National Observer

Too many investors are still seeing climate action as a restraint on profit, the president of one of Canada’s biggest pension plans told a room full of foreign government officials and private sector leaders Tuesday.

Three justices should disregard the “looming nightmare” of the notwithstanding clause as they decide whether or not to allow the Ontario government to slash Toronto’s city council, a lawyer representing residents and council candidates said Tuesday.

Showing respect to a group that has been instrumental in shaping the Quebec of today is not pandering, or endangering the progress that’s been made in safeguarding the French language.

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Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée accused Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard of hypocrisy for brushing off “Bonjour-Hi” as an “incident” during an English debate on Monday evening.

Decked out in colourful striped Uncle Sam hats and waving "register to vote" banners, a group of progressive American expats rallied across from Trump International Hotel in Vancouver on Monday, urging fellow Americans in Canada to register to vote in the upcoming midterm election.

The federal government is shopping around for a retired federal judge to help guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

What's so harmful about giving oxygen to a redemption narrative? Former member of Parliament Laurin Liu lays it out, not a single punch pulled.

Ontario Liberal MP Leona Alleslev made the stunning announcement on Parliament Hill today, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "summer of failures."

Technologies like CarbonCure's concrete with injected carbon dioxide have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a staggering 15 per cent worldwide over the next 12 years, according to the U.S.-based Global CO2 Initiative.

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives convened an emergency session of the provincial legislature on Saturday as protesters outside the parliament and opposition parliamentarians inside decried his government’s moves to slash the size of Toronto’s city council just weeks before a municipal election.

There is a lively debate underway in the Quebec election campaign over gender parity and winnable ridings as a women's group proposes a law requiring every party to field a minimum slate of female candidates.

If some governments won’t yet play ball, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna suggested there are plenty of other players.

Maxime Bernier says his controversial use of Twitter, where he suggested that “more diversity” will “destroy” what has made Canada great, can be compared to another famous user of the social media platform.

Forty-two Order of Canada recipients are urging the federal government to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and instead focus on the transition to a clean energy economy. 

The Ontario government has filed its argument in the Court of Appeal challenging federal carbon pricing as unconstitutional.

When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund which has even secured contracts with the Canadian government.

“We used to talk about the freedom of the high seas. That freedom we don’t want, we want the high seas to be legally regulated," says Karmenu Vella.