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...
by CanadianSailings | Feb 25, 2020 | Ocean, Other, Ports and Terminals, Theo van de Kletersteeg
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 2017 to 2018 (Data for 2019 will not be available until July or...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2019 | Business and Economy, Environment, Government and Regulation, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
Theo van de Kletersteeg During her impassioned speech at the United Nations on September 23, Greta Thunberg made it very clear who she thinks is responsible for the world’s climate change woes: the world’s political “leaders” who, for the past thirty years, have known...
by CanadianSailings | Mar 26, 2019 | Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other, Safety and Security, Theo van de Kletersteeg
Theo van de Kletersteeg Prime Minister Trudeau is trying to pull Canada out of a multi-billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia, he said on several occasions near the end of 2018, following allegations that suggest Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince was implicated in the...
by Canadian Sailings | Mar 5, 2019 | Environment, Government and Regulation, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg With carbon taxes and concern over climate change once again in the limelight, I thought it might be opportune to update an article that was published in Canadian Sailings in November of 2017. Scientists and green supporters have explained...
by Canadian Sailings | Mar 5, 2019 | Business and Economy, Government and Regulation, Other, Theo van de Kletersteeg
By Theo van de Kletersteeg By now we all know that somewhere along the line, the Trudeau government decided to abandon its 2015 election campaign promise to balance the federal budget by the time voters go to the polls again in 2019. Instead, Liberals plan to continue...
