Environment & Climate Change Canada -enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca
Introducing the Earth Index | Corporate Knights
Treehouses against TMX: Another frontier of civil disobedience | Ricochet
Canada is ‘stuck at the starting gate’ of global decarbonizing megatrend | Corporate Knights
Banned for decades, releasing oilsands tailings water is now on the horizon | CBC News
No government should support the oil Industry’s request to release toxic tailings into the Athabasca River – Environmental Defence
The Canada Energy Regulator again paints a future that contradicts federal climate commitments and fails to chart a course for success – Environmental Defence
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Toxic tailings: Oilsands water could be released | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
$9.2 Billion in Federal Tax Breaks Deliver Boost to Canadian Fossils – The Energy Mix
Supreme Court of Canada ruling on carbon tax opens door for Justin Trudeau to curtail production of oil and gas | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly
Why Canada needs a Green National Energy Program instead of corporate welfare for the oil and gas sector | The Star
Supreme Court of Canada ruling on carbon tax opens door for Justin Trudeau to curtail production of oil and gas | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly
https://rabble.ca/environment/a-tale-of-two-reports-trudeau-and-ford-both-receive-failing-grades-on-environment/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/29/canada-flooding-highlights-need-inclusive-climate-action
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/01/line-5-tunnel-is-a-false-solution/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cgl-failure-to-comply-environmental-problems-1.6275468
https://in-sights.ca/2021/12/08/unprepared-ill-equipped/
https://wcel.org/blog/more-delays-bc-floods-its-time-rethink-trans-mountain-expansion-project
https://in-sights.ca/2021/12/14/methane-a-clear-and-present-danger/
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/16/royal-canadian-mounted-police-serves-and-protects-fossil-fuel-ceos
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-oilsands-tailings-releases/
https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comment-pay-now-for-natural-asset-protection-or-pay-much-more-later-4903092
https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/reporting/55/
Fisheries & Oceans Canada -min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Environmentalists question fish farm applications – Resources & Agriculture | Business in Vancouver
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cgl-failure-to-comply-environmental-problems-1.6275468
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-central-coast-2021-run/
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-oilsands-tailings-releases/
Natural Resources Canada -nrcan.media.rncan@canada.ca
With more delays from BC floods, it’s time to rethink the Trans Mountain Expansion Project | West Coast Environmental Law
Opinion: Ottawa should cap, not release, toxic oilsands tailings
https://ricochet.media/en/3820/treehouses-against-tmx-another-frontier-of-civil-disobedience
https://ricochet.media/en/3822/violence-against-indigenous-land-defenders-must-stop
https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-statement-wetsuwet-en
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cgl-failure-to-comply-environmental-problems-1.6275468
https://in-sights.ca/2021/12/08/unprepared-ill-equipped/
https://breachmedia.ca/rcmp-still-clearing-indigenous-lands-for-corporate-interests/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/stikine-mla-calls-on-rcmp-top-cop-to-review-rcmp-arrests-in-hazelton/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/10/releasing-toxic-tailings-is-not-the-brilliant-solution-the-government-thinks-it-is/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/12/14/methane-a-clear-and-present-danger/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/15/the-canadian-energy-regulator-again-paints-a-future-that-contradicts-federal-climate-commitments-and-fails-to-chart-a-course-for-success/
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/15884963-toxic-tailings-oilsands-water-could-be-released
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/16/royal-canadian-mounted-police-serves-and-protects-fossil-fuel-ceos
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/12/13/9-2-billion-in-federal-tax-breaks-deliver-boost-to-canadian-fossils/
Indigenous Relations Canada -aadnc.cnap-nacc.aandc@canada.ca
Feds need to spend more on drinking water promise | CTV News
Peter Nygard won’t be charged in Winnipeg cases involving 8 women, police say | CBC News
There’s deep frustration between rhetoric and reality of reconciliation, says Indigenous lawyer Bruce McIvor | CBC Radio
A First Nations man died day after leaving Ontario hospital with headache pills. Now his family wants answers | CBC News
Truckers offload waste on Mohawk homes after closure of illegal dump | Ricochet
How far has Canada come on reconciliation in 2021? – Victoria Times Colonist
Former, current ministers won’t say who dropped residential school case against Catholic Church | CBC News
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/little-progress-made-to-combat-anti-indigenous-racism-in-b-c-health-care-report/
https://ricochet.media/en/3822/violence-against-indigenous-land-defenders-must-stop
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/12/02/First-Nations-Want-Overhaul-Emergency-Planning-Response/
https://rabble.ca/environment/lack-of-transparency-around-when-b-c-government-authorized-rcmp-raid-on-wetsuweten/
https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-statement-wetsuwet-en
https://swordfern.good.do/Wetsuweten/Letter/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cgl-failure-to-comply-environmental-problems-1.6275468
https://breachmedia.ca/rcmp-still-clearing-indigenous-lands-for-corporate-interests/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/stikine-mla-calls-on-rcmp-top-cop-to-review-rcmp-arrests-in-hazelton/
https://rabble.ca/podcast/land-defenders-eve-saint-and-jocey-alec-talk-indigenous-power-in-the-face-of-rcmp-arrests/
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn-palmer-many-ndp-members-upset-at-governments-impossible-balancing-act-on-lng-pipeline
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=325633625789275&ref=sharing
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/16/royal-canadian-mounted-police-serves-and-protects-fossil-fuel-ceos
