Climate change—we make progress
Each spring, Canada submits The National Inventory Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The report holds Canada accountable to targets it…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
Each spring, Canada submits The National Inventory Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The report holds Canada accountable to targets it…
Canadians, it seems, are not particularly enamoured of Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor. According to an Angus Reid survey, 60 percent of us do not…
Our federal government brought down its 2023 budget last week and it was very green. Dealing with climate change was front and centre. There were…
Americans long had a reputation for being the world’s greatest flag wavers. According to a recent cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute, that may…
Perhaps the best example of the expression “like trying to herd cats” in Canadian politics is attempting to get all the premiers to agree with…
Always on the alert for good news, my attention was piqued recently by some stats released by the Angus Reid Institute. The numbers derived from…
I have experienced a number of revelations about the state of North American democracy in the last few years. In 2016 I thought it was…
Checking the various international climate performance indices for Canada’s rankings is a depressing business. Consider for example the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). The CCPI…
Chrystia Freehand’s recent budget, although modest, did have some goodies in it for the military, including more than $8-billion in new funding over five years.…
I was pleased indeed to read about the agreement between the Liberals and the NDP to create a stable government until 2025. This will be…
Way back in 2015, flush with election victory, newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced "Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its…
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center revealed striking differences in Americans’ and Canadians’ attitudes toward their political, economic and health systems. The Pew…