Analysis
BP plans to keep it in the ground, sort of
Robin Tress | 20 hours agoBritish fossil fuel giant and sixth biggest polluter of all time, BP, is making a move away from continued fossil fuel extraction. BP has announced plans to cut extraction of fossil fuels to 40 per cent below 2019 rates by the year 2030. This, as Oil Change International notes, …
Total quits the tar sands and CAPP
Robin Tress | 5 days agoThis week, French oil and gas company Total announced that it would stop investing in tar sands projects, referring to resources wrapped up in projects that are intended to carry on for more than 20 years as “stranded assets.” At the same time, the company revoked its membership…
Canada LNG Alliance – new name, same old fossil fuel giants
Robin Tress | 5 days agoA consortium of oil and gas companies involved in the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in Canada have banded together to lobby together under the banner of the Canadian LNG Alliance.
This is an industry support group focused primarily on maximizing profits. The companies…
Celebrating 10 years of the human right to water
Vi Bui | 1 week agoJuly 28, 2020 marks a significant milestone in the fight to protect water. Ten years ago, the United Nations General Assembly recognized water and sanitation as fundamental human rights.
Canada joined this international consensus in 2012, however, successive federal…
We need action, not another commission on long-term care
Jan Malek | 1 week agoIn May, as the COVID-19 death toll in long-term care homes climbed, the Ontario government announced it would convene an "independent commission" to review the state of nursing homes in the province.
To date, 2,099 people have died in seniors' homes in Ontario – most of them…
What is missing in Ontario’s new water management framework?
Vi Bui | 1 week agoBy Vi Bui and Mark Calzavara
Ontario has proposed making changes to the permit process that allows bottled water companies to extract groundwater. They have not revealed the specific details of the regulatory changes yet – and the devil will be in those details – rather, they…
It’s time for governments to listen to workers in long-term care homes
Jan Malek | 2 weeks agoI recently had the opportunity to participate in a video conference where long-term care workers from across the country spoke about their experiences with the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada. Their stories echoed with sadness and frustration as they described the tragedy that has…
The call for “Schools Before Bars”
Victoria Marshall | 2 weeks agoAs provinces start relaxing their COVID-19 restrictions, the economy is “reopening.” Movie theatres, gyms and bars are beginning to welcome customers back, and have had government supporting safer re-openings. But what does this say about our governments’ priorities?
While you…
A Canadian mining company is threatening to sue Mexico to avoid paying taxes... and is asking Canada to help
Sujata Dey | 3 weeks agoOn July 1, 2020, something unprecedented happened. After decades of campaigning, the new NAFTA, or the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), came into effect without Chapter 11.
Chapter 11 contained the rules that gave corporations the right to sue governments through…
Three decisions, two days, one major turning point towards a just recovery
Dylan Penner | 3 weeks agoThree pipelines blocked this week are significant back-to-back wins for Indigenous and Black-led resistance and bad news for Big Oil. The era of fossil fuels is over. Fossil fuel CEOs are refusing to acknowledge their time is up, while denying the climate crisis itself.
The…
What we know (and don’t know) about Nestlé’s departure from Canada
Vi Bui | 4 weeks agoLast week’s announcement of Nestlé Waters leaving Canada is a great milestone in this David vs Goliath story, and a victory for the community groups, First Nations and residents across Canada fighting the multi-national bottled water giant. We know the fight against water…
Nestlé Waters leaving Canada is a community success
Vi Bui | 1 month agoThis afternoon, Nestlé Canada Inc. announced it will leave the Canadian bottled water market and sell its bottled water brand, Nestlé Pure Life, to Ice River Springs. This is a significant win for communities across Canada, and everyone who has been fighting the bottled water…