Ontario’s government wants to allow developers to pay a fee to avoid complying with environmental regulations that protect endangered species, while also making it harder for animals to make it onto that growing list.
Jason Kenney, Alberta's incoming premier, said he cordially talked pipelines Wednesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — Kenney's political nemesis and his election campaign piñata — and said the plan is to meet soon for a one-on-one.
The Trudeau government says it isn’t satisfied with First Nations consultations on the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, and is pushing back its deadline to make a decision to June 18.
Prominent Canadian environmental leaders say they hope to focus on priorities such as fighting climate change as they brace for the impact of government-led attacks and investigations promised on Tuesday night by the incoming premier of oil-rich Alberta.
Canada's oilsands sector, the country's fastest growing source of greenhouse gases, now produces more pollution than the entire economies of B.C. or Quebec.
It was the Trudeau government's turn to be on the hot seat on Tuesday as justices from the Ontario Court of Appeal grilled a Crown attorney about whether it was making the country's most populous province pay more than their counterparts to fight climate change.
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott's office is insisting that "no paramedic in Ontario will lose their job" as a result of a plan by Premier Doug Ford to slash paramedic services across the province.
