Analysis

At its most recent investor meetings in Toronto on March 6-7, 2018, Kinder Morgan Canada presented a graph which purports to illustrate an urgent and ongoing need for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Prime Minister Trudeau says Alberta's 100 million tonne "absolute cap on oilsands emissions" was a key factor in approving Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. But a close look at this cap reveals it has loopholes you could fit all of Nova Scotia's emissions through, or even entire nations like Costa Rica or Nicaragua.

If elected premier of Ontario, new Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford says he will get rid of the carbon cap-and-trade system and make sure millions of dollars stay in the province rather than heading for California or Quebec.

National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier.

A long-running academic debate about trade statistics has taken on new importance after U.S. President Donald Trump was caught on tape bragging about making up trade statistics during NAFTA negotiations with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

As attorney-general, B.C.’s David Eby seems to be front and centre in nearly every file. ICBC, money laundering, proportional representation, banning big money, lobbying reform — you name it, he’s involved.

Remember our 2020 climate target? Turns out, the overwhelming majority of Canadians are close to reaching it, but our progress has been wiped out by oilsands pollution.

The NDP’s first full budget is a bold, ambitious plan for change in B.C., particularly when it comes to housing, childcare and how we pay for health care.

Yet even if Kinder Morgan clears the hurdle of a First Nations court challenge and First Nations activism, it must then confront formidable opposition from BC environmental activists. For better or worse, not every goal a government sets is politically achievable.

Four months before the not-guilty verdict in the killing of Colten Boushie ignited concern across Canada, a poll by Insights West indicated that half of Canadians believe the justice system has not done enough to address bias against Aboriginal Canadians.

What can the events surrounding Colten Boushie’s death, the trial verdict and its media coverage tell us about the role of journalism and journalists in relation to Indigenous concerns in Canada? All too much, write journalism professors Candis Callison and Mary-Lynn Young.

Justin Trudeau faced hecklers in Nanaimo. Rachel Notley and John Horgan are flinging indignant words, threats even, back and forth between Edmonton and Victoria. A national columnist demands Ottawa step in and show who’s got the power.

Lost in the heated arguments over Kinder Morgan's proposed Trans Mountain pipeline is this simple fact: more than a quarter of the bitumen flowing through it will end up as pollution spilling into our oceans — one way or the other.

Take a visual tour through the history of the B.C. grizzly hunt and the events leading to the ban on trophy hunting.

Days before setting off to Davos to address world leaders attending the 2018 World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump fired what may come to be seen as the opening shots in a global trade war — choosing clean solar power as one of two targets for crippling new American tariffs.