May 16, 2019
With Bill C-69, a weak environmental assessment system is about to get worse
Canada needs an environmental assessment regime focused on positive impacts, not one that ignores even more projects and their environmental impacts.
Ole Hendrickson
Ole Hendrickson is a forest ecologist and current president of the Ottawa River Institute, a non-profit charitable organization based in the Ottawa Valley.
Mar 6, 2019
How can we counter corporate capture of government?
The SNC-Lavalin affair rips the veil off the hidden world of corporate influence on government decision-making.
Feb 21, 2019
Governments should ban auto ads and put warning labels on cars
Like cigarettes, cars should have health warnings and governments should place tight legal restrictions on auto industry ads and sponsorships.
Oct 23, 2018
Despite Liberal claims, nuclear power will not save the environment
Canada is developing plans for the next generation of nuclear reactors, touted as a form of "clean growth." But there's little evidence that this technology will address climate change.
Aug 17, 2018
Charities' right to free speech -- yet another broken election promise
The Trudeau government has decided to appeal the Ontario Superior Court ruling that would have allowed charities to do their work on behalf of Canadians, free from political harassment.
Feb 1, 2018
Can deregulation, privatization and subsidies revive Canada's nuclear industry?
Corporate dominance of public institutions and the public purse was on full display during a licence hearing for the federal government's nuclear research and waste facilities at Chalk River, Ontario.
Dec 7, 2017
Massive nuclear waste dump could be coming to Chalk River
A multinational consortium plans to permanently abandon one million cubic metres of radioactive waste in a giant mound next to the Ottawa River.
Nov 24, 2016
Is climate change as bad as we thought? It's worse.
Even as president-elect Donald Trump appoints his climate change-denying senior advisers, scientists report that runaway climate change is already happening.
Oct 25, 2016
Science bears out Muskrat Falls protesters' demands. Governments should listen.
Protesters at Muskrat Falls are demanding that Nalcor Energy clear away vegetation and the surface soil layer from the area to be flooded in order to reduce poisoning by methyl mercury.
Sep 7, 2016
Why is Canada opposing global efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons?
There are no signs that the government will rethink its position on nuclear disarmament before the UN General Assembly, which will likely vote on launching negotiations on a nuclear weapons treaty.
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