Some say the government ‘had’ to legislate to put a stop to Mike Smith’s climate lawsuit, suggesting ‘activist’ judges went rogue in allowing the case to proceed. They’re wrong, says Steven Price. The government’s decision to torpedo Mike Smith’s climate lawsuit against the country’s biggest carbon emitters has, unsurprisingly, drawn fire.

Canada's federal government and Alberta province announced a carbon pricing agreement that clears the way for construction of a major West Coast oil pipeline, with groundbreaking potentially beginning in September 2027. The deal, announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, resolves conditions that had stalled the project and opens the path for infrastructure capable of moving roughly 1 million barrels per day to the Pacific.