Tag: oil and gas

  • Basic Living Standard Arithmetic For Ottawa And All Governments

    Basic Living Standard Arithmetic For Ottawa And All Governments

    September , 2024 To: Canadians concerned about prosperity From: Don Wright Date: September 4, 2024Re: Some Basic Living Standard Arithmetic for Governments Governments often talk about “creating jobs,” but what they really do is choose some jobs at the expense of others. With their myriad spending, taxing and regulatory decisions, all governments try to direct job growth…

  • Canada Banks Fueling Canada Climate Crisis

    Canada Banks Fueling Canada Climate Crisis

    Did you know that Canada’s five biggest banks are among the 20 largest fossil fuel financiers in the world? Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, they have invested over $900 billion into the fossil fuel industry. This means that your hard-earned dollars are being invested in projects that make it impossible to meet Canada’s climate targets. While…

  • Why Radiation Protection Makes Sense- even at ‘Low’ Exposure levels

    Why Radiation Protection Makes Sense- even at ‘Low’ Exposure levels

    Radiation is all around us.   It occurs naturally in our environment, coming to us from the sun, from the soil and foods that we eat, and in the air that we breathe. It is omnipresent across a diverse cross section of industries. We tend to associate radiation with the nuclear industry, but the reality…