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Tax & Spend: Ottawa stands aside as provinces neuter the carbon tax
Patrick Brethour
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Federal government proposes to cap oil, gas emissions using industry-specific carbon pricing system
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Federal government puts final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics
Steven Guilbeault, Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announces the ban of single-use plastics and items at a beach, Monday, June 20, 2022 in Quebec City. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, behind, looks on. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Canada’s first carbon offset market coming to help big industry cut emissions at a lower cost
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Guilbeault is creating Canada's first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Ottawa, NWT in talks with U.S. charity about funding for Indigenous park guardians
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Ottawa and the Northwest Territories are talking with a large U.S. charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conservation areas on their traditional territories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Resilient infrastructure, faster disaster recovery needed to adapt to climate change: experts
President and founder of Save A Dog Network, Katie Powell gets a kiss from a dog after bringing bags of dog food by canoe to stranded homes during flooding in Peguis First Nation, Man., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Dozens of experts advising the government on the best way to adapt to the reality of climate change say we need to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster to help Canadians recover when their lives and livelihoods are threatened by floods, fires and major storms.THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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Environmental groups sue Canada over Bay du Nord oil project approval
Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault speaks during a press conference outside the GLOBE Forum at the Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. As Newfoundland and Labrador awaits word from Ottawa on a proposed new oilfield off the coast of St. John's, Shears Mercer says he's not worried — he's frustrated. CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Ottawa making good on pledge to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou, says Steven Guilbeault
Wild caribou roam the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located in the Nunavut Territory of Canada on March 25, 2009. Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's moving ahead with a threat to unilaterally enact measures to protect Quebec caribou after the province failed to meet an April 20 deadline to provide an acceptable plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Liberals dismiss accusations they intend to slap a green tax on pickup trucks
Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault speaks during a press conference outside the GLOBE Forum at the Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. As Newfoundland and Labrador awaits word from Ottawa on a proposed new oilfield off the coast of St. John's, Shears Mercer says he's not worried — he's frustrated. CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Guilbeault asks Alberta minister Nixon to ‘correct’ column on emissions reduction
Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
opinion
What Steven Guilbeault isn’t saying about Ottawa’s plan to slash oil sector emissions
Konrad Yakabuski
opinion
The Liberals have a new plan to fight climate change. It might even work
The Editorial Board
canada
Canada must do more to control plastic waste exports, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says
Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Canada commits 20 per cent of climate finance pledge at COP26 to tackle biodiversity loss
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks to media at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Guilbeault says Canada will allocate at least 20 per cent of its $5.3 billion climate finance commitment to nature-based solutions in developing countries over the next five years to tackle global warming. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Steven Guilbeault is the right environment minister for our times
Gary Mason
canada
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault ‘cautiously optimistic’ about COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Guilbeault says Canada has two "very heavy weeks" ahead as the government gears up for negotiations at the United Nations COP26 conference. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Steven Guilbeault got the gig he wanted. Will he be able to handle the heat?
Konrad Yakabuski
explainer
Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle: Which ministers changed jobs and what lies ahead for foreign policy, defence, health and more
opinion
A cabinet for a prime minister taking risks on his legacy
Campbell Clark
politics
Social media companies targeted in potential online harms bill, but legislation still a ways off
Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault holds a press conference in Ottawa on November 3, 2020. The Heritage Department is committing $40 million to a “COVID-safe events fund” designed to encourage arts and cultural plans to move forward in the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick