VIDEO: President Obama killed Keystone XL. Here’s why that’s a game changer for Canada

Published November 7, 2015

President Obama formally announced he's rejecting approval of the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday.

7 times Stephen Harper misled Canadians during the debate

Published August 8, 2015

Thought Stephen Harper said something that didn't sound true. You're not alone. Here are seven of Stephen Harper's biggest factual errors from Thursday's debate:

Harper government a no-show at climate forum in tale of two summits

Published July 6, 2015

The Harper government is sending three top ministers to International Economic Forum of the Americas in Toronto this week — but can’t be bothered to send a single representative to the Climate Summit of the Americas being held at the same time at the exact same hotel. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq will be tied up in her home […]

AUDIO: Conservative MP says animals threatened by predators, not climate change

Published May 5, 2015

Well, that’s one theory… Conservative MP Larry Miller suggested Tuesday that the “serious decline” in Canada’s caribou population can’t be linked to climate change because the climate is always changing. “Hanging our hat on climate change doesn’t get it. Climate’s always changed, it always will,” Miller told a parliamentary committee on environment and sustainable development. “ […]

Vancouver oil spill creates job for clean-up company owned by oil companies

Published April 13, 2015

Is Kinder Morgan right? Could oil spills really be “good for the economy”? No, of course not. But ironically, it was Western Canada Marine Response Corporation — a private oil spill clean-up company whose majority owner is Kinder Morgan (minority owners include four major oil companies: Suncor, Chevron, Shell Canada and Imperial Oil) — who got the call for the job of […]

MP to lecture university students on “why Stephen Harper is good for science”

Published February 3, 2015

UPDATE: Following the publication of this post, the “Why Stephen Harper is Good for Science” lecture was cancelled. For more details, please scroll to bottom of the post. Is Stephen Harper good for science? According to one Conservative minister, the answer is a resounding YES! That’s exactly what the young, impressionable minds at Queen’s […]

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