Politics

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is creating Canada’s first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

Advertising and public-relations agencies have been banned for working for Russian oil and gas firms as part of a new wave of sanctions designed to increase pressure on the Putin regime.

The expanded Progressive Conservative majority that emerged from Ontario’s election last week implies young voters (who tend to vote more progressively) didn’t turn out in growing numbers. But why don’t we know for sure? Advocates say the absence of data makes them harder to reach.

Despite its name, the federal government’s two billion trees program is not being used exclusively to plant trees. Some of the money has gone toward shrubs and plants, according to data obtained by Canada’s National Observer through an access-to-information request. 

Canada’s interest in boosting liquefied natural gas exports to tackle energy insecurity in Europe is part of a global trend that risks locking in planet-warming pollution over the next decade, according to new analysis by the Climate Action Tracker.

The world is changing and all governments must fight the climate crisis and ensure economic development benefits everyone, including Indigenous Peoples, Canada's prime minister said on Monday, June 6, 2022, as Chile pushes ahead with reforms to its mining sector.

A two-stage heat response system will be introduced in British Columbia to help people and communities stay safe as temperatures rise and the threat of a deadly heat-related emergency increases.

The online streaming bill will generate at least $1 billion a year for Canada's creative sector, including Indigenous programs, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a committee of MPs on Monday, June 6, 2022.

Conservative leadership candidates say they've sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the Sept. 10 vote.

At a time when the public’s engagement with our democratic process is at a dangerously low ebb, mandatory voting can help restore faith in our political institutions and system, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is more resolute than ever in its support for Ukraine as its war with Russia continues after 100 days.

Language and immigration politics were back at the forefront in Quebec’s national assembly last week, as Premier François Legault drew criticism for sounding the alarm over a decline in the number of people who speak French at home.

Quebec Premier François Legault has named another sovereigntist who will carry his party’s banner in the fall election.

Relatives, community members and dignitaries called for an end to racism and Islamophobia on Sunday, June 5, 2022, during an emotional tribute marking the one-year anniversary of a deadly attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont.

Foreign-owned and foreign-influenced oil and gas corporations are lobbying to sway Canada’s environmental and energy policies — and now is the time for environmentalists to turn up the heat against this practice, says political economist Gordon Laxer.