Why seek closer economic ties with a US dictatorship?
Donald Trump in 2019. Photo by Dana M. Clarke/Wikimedia Commons. It’s hard to believe that the federal government plans to forge closer economic ties with the US when Donald Trump…
Gordon Laxer
Canada woefully unprepared for second Trump presidency
US President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House, June, 2019. Photo courtesy the White House/Wikimedia Commons. Don’t cosy up to a dictatorial neighbour. Japan…
Mulroney: Not all good
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan in the mid-1980s. Photo by AP. Much deserved praise has been heaped on Brian Mulroney’s legacy, but the universal lauding…
Public inquiry into foreign interference in elections should target Big Oil
Oil refinery in Fort Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo by Kris Krüg/Flickr. Canada’s apex oil and gas lobby group may rue the day it made foreign-funded political meddling a public issue.…
Investigation needed into foreign election meddling
Hundreds came out to the “Rally 4 Resources” event in support of the Trans Mountain pipeline at the McDougal Centre in Calgary on Tuesday April 10, 2018. Photo by Darren…
A contingency plan for the death of American democracy
Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a “Save America” rally at Country Thunder Arizona in Florence, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr. If democracy falters…
It’s Big Oil, not environmentalists, who are foreign-funded
Did it not dawn on CAPP that crusading against a pittance of foreign funding of environmentalists trying to block the transportation and carbon pollution of oilsands oil would blow back…
Trudeau should cut his losses on the Trans Mountain pipeline
Justin Trudeau is in over a barrel. In 2015, he made a deal with Alberta. He would get an oil pipeline built to a coast if the province joined his…
After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians
Photo by taylorandayumi The Paris climate accords were strong on aspirations to keep the world below 2C temperature rise but very weak on delivery. Despite Trudeau’s claims that Canada is…
Canada shouldn’t export its oil
Photo by Jason Woodhead It’s good to see Montreal-area mayors oppose the Energy East oil pipeline, because environmental risks such as spills that threaten drinking water are too great and…
Premiers blowing hot air on climate change
Photo by Loozrboy Canada’s premiers agreed to a master energy and climate change plan July 17. It’s specific on fast-tracking pipelines, but “aspirational” on climate action. No wonder. Building more…
Plan for a low-carbon Alberta
Photo by Don Coltman • Turner Valley “Buy Alberta Oil” billboard As Alberta’s economic engine falters, now is a good time to rethink the province putting all its eggs in…