It’s a first step, but a historic one
‘The Wheels Are Falling Off the Clown Car’
With UCP caucus chair’s resignation, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership is under siege on all fronts.
Why We're Demanding A Federal Environmental Assessment For Goldboro LNG
Pieridae Energy has plans to build a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Goldboro, Nova Scotia—and it’s seeking one billion dollars in federal support to get the project off the ground.
Pandemic Profits and the Public Purse
Fifty Canadian companies either dodged taxes and/or received federal wage subsidies, while making record profits during the Covid-19 Pandemic, according to new research by economist Dr. D.T. Cochrane, Policy Researcher for Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF).
Open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau: Shut Down Line 5!
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
The undersigned 16 climate justice organizations are writing to express our grave concern with the Government of Canada’s position on the decommissioning of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac.
Sustainable Finance Action Council key to mobilizing investment in GHG emissions reduction
Pembina Institute reacts to establishment of council in response to recommendation by the federal expert panel on sustainable finance
When Political Terror Haunts Your Homeland
‘Aswang’ brings an intensely gripping documentary on life in the Philippines under Duterte to DOXA.
Canadian to run 125 km ultramarathon to support Gaza during COVID
While he's not quite as colourful as Clark Kent and Superman, Russell Lavis has his own Superman routine. In his day job, he's an event sales manager, but in his free time, the Toronto-based Lavis is an ultramarathon runner who raises money for charities.
Ottawa’s $10-a-day child care promise should heed Québec’s insights about balancing low fees with high quality
New research from the University of Toronto captures how parents struggle to find a child care provider they feel comfortable with and can afford. Unless awarded a scarce fee subsidy, low-income families are priced out of government-regulated child care.
‘A threat America has never seen before’: Liz Cheney delivers fiery speech before ouster vote
On the eve of a vote almost certain to remove her from a leadership role in the Republican party, a defiant Liz Cheney embraced her fall from party grace and offered a final appeal to her colleagues: “We must speak the truth.” In a speech on the House floor on Tuesday evening, Cheney said: “Today we face a threat America has never seen before. A former president, who provoked a violent attack on this capital in an effort to steal the election, has resumed his aggressive effort to convince Americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence.