In one of her last moves as finance minister Freeland loaned the Trans Mountain pipeline project $20 billion
One of the last things Chrystia Freeland did as finance minister was authorize an additional $20-billion loan to the Trans...
John Woodside
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Tired slogans in face of Trump tariffs spell real risk for Poilievre
As incoming U.S. President Donald Trump threatens a trade war to push Canadian officials to cave on a list of...
COP29 presidency slammed as ‘deplorable’ in the homestretch of finance negotiations
As the annual climate change negotiations enter their final days with countries still deeply divided over key issues, Environment and...
Carbon tax's future uncertain as Parliament returns
On the last day of the NDP caucus retreat, leader Jagmeet Singh took swipes at the climate records of his...
Conservative network to bring US far-right provocateur Chris Rufo to Alberta
The Canada Strong and Free Network intends to bring far-right American provocateur and writer Chris Rufo to Red Deer in...
What a Harris-led USA would mean for Canada and the climate
Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau famously compared Canada-U.S. relations to sleeping next to an elephant. “No matter how friendly and...
What would Mark Carney as finance minister mean for Canada's climate ambitions?
As rumours mount that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to recruit former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as the...
The Ford government kneecaps provincial energy regulator
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is tabling new legislation to overrule the provincial energy regulator in a move worth billions...
Canada tapped by United Arab Emirates to help broker final deal at U.N. climate summit
The annual U.N. climate change negotiations are entering the homestretch, and the summit’s host, the United Arab Emirates, has tapped...
Steven Guilbeault’s very political, grand climate fight
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have a tremendous problem at hand: the Conservatives’ war chest is overflowing with cash, their...