Category Archives: CP Election

Liberals promise national flood insurance, disaster EI benefits
The federal Liberals unveiled promises Wednesday to help homeowners prepare for damage from climate change with low-cost national flood insurance and zero-interest loans for green home renov...
Sep 27, 2019

Singh vows to protect coastlines, slams Trudeau for buying pipeline
LADYSMITH, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promoting his party's plan to safeguard the environment along Canada's coastlines. Speaking on British Columbia's Vancouver Island today, S...
Sep 27, 2019

Greens' universal pharmacare proposal costed at $27B next year
Introducing universal pharmacare would cost $26.7 billion in the first year, the federal Greens said Wednesday as they released the financial details attached to their platform promises. The pledge to...
Sep 27, 2019

Conservatives highlight home-renovation credit as part of climate plan
JONQUIERE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer used a campaign stop in Quebec on Wednesday to promote his green plan, which he says is the most realistic way for Canada to reach its targets ...
Sep 27, 2019

From Victoria to Montreal, climate marches dominate federal campaign Friday
OTTAWA - Climate change will dominate the federal election campaign today, with most of the leaders joining marches demanding cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions. The exception is Conservative Leader And...
Sep 27, 2019

Scheer, Trudeau spar over climate pledges, as May offers cost breakdown
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau fought Wednesday for the high ground on who was best suited to fight the ravages of climate change, a battle that exposed the wide valley in their approaches....
Sep 27, 2019

Greens wouldn't prop up minority government that backs pipelines: May
MONTREAL - On the eve of a major climate march in Montreal, the Green party warned that it would never support a minority government without a credible and verifiable environmental plan. That inc...
Sep 26, 2019

Green party plans to cancel pipeline projects, transition to renewable energy
MONTREAL - Green Leader Elizabeth May says if she were prime minister, she'd create a "war cabinet" to deal with what she says is the most important issue of the upcoming election: climate change...
Sep 26, 2019

Parties' climate platforms stepping out in midst of global climate week
OTTAWA - Some environment leaders are applauding Tuesday's pledge by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to accelerate Canada's plans to cut greenhouse-gas emissions but many in the youth climate-strik...
Sep 26, 2019

Liberals returns to B.C. to pledge carbon-neutrality, tax cut for clean-tech firms
VANCOUVER - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau chose once again on Tuesday to stage one of the biggest moments of his campaign in British Columbia, as he made a major climate-chang...
Sep 26, 2019