Trish Audette-Longo
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Montreal, QC, Canada
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Notley announces new Alberta carbon tax break for drilling sector
"We’re striking the right balance," the Alberta premier said Thursday, after the announcement at a meeting of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. → Read More
Climate change, oilsands and the carbon tax are at the heart of Alberta's 2019 battleground
Will a price on carbon be a central issue in Alberta's 2019 election? With opinion polls that show Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party has a wide lead over Premier Rachel Notley's NDP, and signs that oilpatch leaders are undermining the government's approach to pollution, the pressure is on for Notley's team to show their work on the economy, climate change and renewable energy issues. → Read More
Ottawa brewery's cold beer for a warm welcome
In response to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's "buck-a-beer" challenge, Ottawa's Dominion City Brewing Co. started canning and packaging its "Buck-a-Beer Blonde Ale" Wednesday, with a promise not to lower its prices and instead to donate a dollar from every can sold to refugee support services. → Read More
'New beginning' for Ontario NDP: Horwath
Andrea Horwath says it's a "new beginning" for the Ontario NDP, now the province's official Opposition party after Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won a majority government. → Read More
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford to be next premier of Ontario
The voting process, like the campaign that preceded it, was not without complications.Voting hours in several locations were extended anywhere from 20 minutes to four hours beyond the 9 p.m. closing time in the rest of the province. → Read More
Ontario voters expected to toss Wynne and shake up province in election
The voting process, like the campaign that preceded it, was not without complications.Voting hours in several locations were extended anywhere from 20 minutes to four hours beyond the 9 p.m. closing time in the rest of the province. → Read More
Horwath’s NDP would ‘adjust’ Ontario cap and trade to fight climate-warming pollution
An NDP government would keep Ontario's cap and trade system, but make it better, party leader Andrea Horwath said Sunday in Ottawa. → Read More
Wynne urges voters to choose Liberal care over Conservative cuts
Kathleen Wynne flew in and out of Ottawa late Wednesday with a campaign slogan designed to contrast her vision for Ontario with that of Doug Ford, and a guarantee to supporters that she'll be back in Queen's Park. → Read More
Canada's toxic refinery emissions 'wake-up call' to MPs
The federal government is failing to protect Canadians from toxic refinery emissions pumped into the air at rates far above those in the United States, opposition politicians said Thursday in response to a Toronto Star/Global News/National Observer investigation. Federal MPs said they were shocked and troubled by the findings. → Read More
Environment and Climate Change Canada focusing on international meetings but lacking leadership on biodiversity, says watchdog
Environment and Climate Change Canada needs to work with other government departments to determine its priorities and action plan for meeting national biodiversity targets, a new report from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development argues. → Read More
Kinder Morgan pipeline supporters and detractors are being swarmed by online 'bots'
An industry ad to amplify pro-pipeline perspectives is just one example of how the online conversation around the troubled Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion is, increasingly, being pushed to its edges by actors on both sides of the debate. Casual opinion polls and social media platforms are open battlegrounds as messages spread quickly and debate become increasingly polarized. → Read More
Doug Ford declines requests to explain his 'nonsense' $469 million estimate
If elected premier of Ontario, new Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford says he will get rid of the carbon cap-and-trade system and make sure millions of dollars stay in the province rather than heading for California or Quebec. → Read More
How Doug Ford skated around the media in his first week as Ontario Tory leader
National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier. → Read More
Trudeau government proposes new cash to help Canada's research catch up
The federal government took aim at gaps in funding for university labs and research on Tuesday, announcing what it described as the “single largest investment in investigator-led fundamental research in Canadian history.” The new funding, totalling more than $3 billion over five years, would address a series of concerns identified by a government-appointed panel that Canada is falling behind the… → Read More
Morneau budget proposes new money for human rights watchdog
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s new federal budget doesn’t offer any new funding to support a new human rights watchdog that was recently announced to keep an eye on Canadian companies that operate abroad. → Read More
Trudeau government to cancel 'flawed' and 'unacceptable' $1 billion Phoenix pay system
The federal government is going to scrap a “flawed” and “unacceptable” pay system that struggled to deliver pay to public servants, despite a price tag that will likely exceed $1 billion, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced in his new budget tabled Tuesday in Parliament. → Read More
Jagmeet Singh takes same position as John Horgan in Kinder Morgan pipeline dispute
As New Democrats closed their policy convention in Ottawa on Sunday, Jagmeet Singh said the $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion needs a more thorough environmental assessment before construction. → Read More
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says Ontario PCs are in 'race to the bottom'
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath said Saturday it makes no difference who leads the province's Progressive Conservative party, even if former leader Patrick Brown is back in the race. → Read More
Former Ottawa MP Paul Dewar battles on after brain surgery
Hundreds of NDP delegates from across Canada stood up and applauded for former Ottawa MP Paul Dewar Saturday morning after learning he has been diagnosed with brain cancer and had surgery last week to remove a tumour. → Read More
Rachel Notley moves to online warfare in Alberta's battle with B.C.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley explained on Monday that she was moving into some online warfare as part of her pro-oilpatch and pipeline battle against British Columbia. → Read More