Prime Minister Mark Carney rolled out a second wave of “nation-building projects” on Thursday and an oil pipeline from Alberta was not on the list.
Patience is wearing thin in western Canada, even as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is “still working” with the Carney government to advance a bitumen pipeline to tidewater.
The COP30 climate conference got under way this week in Brazil under something of a cloud. Boycotted by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” it’s attracted less than half the attendees of the one two years ago. Whether pressured by Washington, or seizing licence from it, many countries, Canada among them, have backpedalled on their climate policies as politicians who say we can’t afford the luxury of solving climate change gain influence.
‘You talk about the UK, it’s one of the worst in the world. They believe, this nonsense, this fiction.’
President Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax.#GBNewsTrump pic.twitter.com/MrQmiflXDy
— GB News (@GBNEWS) November 15, 2025
In 2015 the newly elected Justin Trudeau government signed the Paris Climate Agreement, which commits signatory countries to “increasingly ambitious climate action” aimed at limiting the forecast increase in global average temperature to 1.5°C by the end of the century. The following year Trudeau’s Liberal government imposed the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, which included more than 50 measures aimed at “reducing carbon emissions and fostering clean technology solutions.” Key among them was economy-wide carbon “pricing” – Liberal-speak for taxes on Canada’s industries and every citizen.
OUR local shopping centre has just installed six new rapid 150 kW EV chargers to replace 50kW chargers.
With strong speculation this week that EVs will face pay-per-mile charges from 2028, these new chargers are a reminder that driving will become not only unpractical but unaffordable for anybody who does not have off-street parking. It is estimated that this is the case for at least 40 per cent of car owners across the UK.
Sweden’s pension funds are facing eye-watering losses after they invested heavily in Net Zero projects that are now going bust, leaving the retirement savings of millions at risk.
Once upon a time, Canadians were known for our prudence and good sense to such an extent that even our Liberal Party wore the mantle of fiscal responsibility.
Whatever else you might want to say about the party in the era of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, it recognized the country’s dire financial situation — back when The Wall Street Journal was referring to Canada as “an honorary member of the Third World” — as a national crisis.
Being raised in Canada taught me two enduring lessons: To care for the environment, and to contribute meaningfully to public life.
That’s why in 2023, when an unexpected call from the White House came in, I stepped forward. I was appointed by president Joe Biden, and within months began work on the historic American Climate Corps program.
In his first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney has proposed a similar climate corps for Canada – a bold, consequential, nation-building program with deep roots and a rich legacy dating back nearly 100 years. This is exactly the kind of generational investment that young people need.
Sounds like a job application.
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets previously set under Justin Trudeau.
On several occasions, Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin was asked about whether the current Liberal government was still committed to working toward the near-term targets set under the previous prime minister, particularly the 2035 emissions target.
Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 45 per cent below 2005 by that timeline.
Residents of the ‘global north’ want their own nations put in order first
They have lost their enthusiasm for combatting climate change, and they are no longer willing to subsidise the fight against global warming. The president of the UN’s climate talks, Andre Correa do Lago, has complained that the “rich countries” of the “global north” have lost their enthusiasm for the fight to save the planet. The checkbooks are starting to close. But hold on. In reality what is so terrible about that?
As he opened the latest Cop summit, and welcomed the usual circus of virtue-signalling politicians, Correa do Lago struck a wistful tone. There is, he complained, “a reduction in enthusiasm” among the global north for fighting climate change, with the momentum moving to the “global south”.
Breaking – Thousands of Brazilian Protestors (some armed) – Storm COP 30 Climate Change Conference – Furious at all the World Elites & their Champagne Socialism Hypocrisy ‼️ pic.twitter.com/KFJaikxvrh
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) November 11, 2025
America’s best-selling electric pickup may be headed for the chopping block. According to a new WSJ report, Ford is now considering killing off the F-150 Lightning.
After Ford halted production of the electric pickup at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, earlier this year, it may never return to the assembly line.
Ford announced during its third-quarter earnings that F-150 Lightning production would remain paused after a fire at Novelis’ plant in New York disrupted aluminum supply.
Average Americans have moved on from climate change, and the Left is pretending to not care either.
No one cares about climate change anymore.
According to research by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, media coverage of climate change has dropped by half since 2023. The decline also shows up in Google searches for “climate change,” which have also decreased by half since 2023.
In the push for green energy, more people are installing solar panels, given that there are government incentives and rebates that can help with the cost.
However, before buying them, there are many factors to consider. They may lower your electricity bill, but it could take a long time to break even and installing them could affect your home’s resale value and insurance premiums.
What a waste.
When Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist Bill Gates recently released a 17-page memo recalibrating his position on climate change, he knew controversy would ensue. Still, it is difficult to overstate the impact of his observations, and the alarm, disappointment and bewilderment it has caused.
In some quarters, though, Mr. Gates was met with pure elation. “I (we) just won the war on the climate change hoax,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on his social-media platform Truth Social. “Bill Gates has finally admitted that he was completely wrong on the issue.”
In 1992, global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions stood at 22.3 billion metric tons. By 2024, they had reached a record high of 37.4 billion tons— an increase of nearly 68%.
Europe, by comparison, emitted 4 billion tons in 1992. By 2023, this figure had fallen to around 2.5 billion tons, a reduction of approximately 40% — on a global scale, a derisory amount.
The shipbuilder awarded $92 million to construct Toronto’s two new electric ferries will soon face trial overseas on corruption charges and sanctions violations, a legal threat experts say could imperil the company.
The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service announced in April that it was prosecuting Damen, a major international shipbuilder headquartered in the Netherlands, for bribery, forgery and money-laundering. The service also said it was investigating the company for violating Russian sanctions.
I bet these will work great mid-winter.
