What an exciting time it must be for Steven Guilbeault. He gets to go to the UN COP meeting in Glasgow next week for the first time as Canada’s Minister of the Environment. Note: his first time to a COP meeting as Minister of the Environment. It is anything but his first time to a … Continued
Earlier this week I wrote about the Alberta angle on the upcoming Glasgow Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting. Today I am writing about a different province (BC) but the same theme: how all this COP madness hurts Canadians. But whereas in the Alberta Angle we focused on the hurt caused by environmentalists, today’s piece … Continued
The Alberta Government issued a report this week on its public inquiry into funding of anti-Alberta energy campaigns. See the key findings here: Public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns final report : Key findings The intent of the report was to track how much money was coming into campaigns against development of oil and gas … Continued
Perhaps you have heard about the big global meeting happening in a few weeks in Glasgow, Scotland? The COP26 conference? I thought it important that we shine a spotlight on it as things build up to it. In my opinion, it is a perfect demonstration of just how off the rails the global conversation on … Continued
In a strange turn of events, Greta Thunberg and I actually agree on something. In Greta’s recent address to the Youth4Climate summit (a sort of youth prequel to the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow, all organized under the UN Climate Change banner) Thunberg called politicians and business leaders hypocritical over what they say on climate … Continued
The September 20th federal election revealed what happens when a political leader abandons all principle for a perceived quick path to short term electoral gain that then POOF! … goes up in smoke. You might think I am referring to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ill-timed election. For Trudeau, what seemed like an “election about nothing” … Continued
As United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to advance his green agenda, more and more Britons are falling into energy poverty. British fuel poverty charity “National Energy Action” defines energy poverty as the situation when a household has to spend more than 10% of its income to achieve a decent level of warmth. … Continued
With Canada’s economy still recovering from the pandemic, and many Canadians still suffering from it, affordability is proving to be a major issue in this election campaign. But energy affordability is rarely part of this conversation. Each of Canada’s major parties is promising to make housing more affordable. This is a very good thing. Paying … Continued
The English-language debate for the 2021 federal election is happening this evening and will cover five main themes: affordability, climate, COVID recovery, leadership and accountability, and reconciliation. These issues were, in part, chosen based on responses by 20,000+ Canadians to a questionnaire. I am happy to see that affordability is finally being recognized as the … Continued
The “climate disaster” and anti fossil fuel rhetoric has ramped up again. With the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we are told that “climate change is happening”; that this is a “code red for humanity”; that the evidence is unequivocal, and action has to be taken; that “billions will die … Continued