Apr 22 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years, but without specifics on how to meet the more ambitious goal, which falls short of the target set by its closet ally. Speaking virtually to a summit of global leaders […]
Apr 22 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years, but without specifics on how to meet the more ambitious goal, which falls short of the target set by its closet ally. Speaking virtually to a summit of global leaders […]
Apr 21 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step up his commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada within the next decade as he heads into a United States-hosted climate summit with global leaders.The virtual two-day event starting Thursday, which is Earth Day, is where the government says Trudeau plans to unveil […]
Apr 21 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step up his commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada within the next decade as he heads into a United States-hosted climate summit with global leaders.The virtual two-day event starting Thursday, which is Earth Day, is where the government says Trudeau plans to unveil […]
Apr 20 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal opposition leaders are criticizing the Liberal government's first budget in two years for omitting pharmacare, failing to adequately boost old age security and not speeding up the pace of vaccinations. Debate began in the House of Commons Tuesday with leaders pushing to shape the economic blueprint more to their liking.Federal NDP Leader […]
Apr 20 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal opposition leaders are criticizing the Liberal government's first budget in two years for omitting pharmacare and failing to provide a bigger boost to old age security or provincial health-care transfers. Debate began in the House of Commons today with leaders pushing to shape the economic blueprint more to their liking. Federal NDP […]
Apr 19 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology — and heavy emitters to adopt it — is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals’ 2021 budget pledge unveiled Monday to tackle climate change. Around $17 billion is promised to be spent in the years ahead to promote a “green” recovery […]
Apr 19 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology — and heavy emitters to adopt it — is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals’ 2021 budget pledge unveiled Monday to tackle climate change. Around $17 billion is promised to be spent in the years ahead to promote a “green” recovery […]
Apr 16 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservatives have moved to quash a government bill that mandates Ottawa set legally binding targets to hit net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 over a lack of representation from the oil and gas sector on an outside advisory panel. Tory House Leader Gerard Deltell put forward the motion during the fourth debate of Bill […]
Apr 16 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservatives have moved to quash a government bill that mandates Ottawa set legally binding targets to hit net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 over a lack of representation from the oil and gas sector on an outside advisory panel. Tory House Leader Gerard Deltell put forward the motion during the fourth debate of Bill […]
Apr 15 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pitching a loyalty-card style of carbon pricing where consumers would see what they pay on fuel stored into an account that can be used for green purchases later. The so-called "personal low carbon savings account" is a signature policy of the party's new climate change plan, which it […]
Apr 15 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pitching a loyalty-card style of carbon pricing where consumers would see what they pay on fuel stored into an account that can be used for green purchases later. The so-called "personal low carbon savings account" is a signature policy of the party's new climate change plan, which it […]
Apr 14 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will allow a free vote on a caucus member's push to ban "sex-selective abortions." A private members' bill on the issue was presented Wednesday by Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall and debated in the House of Commons. Wagantall cited a survey that found many Canadians are against the deliberate termination […]
Apr 13 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection law that include a recognition every person living in Canada has a right to a healthy environment. Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada say defining what a "healthy environment" means or how exactly that right could work within the Canadian Environmental […]
Apr 13 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection law that include a recognition every person living in Canada has a right to a healthy environment. Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada say defining what a "healthy environment" means or how exactly that right could work within the Canadian Environmental […]