s controversial use of minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) to fast-track development projects, concludes a new report.. The latest Ontario Auditor General report reveals that between 2019 and 2023, the government issued 114 MZOs, a 17-fold increase compared to the previous 20 years.
The India-Canada diplomatic storm | Canada's National Observer: …
Dec 3, 2024 · On this week’s Mortal Giants podcast, Sandy Garossino and Vina Nadjibulla discuss the deteriorating relationship between Canada and India, a rift that became public after September 2023 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader in B.C. The Indian government called the accusation “absurd.”