Category: Guilbeault

A Clash of Views Expected at Meeting Between Federal and Alberta Environment Ministers

July 18, 2023
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A meeting this week between the federal and Alberta ministers of the environment could be heated—at least behind closed doors, according to Marco Navarro-Genie. “I don’t imagine that it’ll be very friendly at all, given what’s at stake,” Mr. Navarro-Genie, president of the Haultain Research Institute in Calgary, and a former political studies professor at Mount…

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Feds Announce Environmental Impact Study of Ford Government Plan to Build Housing Near Urban Park

March 21, 2023
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Ontario’s plans to build housing could be disrupted if a newly announced federal study finds the development could pose a risk to a nearby national park. The federal government announced it would use the Impact Assessment Agency to conduct a new environmental study on the impact of housing developments that Ontario’s provincial government intends to…

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Cleantech Stocks Fall Sharply in Energy Upheaval of 2022

January 4, 2023
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News Analysis The year 2022 was one of energy upheaval. In the long run, analysts expect this to work in favour of clean energy, but for now those stocks are taking it on the chin. For two straight years, oil and gas has been the best-performing sector in the stock market, but despite the billions…

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Feds Moving to Ban Plastic Straws, Bags by End of 2022: Guilbeault

December 21, 2021
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OTTAWA—It’s the end of days for plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam takeout containers in Canada. The federal government is publishing the draft regulations that will ban the manufacture, import and sale of six single-use plastic items that are difficult to recycle and have more environmentally friendly alternatives. Plastic stir sticks, cutlery, six-pack rings, bags and…

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Impending Online Hate Speech Legislation Worries Free Speech Advocates

April 27, 2021
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A federal bill to combat harmful content and hate speech online is expected to be tabled soon, but free speech advocates are concerned that it may be too restrictive. Critics are also sounding the alarm on amendments to the existing Bill C-10 that seeks to regulate video content on platforms such as YouTube and Facebook….

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