Adrienne Tanner

Vancouver

Editor in Chief at National Observer

Managing editor, Canada’s National Observer, news junkie, art lover, dog person

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Articles

Without real housing action, Canada risks a future where kids grow up in campgrounds

1 week ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reversed that trend with a goal to reduce chronic homelessness by and rebooted social housing programs that had fallen by the wayside. But the rollout was slow and the amounts invested couldn't keep pace with the rising numbers. Since 2018, street homelessness has increased by 20 per cent , according to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Poilievre's platform echoes Trump-era politics

3 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Pierre Polievre remains fully committed to his main election plank: importing Trump's culture war to Canada. @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com But perhaps the most disturbing of Poilievre's recent dog-whistles were comments he made about pulling funding from universities that don't do enough to fight antisemitism.
Poilievre just added another plank to his Trump 2.0 agenda

4 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

With this week's announcement to wield the notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple murderers rot in jail, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre added yet another plank to his Trump 2.0 agenda.
The cold-blooded calculus of ditching toxic candidates

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

So why did the Liberals and Conservatives take the high road to party integrity in all but those two cases? Dig a little deeper, and it's obvious the political fallout from losing the candidates who were instantly dumped was close to nil. They were expendable cannon fodder, running in ridings they were almost certain to lose. It was a different story in the case of Chiang and Gunn, who were both predicted to win.
Carney's green dream team

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Do these recent moves make Carney a sellout? Before anyone jumps to that conclusion, it's important to remember his background as someone who has spent the last five years pushing the banking world toward clean energy investments and examine the climate bona fides of the candidates running with him. You can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. Carney has attracted a team of candidates who have put in boots-on-the-ground time pushing for a clean energy transition.
Poilievre's 1950s fantasy draws cheers in Surrey

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

To hear Pierre Poilievre talk, as I did along with about 5,000 others in a steamy Surrey warehouse last night, the Conservative leader is running against two opponents in his bid to become prime minister: Mark Carney, Canada's current PM and Steven Guilbeault, Canada's former environment and climate change minister.
Ottawa contributes $200M to B.C.'s Cedar LNG project

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Ottawa says it is contributing up to $200 million toward the Cedar LNG project on the northern B.C. coast. The money is coming through the Strategic Innovation Fund, which falls under the Innovation, Science and Economic Development ministry. The floating liquefied natural gas processing facility and marine export terminal in Kitimat, B.C., has a price tag of almost $6 billion and is set to start up in 2028.
No journalists, no questions. An election campaign just the way Poilievre likes it

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

If the predictions are correct, Prime Minister Mark Carney will call an election this weekend, sending voters to the polls as early as April 28. Media outlets are already in high gear, making coverage plans and budgeting for the significant related costs. This time, the price tag will be lower; the Conservatives announced this week that media are not welcome on Pierre Poilievre's campaign voyage.
Climate research under fire from the pro-fossil fuel Trump administration

2 months ago | nationalobserver.com | Oliver Milman |Adrienne Tanner

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.”The US government is withdrawing grants and other support for research that even references the climate crisis, academics have said, amid Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg upon environmental regulations and clean-energy development.
The American lobster’s baby bust

2 months ago | nationalobserver.com | Moira Donovan |Adrienne Tanner

This story was originally published by bioGraphic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationThe Gulf of Maine is home to one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. Every year, American lobsters (Homarus americanus) from the gulf fuel a multibillion-dollar industry, buoying fishing communities across New England and across the border into Atlantic Canada. The Gulf of Maine is also heating up faster than almost any other marine environment on Earth.