Adrienne Tanner

1 week ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

This is how corporate bullies get their way. Alberta's energy regulator last week approved coal exploration plans by Australian-based Northback Holdings on Grassy Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass region. The approval came after a consortium of powerful coal mining companies sued the Alberta government for more than $15 billion over losses they claim were incurred when the province imposed a mining moratorium in the area.

2 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Similarly, BC is about to pass a new Infrastructure Projects Act designed to expedite approvals and reduce environmental assessment times. Ontario also wants to speed development with that would water down environmental impact assessments and downgrade species at risk laws, although you wouldn't know it from the name - Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act.

3 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Since announcing his intent to bow out of party politics a year ago, Charlie Angus is having a Bernie Sanders/AOC moment. He just might be the leader the NDP needs right now. @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com And although Angus opted not to run this time round, perhaps sensing correctly the party was headed for near obliteration that might sink his own reelection chances, he did stick his hand up for the NDP leadership once before in 2017.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.