https://www.facebook.com/groups/273003457081424/permalink/516945002687267/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-central-coast-2021-run/
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-oilsands-tailings-releases/
Provinces & Territories
A tale of two reports: Trudeau and Ford both receive failing grades on environment – rabble.ca
Does Peel Region know where it’s growing? – Environmental Defence
Ontario Auditor General’s Environment Audits Reveal a Government That’s Abandoned Its Obligation to Protect the Environment – Environmental Defence
Top-emitting Alberta oilsands site got government relief from pollution payments, Reuters reports | CBC News
Ontario’s Auditor General confirms the province is pushing more and more low-density sprawl – Environmental Defence
Animal Justice – New Comic Highlights Ag Gag Laws in Canada
Fact checking Ontario’s Environment Minister – Environmental Defence
Manitoba PC government quietly extends industrial clearcut logging in parks | Wilderness Committee
Wolastoqey chiefs add forestry companies to title claim case | CBC News
Environmental Groups Sound Alarm Over Implementation of Pay-to-Slay Fund | Wilderness Committee
Scott Moe, oil industry stoked ‘fear and anger’ over climate motion, Regina councillors say
Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation isn’t listening to local input on Highway 413 – Environmental Defence
Year in Review: Protecting Ontario’s Environment – Environmental Defence
Here’s How Jason Kenney’s ‘Fight Back’ Against Environmentalists Went In 2021
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/01/line-5-tunnel-is-a-false-solution/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fifth-estate-nygard-winnipeg-1.6267003
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/neskantaga-first-nation-sues-ontario-for-failing-to-consult-on-ring-of-fire-development/
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-investigating-complaints-that-marineland-violated-criminal-code-with-whale-and-dolphin-shows-1.5700558
https://ricochet.media/en/3824/truckers-offload-waste-on-mohawk-homes-after-closure-of-illegal-dump
https://thenarwhal.ca/kaska-caribou-yukon-mine/
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-oilsands-tailings-releases/
https://4earthindex.catladymori.com/britishcolumbia/british-columbia-government-ecocide-genocide-december-2021/
Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada -marco.mendicino@parl.gc.ca
RCMP still clearing Indigenous lands for corporate interests ⋆ The Breach
B.C. sex assault victim gets apology, no justice 6 years after RCMP failed to investigate attack | CTV News
N.B. man barred from joining Saint John police commission despite having a clean record | CBC News
Vaughn Palmer: Many in NDP upset at government ‘impossible balancing act’ on gas pipeline | Vancouver Sun
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Fairy Creek Land Defenders Say RCMP Are Doing ‘Wellness Checks’ in Riot Gear
Vaughn Palmer: Cullen taking RCMP to task over handling of Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters | Vancouver Sun
CGL drops charges against journalists arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory
Police shootings in 2021: Experts say number in Canada remains too high – Victoria Times Colonist
‘What kind of message does that send?’ Nunavut works to change police oversight – Victoria Times Colonist
RCMP says it cleared its backlog of complaints — but not before some of the complainants died | CBC News
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/29/canada-flooding-highlights-need-inclusive-climate-action
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/12/02/Sleydo-Merriman-Pipeline-Arrests/
https://rabble.ca/environment/lack-of-transparency-around-when-b-c-government-authorized-rcmp-raid-on-wetsuweten/
https://breachmedia.ca/an-inconvenient-image-arrested-journalists-reflect-on-rcmp-assault-on-wetsuweten/
https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-statement-wetsuwet-en
https://swordfern.good.do/Wetsuweten/Letter/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/stikine-mla-calls-on-rcmp-top-cop-to-review-rcmp-arrests-in-hazelton/
https://rabble.ca/podcast/land-defenders-eve-saint-and-jocey-alec-talk-indigenous-power-in-the-face-of-rcmp-arrests/
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/16/royal-canadian-mounted-police-serves-and-protects-fossil-fuel-ceos
Agriculture Canada -aafc.info.aac@agr.gc.ca
https://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/posts/enforce-animal-transport-regulations/
Global Affairs, International Development Canada -melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca, mary.ng@parl.gc.ca, harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca
Canadian Mining Companies Profit as Guatemalans Suffer, Authors Argue | The Tyee
Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency -hcinfo.infosc@canada.ca, information@inspection.gc.ca
No more delays for full enforcement of farmed animal transport rules – Vancouver Humane Society
Animal Justice – Time for Feds to Act on Promise to End Horse Cruelty
Time for Liberals to deliver on horse-export promise – Winnipeg Free Press
Health Canada proposes blind trust in the safety of future GMOs – rabble.ca
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Saving the horses with Jann Arden! – The Mike Smyth Show – Omny.fm
Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies -pm@pm.gc.ca
Canada stubbornly opposes waiving patent protection on COVID vaccines – rabble.ca
From taxation to immigration – Canada’s federal policies need a climate justice lens | Corporate Knights
https://ricochet.media/en/3822/violence-against-indigenous-land-defenders-must-stop
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cgl-failure-to-comply-environmental-problems-1.6275468
https://wcel.org/blog/more-delays-bc-floods-its-time-rethink-trans-mountain-expansion-project
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/time-for-liberals-to-deliver-on-horse-export-promise-575921162.html
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/12/15/the-canadian-energy-regulator-again-paints-a-future-that-contradicts-federal-climate-commitments-and-fails-to-chart-a-course-for-success/
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/16/royal-canadian-mounted-police-serves-and-protects-fossil-fuel-ceos
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/12/13/9-2-billion-in-federal-tax-breaks-deliver-boost-to-canadian-fossils/