White guilt has terrible consequences. This was made profoundly clear in Canada during the three month trial of Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son Hamed. They were convicted a week ago of the first-degree murder of Zainab (19), Sahar (17) and Geeti Shafia (13), and 50-year-old Rona Amir. The three teens were Mohammad Shafia and Tooba Yahya’s daughters, Hamed’s sisters....

It's not well known, but the country we buy the biggest share of our imported oil from isn't in the Middle East,but our neighbor Canada. In order to process it cheaper and easier, Canada and US oil companies wanted to construct a pipeline between the drilling sites in Alberta, Canada and American refineries known as the Keystone Pipeline. Aside from providing thousands of construction jo...

Now and again, when the subject of environmental alarmism comes up, someone - such as the likes of me - might wonder when, or whether, a mainstream, high-profile politician in an important country will get up and stick it to the Green lobby. For perhaps obvious economic reasons, given its vast natural resources, Canada seems to be the country where this is starting to seriously happen. Consider th...

The SNP’s drive is most often compared to Catalonia’s bid for greater autonomy from Madrid and the attempt to make Quebec independent from Canada

Canada became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty. More »

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said in response to Canada’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol:

The two countries are to harmonise a wide range of procedures and regulations on the movement of goods and people across the border

A row has broken out over a Canadian lobbying mission to the British Foreign Office that opposes the EU’s proposed Fuel Quality Directive. The dispute involves apparent inaccurate information about California’s fuel quality regulations and threats of legal action. More »

The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada's campaign against European penalties on its highly polluting tar sands fuel, the Guardian newspaper reports. More »

The United States, Britain and Canada yesterday (21 November) announced new sanctions on Iran's energy and financial sectors, steps analysts said may raise pressure on Tehran but were unlikely to halt its nuclear program. More »