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Greg Rickford
The ministry wasn’t aware of most of the government’s policies for Indigenous Peoples.
Ontario Provincial Police arrested demonstrators to end a weeks-long blockade on Mohawk Territory.
Premier Doug Ford’s energy minister said he believes climate change is caused by human activity after refusing to do so an hour earlier.
It’s the second time one of Doug Ford’s ministers has been called insensitive for wearing a bulletproof vest.
PC MPPs joined an anti-abortion demonstration outside Queen's Park.
The same minister will be in charge of energy, northern development, mines and Indigenous affairs.
A whole host of campaigns designed to advance the agenda of the fossil fuel industry have cropped up: Resource Works, British Columbians for Prosperity, Energy Citizens, Coal Alliance, Canadian Natural Resources Alliance, Pipeline Action, and many others.
Canada's so-called "War on Science" has made international headlines, especially after deep funding cuts led to the closure of some of Canada's most important research centres. Thousands of federal scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as well as Environment Canada have lost their jobs as a result of the cuts. Since 2006 the Harper government has introduced strict communications procedures that prevent scientists from speaking freely about -- and at times even publishing -- their research.
