Canada is home to about 75 per cent of the world’s mining and exploration companies, but is also among the worst offenders abroad, according to a leaked 2009 report commissioned by industry group Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada. Now… Read More »Canadian mining companies misbehave and the Canadian government creates a toothless regulator.
On October 25th, Toronto City Council voted nearly unanimously in favor of a total ban on sale of shark fin or shark fin products, and became the fourth, and by far the largest, municipality in Canada to do so. Toronto… Read More »Toronto City Council votes to outlaw sale of shark fin and shark fin products — one small move to help these magnificant species.
Released September 29th, the NRT’s report, Paying the Price: The economic impacts of climate change for Canada, states unequivocally that climate change will have significant costs for this country. “Climate change costs for Canada could escalate from roughly $5 billion… Read More »Canada’s National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) has released its report on the cost of climate change.