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  • Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on a 2016 World Bank / IMF panel to address commitments to move from the Paris Agreement to implementation. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/">World Bank</a> / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    Fracking & LNG
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan

    Like it or not, we need to plan for a major transition over the coming decades from our reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy.…

  • Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Climate change and the duty of professional engineers and geoscientists: A call to action

    There has been a great deal of recent media coverage both for and against the planned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Much of it is…

  • Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/markklotz/">Mark Klotz</a> / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises

    So how sound are the claims being used to justify the federal government’s expenditure of up to $12 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase Kinder…

  • Image: Detail of route map of "Trans Mountain Expansion Project PPBoR Segments,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.neb-one.gc.ca/pplctnflng/mjrpp/trnsmntnxpnsn/mp/ppbrsgmnt-eng.pdf">National Energy Board, 2017</a>” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_KinderMorganCosts.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_KinderMorganCosts-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_KinderMorganCosts-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Employment & Labour
    Environment & Sustainability
    Policy Note
    The Economy
    BC Office

    Kinder Morgan: Costs and benefits unbalanced, not in the national interest

    The Alberta and federal governments claim that Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is in the national interest due to its economic benefits. But…

  • Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/156856369@N02/">Protect the Inlet </a>/ Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_whatsKinderMorgans.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_whatsKinderMorgans-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_Apr2018_whatsKinderMorgans-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    Indigenous Rights
    Policy Note
    The Economy
    BC Office

    What’s Kinder Morgan’s real end game?

    Here’s a different take on Kinder Morgan’s ultimatum and the so-called “constitutional crisis” it has sparked. I’m speculating, of course, as we all seek to…

  • Climate Change
    Policy Note
    BC Office

    Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval based on false assumptions

    Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…

  • Climate Change
    Democracy
    Environment & Sustainability
    Fracking & LNG
    Policy Note
    Transparency & accountability
    BC Office

    5.2 million reasons the fossil fuel industry has the BC government’s ear

    The problem of corporate influence in politics and government is heating up in BC as we head towards the May election. 2017 kicked off with…

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