Prof. Gerald Baier says chances are high Canada will have an October election
“It’s kind of the country’s worst-kept secret,” said Prof. Gerald Baier. “When you’re a minority government, the chance that you can turn that into a majority, even a squeaky majority, is almost too hard to resist.”
“It’s a bit like a machine that has 11 steering wheels,” Prof. Kathryn Harrison talks Canada’s muddled response to climate change
Dr. Kathryn Harrison told CBC that at least part of the blame can be pinned on the complexity of Canada’s form of government.
Prof. Yves Tiberghien: In Japan, South Korea and China, it is clear that aging will have a negative impact on growth
The three countries of North-East Asia must urgently adapt their economic and social model to the rapid aging of their populations, warns political scientist Yves Tiberghien in a forum in Le Monde.
“None of the opposition parties want an election right now,” Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston tells AFP Fact Check
Richard Johnston says Canada’s opposition parties fear the Liberal government will ask to dissolve Parliament, as its position in the polls seems relatively favourable for reasons related to COVID.
Trudeau pledges support for Ukraine, mum on support for next step in NATO membership
UBC Political Science Prof. Allen Sens believes Ukraine joining NATO will be raised only out of politeness, but that it’s largely “off the table.”
Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for inclusion, democracy and reconciliation recipient Xi Yuan Pang interviewed in Vancouver Sun
“I hope this award reflects not my contributions and civic engagements, but that it’s very much a testament to the people and the community at UBC who have given me that space to be who I am,” Xi Yuan (Cecilia) Pang said.
Pipeline Workers Are Scaring Indigenous Elders Away From Their Own Lands
UBC Political Science Professor Sheryl Lightfoot explains how governments and states are “completely side-stepping” Indigenous human rights while extracting resources without consultation and consent of traditional Indigenous communities.
Canada’s oldest oil and gas trade association to drop ‘oil’ from its name in bid to alter image
Prof. Kathryn Harrison noted several companies have removed the word “oil” from their name, using the term “energy” as a euphemism for oil while maintaining the company’s operations.
SpaceX, Amazon, and OneWeb’s mega-constellations risk huge collisions in games of ‘chicken’, Michael Byers warns
The constellation of satellites proposed by huge companies could deposit more aluminium into the Earth’s upper atmosphere, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley write in their report.
Prof. Kathryn Harrison notes BC’s carbon tax didn’t hurt the economy in The Tyee
“By now, we have a bunch of studies that have shown that it didn’t hurt British Columbia’s economy, it wasn’t regressive, which is often a concern, and it did reduce emissions below what they would have been otherwise,” said Kathryn Harrison.