Confidence vote to be held on Liberal hike to capital gains tax for very wealthy
For the third time in seven days the House of Commons will vote on a confidence measure today, but this one comes from the government itself.
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‘Later is too late’: seniors show up for climate across Canada
Seniors across Canada attended “rocking chair rallies,” marches, movie nights, town halls and other protests Monday to stress the importance of fighting climate change.
Research leaked by political rivals highlights B.C. Conservative candidates' climate conspiracy posts
Several Conservative Party candidates running in the B.C. election have spent years spreading climate conspiracy theories online, highlighting the extent to which climate misinformation infiltrates the party.
Trade unions find giant corporations Amazon, Tesla and Meta undermine democracy
Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds
Rustad’s Indigenous policy announcement is insult to injury, say First Nations
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad is using First Nations as a "wedge issue", says Regional Chief Terry Teegee
Blast at Alberta oil site seriously injures five employees
An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days.
Saskatchewan election campaign starts today
Polls suggest a tightening race between the two parties, with the NDP seeing greater support in Regina and Saskatoon, while the Saskatchewan Party remains strong in rural areas.
B.C. Greens would tax wealthy property owners to pay for social services and keep the carbon tax
The platform is the first to be released by a major party for the fall provincial election and includes an 18 per cent proposed tax for corporate profits over $1 billion, while there would be investments of $650 million annually in "municipal infrastructure to support new housing" and $250 million to expand child care.
Liberals survive second non-confidence vote while Bloc makes new pension demand
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has given the government until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion cost of his party's pension bill, or else he will begin talks with other opposition parties to bring down the government.
Do extreme weather events make people care more about climate change? Depends
Over the last seven years, as the effects of climate change have begun to envelop the world in smoke and storm, natural disasters have in fact leapt front of mind for voters when they contemplate the most important reasons to take climate action. Those concerns, however, aren’t shared evenly across the political spectrum.
Growing rift as Liberals accuse Jagmeet Singh of caving to Conservatives
With a federal election looming, Liberals are claiming the high ground on climate change and accusing the NDP of caving to Conservative disinformation. It's a clear preview of what's to come.
'The most beautiful form of reconciliation': Federal government funds guardian programs
On Friday, the federal government announced an investment of up to $27.6 million to support 80 guardian programs. With the announcement, there will be 18 new guardian initiatives and continued support for 62 existing ones across the country.
U.S. Inflation Reduction Act causing cross border exodus of Canadian talented CEOs
"You can just see the brainpower heading south," said Ken Seitz, the CEO of Saskatoon-based Nutrien Inc., adding the tax credits and subsidies offered through act are drawing investment dollars south of the border when it comes to things like renewable energy and carbon capture and storage.
Germany struggles to grow hops for beer they love and learn about climate change as they go
The keys to combating the climate change that's wreaking havoc on Germany's beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed "our kindergarten" — at the Society of Hop Research north of Munich.