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 ...
Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Oct 17, 2024 · 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 …
Canada's National Observer
Our History. Founded in 2015, Canada's National Observer (CNO) is part of the Observer Media Group. CNO emerged to fill a gap in Canadian journalism: reporting on climate. Through the lens of global warming, we cover the environment, national and provincial politics, technology, culture, disinformation, and other related issues.
What Pierre Poilievre and Donald Trump have in common
Jan 4, 2024 · It’s not surprising then, that nearly a decade after Donald Trump’s entry into public life, we now have a Canadian Conservative leader who trades in the same trademark combination of bombast, belligerence, and bullshit. No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t the second coming of Donald Trump, but he keeps hitting some unmistakably Trumpy notes.
The carbon tax truth is out there - Canada's National Observer
Mar 26, 2024 · Experts interviewed by Canada’s National Observer say defenders of the carbon price are right that more people receive more money back than they pay, making it a useful tool to address climate change and affordability and note the PBO’s analysis was severely lacking. The PBO report found two things. One is that 80 per cent of families ...
Why the Irvings might be ditching oil
Oct 20, 2023 · News that Arthur Irving is no longer in a leadership role at Irving Oil could be yet another signal the business is shifting its corporate focus away from the fossil fuel, says a University of New Brunswick business professor. In June, the company announced it was considering selling the refinery side of its business as part of a strategic review.
Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced …
Jul 24, 2024 · This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.. The energy giant Shell has quietly backed away from a pledge to rapidly increase its use of “advanced recycling”, a practice oil and petrochemical producers have promoted as a solution to the plastics pollution crisis.
Opinion | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Opinion. November 7th 2024. Trump is back. It won't help Trudeau. The reelection of Donald Trump as president of the United States is not good news for Canada's ruling Liberals. Even if the government finds a way to navigate the mercurial Trump – a big “if” – it’s unlikely voters will recognize the accomplishment and premise their ...
The Doctrine of Discovery has been rescinded by ...
Apr 12, 2023 · Palframan calls activists and others who have pushed the Vatican for change the real authors of the denouncement. In recent years, for example, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the Vatican to denounce the Doctrine of Discovery. Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald told Canada’s National Observer last year that she asked the Pope to rescind the doctrine ...
Billionaire Irvings get help from the feds
Mar 1, 2023 · News of the loan is raising eyebrows among environmentalists, who question why the Irvings would need government help to finance the plant. Over the years, the Irvings have consistently ranked as one of the richest families in Canada while finding ways to cut costs. The CBC reported the company created an offshore insurance company in the tax haven of Bermuda that allowed it to accumulate over ...