Climate Alarmism
Bad news comes in threes.
After the Canadian government lavished billions in subsidies to lure Volkswagen and Stellantis to build EV battery plants in Canada, a similar deal is reportedly in the works to compel Swedish manufacturer Northvolt to build a factory near Montreal.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Northvolt is close to signing a $7 billion deal with the government’s of Canada and Quebec to build the facility, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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Read MoreThe Hague, the seat of the Dutch government, has declared a state of emergency to prevent farmers from driving their tractors into the city to protest the government’s mandatory fertilizer reduction targets.
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Read More“Climate washing” litigation has risen sharply in the last two years as environmental groups and governments grow frustrated with corporate claims about their contribution to tackling climate change, a report published on Thursday showed.
The report, compiled by London’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, defines ‘climate washing’ as cases that challenge companies, and occasionally governments, over misinformation or misleading green claims.
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Read MoreCabinet approved millions in climate subsidies to one of Canada’s most profitable corporations, records show. Canadian National Railways Company received the $4.4 million subsidy last November 28 to install electric charging stations.
The Department of Natural Resources in an Inquiry Of Ministry tabled in the Commons said it awarded CN funding to install 62 electric vehicle chargers in British Columbia, Ontario and Québec. The figures were tabled at the request of Conservative MP Warren Steinley (Regina-Lewvan) who asked for details “with regards to repayable loans and repayable contributions over $1 million given out by the government since January 1, 2019.”
Canadian National Railways last year reported record revenues of $17.1 billion, up 18 percent, according to its Annual Report to shareholders. Net income was $5.1 billion. Terms of the $4,425,000 subsidy were not disclosed.
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Read MoreThe National Capital Commission (NCC) spent $14,000 on a controversial new public art installation featuring a dead crow made from recycled tires, True North has learned.
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Read MoreCity of Edmonton Manager Andre Corbould reduced the number of city departments and deputy city managers from seven to five.
On Wednesday, Corbould reduced the number of leadership positions in the city and said it will be “introducing a broader approach” to decision-making within the city administration.
Departments providing services — City Operations, Community Services, Financial and Corporate Services, Integrated Infrastructure Services, and Urban Planning and Economy — will continue.
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Read MorePremier Danielle Smith is prepared to fight the new Clean Fuel Regulation set to hit Canadians on Canada Day.
On Thursday, the premier addressed a letter sent by her Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz to federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guibault that stated the province would join Saskatchewan and Atlantic Canada in opposing the new tax.
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Read MoreThere was much to discuss at this week’s annual meeting of Nordic leaders in Iceland, from the short-lived rebellion in Russia and the war in Ukraine, to the ascension of Finland and Sweden to NATO, and the fate of the Arctic Council.
But if the meeting, to which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had been invited as a special guest, was also intended to discuss Canada’s commitment to the region, the timing was pretty bad. Shortly after the PM was talking it up with his Nordic peers, it emerged that his government is shutting down its Arctic centre headquarters in Norway and moving it to Ottawa.
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Read MoreAs wildfires rage across Canada, leading to massive plumes of smoke engulfing American cities, the Canadian government has come out and blamed ‘climate change.’…a growing body of research has emerged showing that climate change is not the reason for these fires. Rather, the Canadian government’s abysmal forest management practices is what’s actually fueling these massive blazes.
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Read MoreAlberta Premier Danielle Smith has called on the Canadian government to make similar large spending commitments in Western Canada like it has in the East.
“We’ve got equivalent investments that need to be made in Western Canada,” said Smith at a Tuesday press conference after the Western Premiers’ Conference.
“We’ve got carbon capture utilization and storage in Alberta.”
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