Carl Meyer
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News, Energy, Politics
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September 4th 2018
Federal Conservatives denied responsibility on Tuesday for a critical mistake made under their watch, which resulted in a damaging blow delivered by the Federal Court of Appeal to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline and tanker expansion project.
On a sunny morning in late May, people protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline trickled in one by one to mingle at the Watch House campground. Two men hired by Kinder Morgan to report back on the protestors' activities mixed discreetly with the crowd, their identities unknown to the around them. An exclusive investigation, from National Observer.
The secret overtures offering a financial backstop to Kinder Morgan began in March, even though the Canadian government had made it clear, during its early negotiations with the Texas multinational, that it didn't want to buy the pipeline expansion project, says a new document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Research suggests Canadian oil is among the world's most carbon-heavy, but Canada's industry also has rules that if adopted worldwide could make a big dent in global greenhouse gas emissions.
By all means, it should be an interesting campaign, yet the promises — from all parties, not just the Liberals — are so milquetoast, nearly 40 per cent of Quebecers remain undecided about who to vote for in October.
Indigenous people continue to suffer from racism connected to hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, the grand chief for the area said two weeks after a review found abuse and violence dating back to the 1960s.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held firm on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, to the lines drawn in sand three decades ago as the latest push to preserve a North American Free Trade Agreement — one that still includes Canada — was poised to unfold.
The federal Liberals are being accused of withholding secret documents in the politically charged case against one of the military's most senior leaders, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, whose criminal trial is set to run through next year's election.
