Autumn Peltier and the fight for native Canadians’ right to water
Autumn Peltier is a water defender who began her fight for indigenous Canadians’ right to clean drinking water when she was only eight years old.
Canada, the legalisation of recreational marijuana comes into effect
“Promise kept”: this was Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s comment on the legalisation of marijuana for recreational use, voted in June and which has now come into effect. Here’s what the new law entails.
How Canada has responded to Trump’s travel ban on Muslims
Justin Trudeau responds to Donald Trump’s executive order to ban travel from seven majority Muslim countries and to put a halt on Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. In addition, the Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussan, who is a Somalian refugee also responds to the travel ban.
US and Canada make historic move to ban Arctic drilling, indefinitely
The United States and Canada have announced a permanent ban on oil and gas drilling in parts of the Arctic and the Atlantic.
Has Justin Trudeau slipped in approving the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved the building of a major oil pipeline known as the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which will run from the Alberta Tar Sands to the port of Burnaby on the province of British Columbia’s (BC) Pacific coast, whilst rejecting the construction of its twin, the Northern Gateway pipeline. The Kinder
What Justin Trudeau is doing for Aboriginal Canadians
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new budget in March that pledges over 8 billion Canadian dollars for policies aimed at improving the lives of Aboriginal Canadians. This marks a significant increase in government funding focused on the country’s indigenous peoples, with the intent of reversing centuries of discrimination. Aboriginal Canadians Currently, the aboriginal community in
Canada and the United States reignite the spark. Climate change has brought them back together
It seems a new love between Canada and the United States, between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama, has bloomed. This is thanks to their common interest in fighting global warming. On 10 March, Trudeau and his wife carried out an ice-breaking visit at the White House. It was the first official visit