The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says free, prior and informed indigenous consent means the right to say yes or no to resource projects.
The first-of-its-kind industry-wide deal will cap international aviation emissions at 2020 levels and mandate that member states offset growth in emissions by investing in environmental initiatives.
The Liberal government will announce this fall a national policy for carbon pricing — and McKenna indicated that she intends to apply a specific definition for what meets that standard.
Justin Trudeau's first speech to the United Nations General Assembly included some less-than-subtle references to the politics practiced by people like Donald Trump.
As MPs return to Ottawa after the summer, the Conservatives also plan to go hard on the state of the economy, as well as pressuring the Liberal government to hold a referendum on electoral reform.
Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and Amnesty International are among the organizations keeping tabs on Canada's inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
Canada's push to spearhead creation of new Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty or FMCT comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's Nuclear Security Summit.