Liberal leader Stéphane Dion told his prospective coalition partners, or maybe they told him, that the Green Shift would not be part of the coalition government’s policies. Interestingly, in his televised address on the evening of December 4, Dion mentioned…
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Green policy vs. hard politics in North America: lessons from Canada’s left coast
On an environmental map of Canada, British Columbia looks like the greenest province in the country. One of the most influential Canadian environmental lobbies, the David Suzuki Foundation, is headquartered in Vancouver. The swashbuckling Greenpeace was conceived in and inflicted…
North American cap and trade debate: keeping our eye on the ball
To read new posts, see the Canadian Energy Issues homepage The value of a carbon cap and trade system, or a carbon tax, hangs on whether it raises enough money to pay for meaningful carbon emission reductions. To be effective…
Green Kavorka: how environmentalists get politicians to jump onto dumb bandwagons
“I have this… power.” Thus spake Kramer, in the hilarious Latvian Orthodox episode on Seinfeld. He was referring to what the Latvian Orthodox priest called Kavorka, the lure of the animal. Mainstream greens in Canada could say the same thing…
Climate policy disconnect in Canada: where’s nuclear power?
The mainstream media is running with news of soon-to-be-released recommendations on climate change policy from a new group including four former prime ministers. Early reports on the group’s other members—which include the Pembina Institute—indicate the recommendations will be pure same-old,…