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McKenna says climate targets could be law in future

Canada may decide in future to enshrine carbon pollution reduction targets in law, says Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna. It was among her comments in a wide-ranging interview with National Observer from Katowice, Poland, where international climate talks are taking place.

By Carl Meyer in News, Energy, Politics | December 10th 2018

Ontario fiscal watchdog urges 'trade-offs' debate to rein in deficit

Ontario's fiscal watchdog says that to fulfil his promise to balance the budget, Premier Doug Ford would need to make deep spending cuts that could cost $850 per person.

By Fatima Syed in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

Is nuclear energy the key to saving the planet?

“For me, being an environmentalist is being pro-nuclear," says one engineer. But the simple argument that nuclear plants should stay because they are cleaner is increasingly complicated these days.

By Jonathan Thompson in News, US News, Energy | December 10th 2018

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Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change

Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights.

Race Against Climate Change

By Associated Press in News, US News, Politics | December 10th 2018

GM fights government to retain tax credit for electric cars

General Motors is fighting to retain a valuable tax credit for electric vehicles as the nation's largest automaker tries to deal with the political fallout triggered by its plans to shutter several U.S. factories and shed thousands of workers.

By Associated Press in News, US News, Politics | December 10th 2018

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Toronto mayor, TTC union ask Ontario govt to step in on transit modernization

As the transit agency in Canada's most populous city prepares to do away with its decades-old payment system, Toronto's mayor and the union representing transit workers are asking the Ontario government to step in and fix what they describe as faulty technology in the higher-tech replacement.

By The Canadian Press in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

British Columbia Forestry Minister Doug Donaldson,

British Columbia trade trip to China cancelled over Meng detention

The detention of a top Huawei executive in Canada has derailed British Columbia's trade mission to China.

By The Canadian Press in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

Equalization formula a hot topic as finance ministers meet

For the first time in a decade Ontario will not receive an equalization transfer from Ottawa, prompting the province's finance minister to join calls for the federal government to review how the program is set up.

By Mia Rabson in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

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Canada seeking new members of anti-coal alliance at climate meeting

Canada and the United Kingdom are hosting a "coal-free day" at the United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland, a city built on coal mining.

Race Against Climate Change

By Mia Rabson in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

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Little-known among consumers, Huawei has high profile in Canadian tech networks

Before the arrest of Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver last weekend, the Chinese company wasn't a household name in Canada — certainly not in the league of an Apple, Samsung or BlackBerry.

By David Paddon in News, Politics | December 10th 2018

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