Pierre Poilievre’s problem with the truth
Dec 3, 2024 · For a guy who likes to invoke George Orwell, Pierre Poilievre doesn’t seem to have paid very close attention to what he actually wrote. His willingness to weaponize obvious misinformation, like a chart he shared on social media suggesting Justin Trudeau was elected in late 2014 (rather than late 2015), is reminiscent of one of the most famous lines from 1984.
Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports magazine, multi-media features, analysis and opinions.
A Northern Gateway revival is the wrong idea at the wrong time
Dec 3, 2024 · Northern Gateway is a dead letter being written to a past that no longer exists, one that trades on a vision of the future in which global demand for fossil fuels will grow without end and supplies are constrained by geology or geopolitics.
LeBlanc, Joly are in Florida to meet with Trump administration
Dec 27, 2024 · Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly are in Florida to meet with officials from president-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.. A statement from LeBlanc's office says the duo travelled to Palm Beach, where they planned to use those talks to underscore "Canada's efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking and illegal migration and the measures outlined ...
2024 was Vancouver's soggiest year this century
Jan 3, 2025 · Vancouver lived up to its soggy reputation last year, with Environment Canada data showing 2024 was the city's wettest year so far this century.. Meteorologist Chris Doyle says more than 1,367 millimetres of precipitation was recorded at Vancouver International Airport last year.
Jasper enters new year with hope and anxiety as rebuilding …
Dec 27, 2024 · This year, Kim Stark's kids took responsibility for decorating the family Christmas tree. Ornaments include toy cars, puzzle pieces, string and a pair of binoculars — things her three young daughters had handy after the family lost their home in summer’s devastating Jasper wildfire. "I have the most wonderful tree on the planet," said Stark.
TikTok files legal suit against federal government's shutdown order
Dec 11, 2024 · TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that it has with Canadian advertising clients.. The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the …
Canada to lead the G7 this year — here's what that means
Jan 2, 2025 · The rotating presidency involves a series of meetings across the hosting country for senior officials of G7 countries, who co-ordinate policies ranging from defence to digital regulation. Some meetings involve civil society groups, business leaders and organized labour.
A united Canada must take Trump seriously and literally
Nov 28, 2024 · Today, Canada is staring down a 25 per cent tariff unless the country meets Trump’s security demands on the border. To that end, some observers claim that the tariff threat is a bargaining position, a tactic to gain leverage on policy priorities dear to the incoming administration, including border security — related to Trump’s heinous, human-rights-busting plan to deport millions ...
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 ...