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Climate in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election: Media coverage as a measure of salience

Katie Reeder and George Hoberg October 18, 2019 The Global Climate Strikes of September 20 and 27, 2019 were a set of large global protests sparked by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. In Canada, the climate strikes on the September 27 … Continue reading

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Comparing Parties’ Climate Platforms in the 2019 Canadian Election

George Hoberg September 24, 2019 I gave a presentation today at UBC on a panel with colleagues. Some folks there expressed interest in seeing the slides, so I’m posting them here. The link to the pdf is posted below. I’ll … Continue reading

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Where to donate to support the global climate strike – a Canadian version

George Hoberg September 18, 2019 Faculty at universities and colleges across Canada have been working to support the Global Climate Strike events that in Canada will be focused around Friday, September 27. Some faculty have pledged to donate their pay … Continue reading

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The Trans Mountain Expansion Project – A Policy Case Study – September 2019 REVISED

Contentious infrastructure projects like Trans Mountain typically go through four stages: the review stage where the project application is reviewed by regulators and stakeholders participate in formal engagement processes; the political stage where authoritative decision-makers issue a formal decision; the … Continue reading

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The BC pipeline reference case in context

George Hoberg May 24, 2019 The fascinating thing about the Trans Mountain case is that it raises all sorts of questions  about what kind of country Canada is, and in particular who gets to decide what issues? Today’s issue is … Continue reading

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Here we go again: NEB redo of Trans Mountain review leaves climate impacts out

George Hoberg October 6, 2018 September 26, 2018, the NEB released its draft list of issues and factors for consideration in its reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The reconsideration commits the same indefensible error of not including climate impacts … Continue reading

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The Trans Mountain Expansion Project – A Policy Case Study – REVISED

Sarah Frose and George Hoberg August 30, 2018 In a stunning development in Canadian politics today, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Canadian government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The court found two major flaws. First, it … Continue reading

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The Trans Mountain Expansion Project – A Policy Case Study

Sarah Froese and George Hoberg August 22, 2018 We have completed a case study on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, updated through August 19, 2018. We’ll be putting online on a case study website shortly. But we wanted to make … Continue reading

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The Two Elephants in the Room at the Pipeline Summit

George Hoberg April 14, 2018 As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and British Columbia Premier John Horgan prepare for the emergency pipeline summit, the dominant discourse in mainstream and social media has been about Alberta’s economic needs … Continue reading

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Status of significant litigation against the Site C dam

George Hoberg Updated June 29, 2017 This morning the Supreme Court dismissed the leave the appeal for the Prophet River case, bringing the legal proceedings over this phase of the Site C proceedings to a close. Claire Allen and George … Continue reading

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