Tag Archives: Environment
First Nations seek salmon return to Columbia Basin in new treaty with U.S.
First Nations groups on the Canadian side of the Columbia River Basin are adamant that salmon runs that have long been blocked by dams in the United States must be restored, potentially in a renewed r...
Nov 05, 2023
Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Ind...
Nov 03, 2023
Trudeau meets Biden in D.C. as leaders gather for Western Hemisphere trade summit
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with U.S. President Joe Biden on the margins of a mini-summit at the White House aimed at bolstering hemispheric trade and economic stability thro...
Nov 03, 2023
NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources
OTTAWA - The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election, NDP House Leader Peter Julian said Thursday. "The r...
Nov 02, 2023
Carbon pricing in Canada: What it is, what it costs and why you get a rebate
OTTAWA - Canada has had a national price on pollution since 2019, but the policy remains a political battleground - and Opposition Conservatives made clear Wednesday they intend to fight the next elec...
Nov 01, 2023
Poilievre challenges Trudeau to lift carbon tax off all heating until next election
OTTAWA - The Conservatives moved Wednesday to make carbon pricing the ballot box question in the next federal election, seizing on public anxiety about affordability and seeing a crack in the Liberal ...
Nov 01, 2023
Saskatchewan gas utility could face steep fines and jail for not remitting carbon tax
REGINA - Saskatchewan's natural gas utility could face hefty fines for not remitting the carbon tax to the federal government, and its executives may also face jail for failing to do so, federal legis...
Nov 01, 2023
Third First Nation wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted
A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when it was created in western Alberta...
Oct 31, 2023
'Absolutely not': No more carve-outs when it comes to carbon pricing, Trudeau says
There will be no further carbon price carve-outs, including for natural gas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as criticism of his decision to temporarily exempt home heating oil from the po...
Oct 31, 2023
Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year ...
Oct 30, 2023