by Canadian Sailings | Sep 6, 2021 | Environment, Opinion, Theo van de Kletersteeg
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, released its most recent report (AR6) in August. The report does not make for pleasant reading, as even IPCC’s most ambitious model of...
by Canadian Sailings | Sep 6, 2021 | Business and Economy, Environment, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg The other day I received an email which contained the following pesky message at the end “Thank you for considering the environment before printing this message.” The email was sent to me by a well-meaning person who was obviously completely...
by Canadian Sailings | Sep 6, 2021 | Business and Economy, Opinion, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By THEO VAN DE KLETERSTEEG Perhaps it is instructive to review where Canada stood in the world on a number of key economic indicators back in 2019, and where we stand today. Every nation, except China, has suffered hugely from the pandemic. The humanitarian aspects of...
by CS | Mar 25, 2021 | Opinion, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg Our federal government, our provinces and our municipal governments have never owed more than they do today. On top of that, consumers owe near-record amounts of consumer debt, and record amounts of mortgage debts. Our federal government,...
by CS | Mar 24, 2021 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Theo van de Kletersteeg, Top Stories
By Theo van de Kletersteeg Canadian Sailings has recently completed another annual study comparing financial and other performance data related to federally-operated Canadian Port Authorities from 2018 to 2019 (Data for 2020 will not be available until July or...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 25, 2020 | Business and Economy, Environment, Government and Regulation, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg Since April of 2019, Canada has imposed the implementation of a carbon tax in the four “backstop” provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick in an effort to reduce Canada’s ever-increasing releases of greenhouse gases...
