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Canadian investor-state lawsuits from mining companies threaten environmental policy and sustainable development: study
OTTAWA—Canadian mining companies continue to target environmental policy and resource management decisions in developing nations through increasingly costly investor-state lawsuits that threaten human rights, sustainable…
On the Offensive
How Canadian companies use trade and investment agreements to bully foreign governments for billions Download 2.05 MB69 pages Investor-state dispute settlements are a lesser known…
Groups urge government to immediately disclose how much subsidies are propping up Drax Group, BC’s largest wood pellet producer
VANCOUVER — The BC government must immediately disclose how many logs from publicly owned forests are turned directly into wood pellets at mills owned by the …
Fast Facts: Cosmetic Pesticide Ban needs to continue
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 7, 2022 Geese flying overhead. A warm sun. Puddles. For a winter-weary Manitoba, Spring is finally making…
Fast Facts: Russia’s War on Ukraine Provides Sober Reminders for Canada’s Energy Policies
Russia’s war on Ukraine reminds us of an important lens through which to consider Canada’s energy policies responding to climate change. Pressures to transition to…
Canada completes the 1st round of negotiations with Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer
This week, Canada and Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer and exporter in the world, are completing the first round of negotiations on a proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership…
The Monitor, March/April 2022
Out of service: Reimagining the future of Canada’s public transit Download 4.2 MB In the two years since Canada’s pandemic experience began, transit ridership across…
Energy giant Drax’s monopoly of BC’s wood pellet industry must be investigated, union, conservation and public policy groups demand
VANCOUVER — The company operating the world’s largest wood-fired thermal electricity plant has too much control of British Columbia’s wood pellet industry and must be…
Fast Facts: Provincial budget should help people, planet in need
Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press January 25, 2022 My partner and I ushered 2022 during frigid temperatures trying to protect our two…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Silica Sand: Use for Fracking Natural Gas
The Manitoba government is poised to approve two silica sand mines, one near Vivian in Southeastern Manitoba proposed by CanWhite Sands (CWS), the other on…
Big Oil in City Hall
Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City Download 2.46 MB32 pages Big Oil in City Hall: Climate and Energy Politics in the Queen City…
Fast Facts: Canadian Premium Sand Doubles Down With Its Revamped Silica Sand Mine Development Project
Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) is an Alberta-based company proposing to operate a silica sand mine adjacent to Hollow Water First Nation, on the eastern shores…
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