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How Trudeau’s lies differ from Trump’s lies
by Paul George While Trump is a compulsive liar, Trudeau is a consummate actor. Trump sometimes knows he’s lying. At other times he doesn’t know the answer to a question,…
The hidden carbon cost of everyday products
by Kai Whiting and Luis Gabriel Carmona The targets set in the Paris Agreement on climate change are ambitious, but necessary. Failure to meet them will lead to widespread drought,…
Blackmail and bailouts in the Kinder Morgan pipeline saga
by Thomas Davies | photo by Jake Wright You couldn’t blame someone for checking, but it was a week late for April Fool’s Day when Kinder Morgan put out an…
Urgent and practical climate action
Climate change is re-focusing the duty of professional engineers and geoscientists by Bruce Mason It is the fundamental duty of engineers and geoscientists to refuse to work on all new…
Democracy versus party discipline
The 2014 Reform Act was an important first step toward restoring representative government by Kennedy Stewart The Crushing Power of Canadian Political Parties Canadian political parties have more control over…
Canada Infrastructure Bank a Trojan horse
by Joyce Nelson World’s Biggest Investor According to The Economist (Dec. 7, 2013), this company (that nobody has heard of) turns out to be the world’s biggest investor, with more…
Tell me lies, lies, crude little lies
by Eoin Finn In the wake of the Federal Government’s phenomenal decision this week to purchase a 65-year-old leaky oil pipeline and the unbuilt TMX project, it is worth examining…
How climate change is increasing forest fires around the world
by Anne-Sophie Brändlin Have wildfires increased globally over recent years? And if so, is global warming to blame? Research has illuminated this, along with what wildfires do to us and…