Canadian Underwriter

Keyword
Catherine McKenna

News CatastrophesClimate ChangeInsurance

Government of Canada creates expert panel on climate change adaptation

August 29, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Government of Canada announced on Tuesday that it is creating an expert panel on adapting to climate change. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced the launch of the Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Results in a statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The expert panel will advise the federal government on measuring progress on adaptation and climate resilience to better understand how federal, provincial and territorial adaptation efforts are building Canada’s resilience to climate change, for…

News Climate ChangeInsurance

As U.S. threatens withdrawal, feds still committed to Paris Accord, McKenna says

May 31, 2017 The Canadian Press

TORONTO – As the U.S. flirts with fleeing the Paris climate-change accord, Canada is aligning itself with the world’s other two largest economies to take a global leadership role on the effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Catherine

News Climate ChangeInsuranceLegislation / RegulationMergers and Aqcuisitions

Environment and Climate Change Canada releases technical paper on proposed federal carbon pricing options

May 19, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has released a technical paper outlining a proposed federal carbon pricing option for provinces that choose not to have their own system in place in 2018. A backgrounder from ECCC referenced the Pan-Canadian approach

News CatastrophesInsuranceMergers and Aqcuisitions

Saskatchewan government says Tundra Energy owns pipeline that leaked crude oil

January 27, 2017 The Canadian Press

STOUGHTON, Sask. – The Saskatchewan government says it has confirmed which pipeline leaked 200,000 litres of crude oil on First Nation farmland. It says it belongs to Calgary-based Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. The company has been leading cleanup of the

News InsuranceMarkets / CoveragesMergers and Aqcuisitions

Government of Canada announces plan to ban asbestos by 2018

December 15, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Government of Canada announced on Thursday that it will ban asbestos and asbestos-containing products by 2018. According to a statement from the federal government, the comprehensive ban on asbestos will include: Creating new regulations that ban the manufacture, use,

News Climate ChangeInsuranceLegislation / RegulationTechnology

PM hails national climate change deal, but without Saskatchewan, Manitoba

December 11, 2016 Bruce Cheadle - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared victory Friday in his campaign to craft a national “framework” agreement on climate change – even though Saskatchewan and Manitoba refused to sign on to the deal and British Columbia claimed a major

News Climate ChangeInsuranceMarkets / CoveragesTechnology

Government of Canada to develop clean fuel standard

November 28, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Government of Canada announced on Friday that it will consult with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, industries and non-governmental organizations to develop a clean fuel standard. The standard would require reductions in the carbon footprints of the fuels supplied

News Climate ChangeInsuranceMarkets / Coverages

Liberals set plan to phase out coal by 2030, with flexibility for Nova Scotia

November 21, 2016 The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – The Liberal government is moving to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity in Canada by 2030 as part of its overall clean-energy strategy. The goal is to make sure 90 per cent of Canada’s electricity comes from

News Climate ChangeInsurance

Canadians may not realize ‘magnitude of challenge’ in 2050 climate strategy

November 18, 2016 Bruce Cheadle - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – The federal government has released its long-term climate strategy with a caution that most Canadians – while sympathetic to the cause – don’t yet understand the “magnitude of the challenge.” The document suggests the country should find a

News CatastrophesClimate ChangeInsuranceLegalLegislation / RegulationMergers and AqcuisitionsReinsurance

Oceans Protection Plan includes robust polluter-pay approach to abandoned, derelict and wrecked vessels

November 8, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Canada’s new $1.5 billion national Oceans Protection Plan involves a raft of measures to help protect the country’s marine environment, including a pollution-pay approach with regard to abandoned, derelict and wrecked vessels The national plan was announced Monday in St.