How harvesting small trees could create a future for BC forestry: Thinning in planted forests can be beneficial for ecosystems and industry. So why isn’t the province doing it yet? 🌱 #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/2…

NEW: this a.m. Mowachaht/Muchalalaht First Nation launched a title case for governance and land stewardship in their territory. "We wouldn't be in the crisis we're in today if we were able to look after it ourselves, and that's what we want to do" — Chief Jerry Jack. #bcpoli

Some big concessions in Canada's new #CleanElectricity regulations. For ex. Canada doubled the amount of emissions utilities are allowed to produce. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Remember when BC said a "paradigm shift" in the #Forest was coming? One of its biggest moves so far is called "forest landscape planning." Some plans have started. None have finished. How's that all going? My latest for @thetyee.ca finds out. thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/2…

BC's "survival mode" budget bets on more resource extraction, particularly gas and mining. But does it invest enough to keep its climate and ecosystems on life support? My latest for The Tyee #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/1…

Today I'm moderating a Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Ministerial Roundtable on water security and climate development, where we will share details from our @watecommongood report, written with co-chairs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @JRockstrom Tharman Shanmugaratnam. I'll be discussing the need for 'just water partnerships' to

Spiking oil prices were the single biggest factor in Canada's recent inflation surge and the affordability crisis it intensified. Worth noting given Canada's version of "drill, baby, drill" is underway. My piece today for The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/2…

Poilievre wants to scrap Canada's industrial carbon tax. Besides the obvious climate issues, it's a move that will hurt Canada's future trading prospects. My latest for @thetyee.ca explains why. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/1…

BC is pushing through a law to scrap major parts of its environmental assessment for any project it chooses. That could include new mines. Such a treat to work with Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social .bsky.social on this for The Tyee. thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/1…

The NDP's pending fast-track law, Bill 15, is adapted from one passed by the BC Liberals in 2003. The NDP had a different take back then: “It is the equivalent of a banana republic,” said then-leader, Joy MacPhail. The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/2…

With Bill C-5, Canada has the power to erase its laws for chosen projects. What could this Swiss-cheese legal landscape mean now and in the future? My latest for The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/2…

Port Alice's abandoned pulp mill left vats of toxic chemicals leaking into the inlet. At $170 million and counting, this isn't the first pulp mill taxpayers have paid to clean up. And it likely won't be the last. My story for The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/1…