Last week, the National Observer, one of the voices of environmental activism in Canada, published an article entitled Natural Resources Canada probes net zero affordability. The article references an internal memo from a senior public servant at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan – the federal government department that deals with resource issues such as energy). NRCan … Continued
As I continue to offer comment on the whole Net Zero by 2050 discussion, I am starting with a series of pieces to lay some groundwork. My recent blog, Net Zero Part One: Defining the Terms explained the challenges with the language used by the “Net Zero” lobby. Today’s blog digs a bit further on … Continued
The Michigan government-imposed deadline has come, and Enbridge – with more courage than our federal government – has said no to shutting down their Line 5 pipeline, despite what Michigan Governor Whitmer demands. What will Governor Whitmer do now? She has threatened to “seize company profits.” In an age of interventionist government action, who knows? … Continued
“Net Zero by 2050” is all over the news these days. Countries, international organizations, corporations, cities and other entities are making grand commitments to the idea. My view is that Net Zero by 2050 is a dangerous idea, and I am alarmed by how it is taking hold. I plan to write several blogposts on … Continued
May 12th is less than a week away. And Canadians should care a lot, as that is the deadline set by Michigan’s Democratic Party Governor Gretchen Whitmer to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. Central Canadians should really care about Line 5, and its imminent death, because Line 5 supplies crucial energy to Ontario and … Continued
The Prime Minister of Canada committed this morning to “blow past” (Trudeau pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030) our proposed Paris Accord emission target of 30% reductions in GHG emissions (from a 2005 baseline) by 2030, and get to 40-45% reductions. What a coward, eh? Why not 50%? Or … Continued
Flip flops. They make a funny “splat splat” sound. A bit like eggs being dropped on the floor. Or the sound of Erin O’Toole’s so-called climate platform hitting the ground – because it sure won’t takeoff. Seen in the light of this week’s appalling waste of public dollars the Trudeau Liberals call a green budget, … Continued
On March 18, in my blogpost “Erin O’Toole’s upcoming carbon tax betrayal, part two,” I wrote about a rumoured strategy being peddled by unnamed Tory advisors: according to these red, or green, Tory back roomers, O’Toole should abandon his promise to get rid of Trudeau’s carbon tax. This “insider strategy”, according to an account in … Continued
The conventional voices continue to claim victory after last week’s Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision on carbon taxes. All sorts of carbon tax advocates – environmentalists, academics, political insiders – are saying the following: all those annoying little Canadians who are so vulgar and uneducated as to object to carbon taxes should shut up … Continued
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday that the Government of Canada is fully within its jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax on provinces, even if the duly elected governments of those provinces oppose the imposition of such a tax. Their rationale? The wisdom of Greta Thunberg. Judges aren’t scientists. They aren’t climate experts. Yet … Continued