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Response to Premier’s bike tour from Selkirk to Peguis First Nation
Premier Brian Pallister announced will be riding his bicycle from the St Peter’s Reserve (Selkirk) to Peguis First Nation this June 16 – 17 to recognize the 200th anniversary of the Selkirk Treaty. This blog summarizes the responses by… Read More
Climate Loses in Budget 2017
By Nathan Laser Disappointingly, specifics were lacking from the provincial budget on fight against climate change. In what was arguably the first real budget to be presented by Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservative government, they had precious little to… Read More
Carbon Pricing and Climate Mitigation Backgrounder Part I
By James Magnus-Johnston The federal government has stated that if provinces don’t impose a price on carbon, it will impose its own price by 2018. Trudeau has stated that “if neither price nor cap and trade is in… Read More
Provincial Budget Consultation submission from CCPA Manitoba
This is the presentation Lynne Fernandez, Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues made in person for the Provincial Budget Consultation on October 26th, 2016. Minister Friesen and Panel Members, thank you for inviting me to present this… Read More
BLOG summary: “Energy East: Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction”
TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. A new Canadian Centre for… Read More
Grain shipping is for the bears: oil by rail to Churchill not worth the risk
By Eric Reder For visitors from around the world, the opportunity to see polar bears and beluga whales in the subarctic splendor of Churchill is a major attraction. This window to the tundra world is a source of… Read More
Cold winter a sign of climate change
By Curt Hull Some winter we’re having, eh? This winter has been cold, no doubt about it. It is probably the coldest we’ve seen in North America since some time in the 1990s. So, does this mean that… Read More
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