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          <title>Three Gaping Holes in Trudeau’s Attempt to Fix Canada’s Environmental Laws</title>
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          <dc:creator>Chris Tollefson</dc:creator>

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               Bill C-69               </category>
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          <title>B.C. Using Kitimat Smelter Workers as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for Air Pollution Monitoring, Union Says</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Appeal               </category>
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               B.C.               </category>
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               Environmental Appeal Board               </category>
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               George Heyman               </category>
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               Jason Gratl               </category>
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               Lis Stannus               </category>
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               Local 2301               </category>
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               Ministry of Environment               </category>
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               Premier John Horgan               </category>
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               Rio Tinto Alcan               </category>
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               Sean O'Driscoll               </category>
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          <title>Where Are Canada&amp;#8217;s Missing Electric Cars?</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>James Wilt</dc:creator>

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               Canada               </category>
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               Corporate Influence               </category>
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               electric vehicles               </category>
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               Suzanne Golcberg               </category>
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          <title>Is Trudeau Quietly Turning His Back On Fixing Canada’s Environmental Laws?</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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                         <category>
               Aerin Jacob               </category>
                              <category>
               Chris Tollefson               </category>
                              <category>
               cumulative impacts               </category>
                              <category>
               Elizabeth May               </category>
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               environmental assessment               </category>
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               environmental law               </category>
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               environmental reform               </category>
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               Evidence for Democracy               </category>
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               Justin Trudeau               </category>
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               Katie Gibbs               </category>
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               Policy               </category>
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          <title>Amid Closure of B.C. Salmon Fisheries, Study Finds Feds Failed to Monitor Stocks</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               DFO               </category>
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               farmed salmon               </category>
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               News               </category>
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               Policy               </category>
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               salmon               </category>
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               wild salmon policy               </category>
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          <title>Regulations, Not Carbon Pricing, Are Key to Reducing Emissions, Expert Says</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Derek Leahy</dc:creator>

                    <category> In-Depth </category>
          
                         <category>
               Alberta Climate Leadership Plan               </category>
                              <category>
               cap and trade               </category>
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               carbon pricing               </category>
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               carbon tax               </category>
                              <category>
               Catherin McKenna               </category>
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               climate change               </category>
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               greenhouse gas emissions               </category>
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               In-Depth               </category>
                              <category>
               Joseph Pallant               </category>
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               Mark Jaccard               </category>
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               Nova Scotia GHG hard caps               </category>
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               Ontario coal phase out               </category>
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               pan Canadian clean growth and climate change framework               </category>
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               regulations               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Shady Corporate and Foreign Donations Don’t Belong in B.C. Elections: New Poll</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               BC Liberals               </category>
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               Kai Nagata               </category>
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          <title>Canada&amp;#8217;s Unmuzzled Scientists Call for Protection From Future Muzzling</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Canada               </category>
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               Debi Daviau               </category>
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               Evidence for Democracy               </category>
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               Graham Fox               </category>
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               Institute for Research on Public Policy               </category>
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               IRPP               </category>
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               Katie Gibbs               </category>
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               muzzling               </category>
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               Peirre Lortie               </category>
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               Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada               </category>
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          <title>Canada Must Adapt to Low Oil and Gas Price Environment, International Energy Agency Warns</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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                         <category>
               Alberta               </category>
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               clean energy               </category>
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               Climate               </category>
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               International Energy Agency               </category>
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               oilsands               </category>
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          <title>Trudeau Instructs Minister of National Revenue to Free Charities from Political Harassment</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-instructs-minister-finance-free-charities-political-harassment/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier               </category>
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          <title>7 Ways Trudeau Can Make Our Cities More Resilient</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>James Wilt</dc:creator>

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                         <category>
               Alan Broadbent               </category>
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               Anthony Perl               </category>
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               Center Second               </category>
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               Cities               </category>
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               climate resilience               </category>
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               Justin Trudeau               </category>
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               Liberal government               </category>
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