Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a national level have increased, despite the federal government’s carbon tax, according to government data. Environment Canada, in a National Inventory Report statement, said “emissions increased by 12 million tonnes,” which, according to Blacklock’s Reporter, contradicts Environment Minister Steven Guilbealt’s claim that “our plan is working.” Emissions across Canada have…

Tony Mahar, CEO of the National Farmers Federation, has urged any implementation of United Nation’s sustainability standards in Australia needs to be more nuanced and not a blanket approach. His comments has organic standards groups push for the global body to create a sustainability standard for livestock producers. Marg Will, a lobbyist from Brisbane, Australia…

Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet would benefit from an intervention since it appears they need professional help with their obsessional behaviour. I offer this suggestion more in alarm than astonishment, because they are poised to do to the agricultural industry what they have been doing to the oil and gas sector—which will…

Canada is crippling its economy and damaging its own competitiveness by imposing carbon taxes on Canadian manufacturing while importing products with massive carbon footprints from China without imposing similar taxes, says Gwyn Morgan, one of Canada’s foremost business executives. “If you’re taxing something that’s already as clean as it could get, all you’re doing is increasing…

Commentary I have problems with the foundational assumptions for the recent ruling on the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act from the Supreme Court of Canada. Chief Justice Richard Wagner said this in his decision: “There is also a broad consensus among expert international bodies that carbon pricing is a critical measure for the reduction of…