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The Liberal Party is bigger than Justin Trudeau
What a year the past few days in Canadian politics have been. On the eve of the government’s fall economic statement, Chrystia Freeland suddenly resigned after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated his plan to replace her as finance minister.
Is Canada capable of Canada-First?
As we approach Inauguration Day in the United States on January 20, 2025, we must consider the consequences of an America-First presidency under President-elect Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress. With confirmation hearings for his cabinet picks on the horizon, a significant shift in U.S. policy is imminent. Countries worldwide, particularly Canada, must prepare for an impending overhaul of economic and security relationships with the United States.
Canada braces for rocky relations with new White House
With the U.S. election now decided, what does the outcome – a re-elected Donald Trump and Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress – mean for Canada’s foreign policy and national interests? The reality is the results are grave for many U.S. allies, including Canada, and bode poorly for international relations over the next four years and beyond. A narrow plurality of American voters have made a choice with impacts that will echo around the world.
Assembly of First Nations rejects $47.8B child welfare reform deal
First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. At a special chiefs assembly in Calgary hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, 267 out of 414 chiefs voted against a resolution in support of the deal after a lengthy debate that at points was emotionally charged as they argued either for or against it.
India continues to deny Canada's claims it works with gangs to target Sikh separatists
India's foreign ministry says Canada is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims its government officials have worked with criminal gangs in the extortion, coercion and murder of Canadian citizens. But Canada is not the only country that has accused Indian officials of plotting an assassination on foreign soil.
Tobacco giants to pay $32.5B to Canadian provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal
Three tobacco giants would pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a newly proposed deal in a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle. A proposed plan of arrangement developed through mediation was filed in an Ontario court Thursday after a prolonged five-year process.
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of zooplankton, crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year.
Atmospheric river set to drench B.C. with heavy rain, high winds on election day
Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system on election day. Environment Canada says the weather system will bring prolonged heavy rain to Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler and Vancouver Island starting Friday.
Deforestation ‘roaring back’ despite 140-country vow to end destruction
This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The destruction of global forests increased in 2023, and is higher than when 140 countries promised three years ago to halt deforestation by the end of the decade, an analysis shows. The rising demolition of the forests puts ambitions to halt the climate crisis and stem the huge worldwide losses of wildlife even further from reach, the researchers warn.
New Liberal campaign chair appointed amid talk of MP revolt against Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the Liberal Party's new campaign chair, as some MPs reportedly band together to ask their leader to step down. Trudeau and the party say Andrew Bevan, a longtime Liberal staff member and volunteer, is taking the reins ahead of the next general election. Bevan most recently served as an adviser to Trudeau and chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, which involved helping develop this past spring's budget.
Canada's diplomatic falling out with India makes headlines abroad
Canada's decision to expel New Delhi's top envoy and five other diplomats is front-page news in India, as an analyst wonders how other countries will respond. On Monday, the RCMP warned the public about a rash of crimes including murder, extortion and coercion that the force links to Indian government agents. The RCMP and other Canadian officials presented evidence to India earlier this past weekend, but they say New Delhi refused to co-operate in police investigations.
When conspiracy theories and climate disasters collide
It was supposed to work the other way around: Intensifying storms would jolt us awake, intensifying efforts to tackle climate change. But our capacity for intensifying existing beliefs may turn out to be more destructive than the storms themselves. Have you ever seen a weathercaster break down on TV before this week? On Monday, John Morales, one of Florida’s longest serving meteorologists choked up live on air.
Western monarch butterflies aren't thriving in the record-breaking heat
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled pollinators. Then a record-breaking fall heat wave triggered warnings about extremely dangerous temperatures across the region.
Billionaire Chip Wilson posts third large sign slagging BC premier ahead of the election
British Columbia billionaire Chip Wilson has put up yet another billboard message to voters, his third post outside his multimillion-dollar mansion in NDP Leader David Eby's own riding.
PBO updates carbon rebate report after error - finds same conclusion
The parliamentary budget officer says his updated report on the federal carbon price is largely consistent with his earlier findings, even after adjusting for a previous error. Yves Giroux says today's report still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay through the carbon price — but once broader economic effects are factored in, those gains are wiped out for most, except for some lower-income earners.
Say what you like about Justin Trudeau, he is qualified to be prime minister
In the 2015 federal election, the Conservative Party ran an ad saying Justin Trudeau was “just not ready” to be prime minister. A year later, before becoming premier of Ontario, Doug Ford told the press that the newly elected Trudeau was “not qualified” to be prime minister.
Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises
Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90 per cent of Lytton, B.C., reconstruction is slow and residents remain displaced and angry about it. This summer, 65 per cent of the Northwest Territories’ 46,000 residents evacuated, including almost the entire population of Yellowknife, due to a wildfire. The year 2023, in fact, marked Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season, with nearly 19 million hectares of forest scorched by mid-October. Already a Subscriber?
Canada's climate disaster response has to move beyond emergency
Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90 per cent of Lytton, B.C., reconstruction is slow and residents remain displaced and angry about it. This summer, 65 per cent of the Northwest Territories’ 46,000 residents evacuated, including almost the entire population of Yellowknife, due to a wildfire. The year 2023, in fact, marked Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season, with nearly 19 million hectares of forest scorched by mid-October.
Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises
Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90 per cent of Lytton, B.C., reconstruction is slow and residents remain displaced and angry about it. This summer, 65 per cent of the Northwest Territories’ 46,000 residents evacuated, including almost the entire population of Yellowknife, due to a wildfire. The year 2023, in fact, marked Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season, with nearly 19 million hectares of forest scorched by mid-October.
As Russia upends the global order, Canada must secure the Arctic
Canada’s Arctic policy has been strained as international challenges have overlapped with complex domestic politics related to national defence, a stormy relationship with the United States, and the work of fostering reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples. Faced with competing priorities, Canada has often avoided difficult decisions.
As War Upends the Global Order, Canada Must Urgently Look to the Arctic
Following Barack Obama’s departure from the White House, Arctic issues receded from view. March 4, 2022 The US Coast Guard cutter Healy breaks ice ahead of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent during an Arctic expedition, in this August 24, 2009 handout photo. From late 2015 to early 2017, there was a flurry of Arctic policy making during the brief period when former US President Barack Obama’s time in office overlapped with that of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
What Would It Mean to Treat Climate as a Security Threat?
Canada’s two most recent defence strategies barely mention climate and the related threats are inadequately addressed by governments at all levels. August 4, 2021 Illustration by Paul Lachine In recent weeks, people around the globe have struggled with extreme weather such as heatwaves, wildfires, drought, coastal erosion, permafrost thawing and severe flooding.
The U.S. 2020 Presidential Election
November 17, 2020 The 2020 U.S. presidential campaign was bitterly fought, and unfolded against the ominous backdrop of a worsening coronavirus pandemic. The aftermath has been just as acrimonious and turbulent, as president-elect Joe Biden formulates his governing plan, and outgoing President Donald Trump refuses to concede. This feature series takes a look at the election’s implications on different aspects of public policy – including Canada’s bilateral relationship.
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