Jan 17, 2025 · Poilievre has yet to take a clear position, and opponents are noticing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Poilievre last week to fight for Canadians or “stand with Danielle Smith, Kevin O’Leary, and ultimately, Donald Trump.”. Don Desserud, a political science professor at the University of Prince Edward Island, said Poilievre misread what Trump’s election would mean for Canada.

Jan 10, 2025 · The U.S. tariffs threaten $600 billion in Canadian exports and could trigger mass layoffs, hiring freezes and undercut corporate capital investment, according to a survey last month by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, an industry body. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Photo: Associated Press ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Canada should not trade our dependence on one country for a dependence on ever-increasing global oil demand. The real National Energy Program we need right now would massively reduce the oil and gas industry’s carbon emissions, as it has pledged to do repeatedly, and helps prepare Canada for a world in which barrels of oil are priced at least in part on their carbon intensity.

Jan 21, 2025 · Prof. David Tindall, who's in the department of sociology at the University of British Columbia, said he found Phillip's comments "very surprising," given he was a "central player" in the resistance against another major B.C. pipeline project, the Trans Mountain expansion between Alberta and the B.C. coast that was completed last year.

Feb 14, 2025 · Stéphane Pascalon's Tesla fan club brings people together to share their pride for the company's cars, but that pride has turned into shame for some, and now the club plans to distribute hundreds of bumper stickers so owners can distance themselves from CEO Elon Musk.. The club recently conducted a survey among its members showing that about 80 per cent of respondents wanted to dissociate ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Ontario has announced plans to refurbish part of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, one of the world's largest nuclear stations.. At a press conference on Thursday, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Energy and Electrification, said the government has approved Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to proceed with a $2.1 billion contract with CanAtom to support early work, which is expected to ...

Jan 29, 2025 · If anything, this supposed weakness might actually end up being Carney’s biggest strength. His relationships with large global organizations and leading role in pushing the banking world into the fight against climate change will activate the most tinfoil-laden parts of Poilievre’s Conservative coalition.

Jan 13, 2025 · In a statement to Canada’s National Observer, deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman argued Canada’s negotiation power has been weakened by what she calls the NDP and Liberals’ “radical ‘keep it in the ground keep it in the ground’ lunacy,” when it comes to critical minerals and oil and gas. “Canadians need a carbon tax …

Dec 18, 2024 · Gone are the days when Ontario’s gas all came from Alberta. My calculations show that fully 70 per cent of Ontario’s natural gas in 2023 was supplied from the U.S. Alberta now consumes much of its own natural gas to produce electricity and bitumen while Ontario lives mostly off fracked gas from Pennsylvania and Ohio.That natural gas is used to heat Ontario homes, meet peak electricity ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Ontario is planning to cement itself as the nuclear powerhouse of North America with what could become Canada’s first 21st-century megaproject. The government announced its preliminary plan on Wednesday for the large-scale nuclear power plant near Port Hope.