Many Canadian politicians have criticized a carbon tax. The newly-elected Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, described it as “the carbon tax cash grab”. Premier Doug Ford of Ontario referred to it as “the worst tax ever”, claiming that putting a price on carbon will increase the price “of everything”. Ford welcomed Kenny as another strong … Read more
In May 2014 Prince Charles warned that “nature’s life support systems” are under threat from climate change, overfishing, deforestation and the widening gap between rich and poor. He noted that he was even more focused on these threats now that he has a grandson, Prince George.” Five years later Prince Charles emphasized his concerns during … Read more
After winning the 2018 election, the Ontario Conservative Party acted quickly in setting aside climate change legislation and mitigation measures. To make sure that voters got its message, the Conservative Government eliminated the words “climate change” from the title of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change – re-naming it as the … Read more
All the pre-election polls forecast a close race, but none projected that Scott Morrison and the Liberal coalition would form the next Government of Australia. So what factor(s) made the difference? And how might similar factor(s) influence the outcome of the forthcoming Canadian election. In his victory speech, Morrison referred to “the quiet Australians” who … Read more
Many years ago (January 2011) we referred to “Political Change for a Climate in Crisis”, an introduction to our first Public Forum on climate change. In a later blog we noted that A World Public Health Crisis is coming! Shortly thereafter we referred to the theme of a book “The Great Disruption”: Why the Climate … Read more
Australians go to the polls on Saturday, May 18 next to elect members of the 46th Federal Parliament. This has been dubbed the climate change election with good reason: concern about the climate and environment has never been greater among Australians. Over the last twenty years, Australian elections have seen on-and-off enthusiasm for parties who … Read more
Seven years ago this May, 4RG sponsored a panel review of the risks and consequences of Global Warming. One of the panelists was Glenn McGillvray, Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). He predicted that a changing climate would bring more severe weather resulting in an increase in the frequency and destructiveness of … Read more