All articles by Keith Stewart
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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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While we fight COVID-19, Big Oil rolls back environmental protection
Barely a month into Canada’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, big polluters are up to some old tricks. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s government just issued an order exempting all facilities…
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Why we HAVE to make this stimulus green
We have an opportunity to come out of this public health crisis set up for a better future.
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Clearcutting wind farms is no way to create jobs
Spending hundreds of millions to build wind farms and then knock them down probably isn’t a great economic strategy. Yet it’s become the Ford government’s signature move, thanks to a…
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Big Oil gambled and lost in federal election
Swimming against the tide of history, Canada’s oil industry backed the Conservative Party in a take-no-prisoners assault on climate action in the lead-up to the federal election. It was a…
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Justin Trudeau is not doing enough for the climate : we need to seal the deal
We need you to contact the Prime Minister NOW and tell him that you want him to work with other parties to implement a climate emergency response plan that acts at the speed and at a scale equal to the crisis.
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Court agrees with Greenpeace: Doug Ford broke the law
The majority of an Ontario court has found that Doug Ford’s his first act as premier – the cancellation of the cap-and-trade system – – was illegal. We weren’t trying…
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Toronto declared a Climate Emergency. Now what?
Toronto declared a Climate Emergency. Now what? Watching Toronto City Council debate its climate emergency declaration, it was clear that even the most battle-scarred of politicos had been moved and/or…
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Doug Ford’s gas pump stickers: misleading, partisan and unconstitutional
The Ford government’s carbon tax stickers are now in the mail to gas stations across Ontario, even though the regulation requiring gas station operators to post the stickers (or face…
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Counterpoint: Time to get ready for a rough ride
Pointing fingers makes for good politics, but it does nothing to prepare us for the dangers ahead. In a recent opinion piece attacking climate activists (Boycotts of Canadian energy will…