Mike De Souza
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News, Energy, Politics
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May 28th 2018
Finance Minister Bill Morneau will announce as early as Tuesday morning where the government plans to go with Kinder Morgan to ensure the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be built.
The food company known for its organic cereals and granolas has become one of the first major Canadian companies to launch a campaign against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
With the Canadian financial sector struggling to adapt to climate change impacts and the financial implications of a phase-out of fossil fuels in the energy system, it is time for the Bank of Canada and our national financial regulators to step in.
Those of us who dedicate our lives to this effort, in whatever setting we choose to work, do it because we love our families, our children, the lake we swam in as teenagers, the communities we have seen suffer as weather gets more extreme and sea levels rise, writes Catherine Abreu, executive director of Climate Action Network.
It could be a bellwether and flip again as the campaign for the June 7 provincial election appears more and more to be a duel between the Progressive Conservatives and the NDP after 15 years of Liberal governments. Yasir Naqvi, the province's attorney general, has held the riding since 2007, but he sees a lot of hesitation this time.
