Talk about timely! On The Line is a eco-documentary that follows the two filmmakers, Frank Wolf and Todd McGowan, on a 2,400 kilometre self-propelled journey by foot, bike, raft, and kayak as they walk the route through Alberta and British Columbia, Ca…

Dear Readers; <– Here comes the latest poop from the Perspective Research Department. We did a quick survey of what all the groundhogs said about the weather today! Punxsutawney Phil has promised the States six more weeks of winter!  (We are going to be a lot luckier here in Canada.) Shubenacadie Sam Nova Scotia’s favourite [...]

Picking up where questions on Monday and Tuesday had failed to receive a straightforward…

Most people don’t trust their weather forecaster celebrities to be correct more than 50% of the time. I just made up that statistic, the same way many weathermen have done with comments about climate change during their forecasts. 2011 broke nearly every storm record there was to be broken, and it was the first time [...]

What a whirlwind day. I just returned from a series of four meetings with EU Embassies in Ottawa, with more to come over the coming days. These meetings are part of a lobby-busting tour organized by the Council of Canadians, joined by the Indigenous En…

“I felt like it is kind of an insult to be a denier for a long time,” said Sen. Bert Brown, last month at a parliamentary committee studying energy policies. “It feels pretty good this morning.” What I find particularly disturbing about so many climate change deniers ending up being appointed to the highest levels [...]

Canada’s climate hawks have lost one of our own. Although Alan Burke and I never met in person, over the last few years we had become internet friends as we both worked together towards a sustainable future for our children and future generations…

Tuesday, November 29 saw debate at third reading on the Cons’ omnibus crime bill. And with even some Cons starting to recognize the desperate need for amendments, the government’s obstinate refusal to allow for any real consideration of the…

Tuesday, November 29 saw debate at third reading on the Cons’ omnibus crime bill. And with even some Cons starting to recognize the desperate need for amendments, the government’s obstinate refusal to allow for any real consideration of the bill stood …

After Megan Leslie tried once on Monday and three times on Tuesday to get…

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Paul Wells points out that despite the Cons’ best efforts to get Canadians to panic over the state of our retirement system, the truth is that we’re actually better positioned now than was projected 20…

Monday, November 28 saw the final day of debate in the House of Commons on the Cons’ legislation to trash the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board. And not surprisingly, the result was a particularly focused set of concerns about the bill – though those we…

Monday, November 28 saw the final day of debate in the House of Commons on the Cons’ legislation to trash the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board. And not surprisingly, the result was a particularly focused set of concerns about the bill – tho…

Megan Leslie didn’t get an answer from Joe Oliver yesterday, so she asked him…

USC Canada presents an inspiring evening with the visionary author of the ground-breaking Diet for a Small Planet (1971), Frances Moore Lappé. Based on her new book, EcoMind, Lappé confronts our current myths about markets, food, and …

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Megan Leslie’s second question for the Natural Resources Minister this afternoon.
Mr. Speaker, we…

If there is one monolithic industry that could afford to do its own Research & Development (R&D) into cleaning up its significant “associated byproducts” (AKA toxic waste). But they don’t have to, because our super helpful provincial and federal governments are paying the UofR to do it for Shell, Syncrude, and the rest. January 27, [...]

Assorted content to start your week. – Susan Delacourt wonders whether the Cons plan to launch an attack on the environmental movement to match the schism which helped the Libs and the Bloc to divide up the Quebec political pie over sovereignty. But it…

Assorted content to start your week.- Susan Delacourt wonders whether the Cons plan to launch an attack on the environmental movement to match the schism which helped the Libs and the Bloc to divide up the Quebec political pie over sovereignty. But it’…