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Even if you are the most staunch skeptic, you must at least accept that there is a relationship between some level of warming and C02 produced by human activity. You can spilt hairs on the degree of warming and even the policy that should follow, but if you cannot accept that critical...

Naheed Nenshi, Don Iveson, pleased with talks with Rachel Notley The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say they were pleased with their discussions with Premier Rachel Notley this week. Notley met with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi on Monday and Tuesday. A...

Minimum wage increases are 'supercharging' economy, says U.S. multimillionaire A multimillionaire leading a campaign to pay workers more across the United States says raising the minimum wage, whether there or in B.C., is simply "supercharging" the economy. The B.C. Federation of Labour's...

Inb4 it's all the Liberals fault red herring. Dean Del Mastro sentenced to 1 month in jail, 4 months house arrest for election overspending Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has been sentenced to one month in jail, followed by four months house arrest, for violating the Elections Act in...

Ontario sex-education debate turns heated in Halton - The Globe and Mail Home - The Globe and Mail When Joel Louzado first read through Ontario’s new sex education curriculum, he began to tear up. The openly gay Grade 12 student from Oakville, Ont., was moved that different sexual and gender...

Harper poised to sign Pacific Rim trade deal, putting safe rural ridings in play - The Globe and Mail Home - The Globe and Mail Apart from balancing the budget, the third Harper government has considered trade its highest priority. That’s why Stephen Harper is poised to toss accepted electoral...

TransCanada, Encana both announce job cuts - The Globe and Mail Home - The Globe and Mail Pipeline company TransCanada Corp. and oil and gas producer Encana Corp. both said on Tuesday they were cutting jobs, joining other Canadian energy firms that have laid off staff since global oil prices...

U.S. short sellers betting on Canadian housing crash: ‘An accident waiting to happen’ VANCOUVER — Large Wall Street investors who made billions when the U.S. housing market collapsed in 2008 are now betting real estate values in Vancouver and other Canadian cities will crash, financial insiders...

Tom Mulcair says Quebec independence risks hurting middle class Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair criticized Quebec sovereignty on Tuesday but also brandished the nationalist card by promising Quebecers a special status in Canada if his party forms the government in this fall's election. Quebec...

New pro-Conservative ‘PAC’ launches ad campaign blasting Justin Trudeau, aims to fight unions Canadian voters, prepare for the PAC attack. HarperPAC, a new, pro-Conservative political action committee, is launching an ad campaign leading up to the Oct. 19 federal election to promote Prime...

Climate Change Momentum Now Undeniable | Matthew J. Kiernan m.huffpost.com After many false starts, we believe that we have now reached a tipping point (or, if you prefer, an "inflection point"). We expect that the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 21) will in...

Conservatives lose another top minister ahead of election OTTAWA, June 19 (Reuters) - Canadian Industry Minister James Moore announced on Friday that he would leave politics, the third surprise departure from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet as the ruling Conservatives head for an...

Krauss and Pinker on the Pope’s misguided climate-change bicycle Scientific American asked physicist Lawrence Krauss to comment on Pope Francis’s long encyclical on global warming. Krauss’s piece, “Ideology subsumes empiricism in Pope’s climate encyclical,” gives to the Pope with one hand but...

Conrad Black on why he’s lost his love for the Conservatives | Toronto Star Stephen Harper’s Conservative party has lost one of its biggest historical supporters: Lord Conrad Black. Speaking to the Star at the Ideacity conference, Black described his own disillusionment with the party he once...

That 2013 article actually validates my point that we are on track to miss our emissions targets. We are ranking as 'inadequate'. Rating countries - Climate Action Tracker

You mean the ridiculously infantile assumption that cutting some emissions will be the death of the economy/us all? I believe that was addressed if you read my post. Of course, if we are a one trick fossil fuel pony now (thanks to Harper), that will make it more difficult to recover. That's...

No we don't cut to zero. That's why we have these meetings where national leaders agree on what amount they would cut. This would supposedly be an amount that still balances the reduction with a sustainable economy. We are already failing the targets we set ourselves.

Electoral reform spells trouble for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives: Hébert MONTREAL — The Liberal conversion to electoral reform is both a reflection of the party’s diminished circumstances in the House of Commons and — potentially — a watershed moment in Canadian electoral politics. For the...

The standard is based on reduction targets. Obviously with a smaller population, we'll have a lower percentage.

This is an incredibly ancient talking point. Our net carbon emissions are worse.