Natasha Bulowski

Reporter Ottawa English

About Natasha Bulowski

Natasha Bulowski is an Ottawa-based journalist. She has covered federal policy for Vancouver and B.C. since Jan. 1, 2022 thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada. Natasha is also a graduate of Carleton University's bachelor of journalism program with a minor in human rights.

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197 Articles

The current cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is $21.4 billion. Photo via Trans Mountain / Facebook

Taxpayers likely to eat $17 billion of Trans Mountain’s debt, report says

Finance Canada won’t confirm whether it will consider forgiving Trans Mountain’s massive public debts at the expense of taxpayers, despite ample indications that loan forgiveness is inevitable.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | October 6th 2022

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Disinformation ruins the conversation on fertilizer policy, MPs say

Pervasive disinformation around Canada’s voluntary fertilizer reduction plan makes it hard to have a rational discussion on this critical topic, Green and NDP MPs say.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | October 5th 2022

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B.C. faces off against Sierra Club lawsuit, alleging inadequate climate plans

The B.C. provincial government is in court this week defending itself against allegations that it has failed to present an adequate plan to meet the province’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | October 4th 2022

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‘We haven’t found the magic recipe yet’ to address disinformation, agriculture minister says

Disinformation on federal fertilizer rules being peddled by politicians, the fossil fuel lobby and right-wing groups is “really frustrating” and “we haven't found the magic recipe yet” to address it, says Canada’s Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | October 4th 2022

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Senate group pushes for a climate lens for all legislation

Few senators are climate experts, but if armed with the right knowledge, they can use their collective power to ensure climate change is top of mind in the legislative process.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 29th 2022

Canada's new climate plan for aviation rests on carbon offsets and cleaner fuel

Canada’s new climate plan for the aviation industry sets out a vision that hinges on sustainable aviation fuel and carbon offsets to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 28th 2022

Canada wants hydrogen to heat our buildings. Dozens of studies disagree

The federal government is banking on hydrogen to help heat buildings in Canada’s energy transition, but an analysis of dozens of studies across the world says this isn’t a realistic role for the potentially low-carbon fuel.

News, Energy, Ottawa Insider | September 27th 2022

Jamaica to investigate migrant working conditions, mistreatment claims on Canadian farms

Jamaica’s labour minister has appointed a fact-finding team to investigate the working conditions of seasonal farm workers in Canada after initially dismissing Jamaican workers’ claims of abuse in September.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 23rd 2022

Jabs, digs, retorts — Poilievre and Trudeau face off on taxes, crypto and carbon pricing

Pierre Poilievre went toe-to-toe with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the first time in his new role as leader of the Conservative Party during a question period Thursday rife with jabs about cryptocurrency, jet fuel, the carbon price and “tax increases.”

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 23rd 2022

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‘Polluters must pay’: UN secretary general wants to see windfall taxes on oil and gas companies

António Guterres implored developed countries to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies and redirect those resources to countries hardest hit by the climate crisis in his sombre remarks to the UN General Assembly in New York.

News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | September 22nd 2022