Tag: Environment Minister

VIDEO: Conservatives tout “exemplary” environmental record, may not own dictionary

Published April 16, 2015

Exemplary is defined as “extremely good and deserving to be admired and copied.” That’s how Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford is characterising the Conservative government’s environmental record. Maybe he hasn’t heard of these descriptions of it: “atrocious,” “irresponsible,” “dismal“, “disastrous,” and “an extreme disappointment.” Here’s what Rickford actually said this week in New York (video clip […]

Ms. Aglukkaq goes to Warsaw

Published November 18, 2013

Leona Aglukkaq, the latest environment minister in Stephen Harper’s government, arrived on Monday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) in Warsaw. Forgive us for not feeling great about how the next week will play out. Here’s why. “Colossal Fossils” by the numbers At each UN climate change summit, a coalition of environmental groups […]

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