Canada
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Styrofoam take-out boxes, straws among plastics ban targets
Canada currently throws out 12 times the plastic it recycles.
Single-use plastics ban not expected to hurt petrochemical growth
An expert says, while a ban may impact some end-product manufacturers in Eastern Canada, it likely won’t affect the oil and gas sector in the West.
Auto sales down 5.9% in May as downward trend continues
Light vehicle sales totalled about 202,800 for the month, down from 215,407 a year earlier.
Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver
The containers have been in the Philippines since 2013 and 2014, when they arrived falsely labelled as recycling plastics.
Canada hasn’t issued any permits for companies to ship waste, government says
Malaysia this week is demanding Canada pay to take back a shipping container filled to bursting with plastic grocery bags.
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Trudeau, Pence to talk trade, China, abortion in final push to ratify USMCA [UPDATED]
Ongoing softwood lumber dispute and future U.S. plans for tariffs on uranium imports will also be raised in meeting.
Rival fighter jet makers warn procurement rule change for F-35 will hurt Canada
Feds revealed that they plan to ease industrial requirements for aerospace companies in the $19-billion competition to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s.
Court rules B.C. can’t limit oil shipments in major blow for pipeline fight
Unanimous ruling from the B.C. Court of Appeal represented a major win for Trans Mountain pipeline.
Canada files North Pole competing claim with Russia, Denmark
Canada has submitted its scientific argument for control of a vast portion of the Arctic seabed to the UN body that will evaluate it.
Bains promises privacy law reviews as digital charter released
Innovation Minister committed to a review of the federal privacy law for private-sector organizations.
Wholesale trade climbs 1.4% to $64.1B in March, beats expectations
Growth came as sales gained in six of the seven subsectors.
Experts say Canada lacks laws to tackle life and death problems posed by AI
Canada has yet to develop a regulatory regime to deal with issues of discrimination and accountability to which AI systems are prone.
NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling
Canadians have to avoid knee-jerk reactions to avoid succumbing to malevolent foreign actors, says expert.
Canada introducing digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is expected to provide more details at a summit on digital governance in Ottawa in late May.
Canadian drug makers hit with $1.1B suit for pushing opioids
The suit also seeks a declaration that the companies were negligent in how they researched, developed and marketed opioids starting in the 1990s.
