/newsroom/taxonomy/term/17304/all en /newsroom/channels/news/neil-bouwer-and-gabriel-blanc-rethinking-cabinet-process-under-prime-minister-carney-365516 <p>May 22, 2025 | In an op-ed for Policy Magazine, MPP ’25 Gabriel Blanc and Visiting Professor Neil Bouwer highlight why the way decisions are made in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet matters just as much as who is making them. They explain how Carney has brought back a more traditional cabinet structure, with focused committees aimed at setting priorities and managing operations. While they welcome some changes—like new committees on national security and government efficiency—they raise concerns about the removal of others, such as the committee for Canada-U.S. relations.</p> Mon, 26 May 2025 21:52:16 +0000 admin 323842 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-canada-releases-plan-40-cent-cut-carbon-emissions-2030-338827 <p>Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault released the government's plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years to meet ambitious 2030 reduction targets. It's a plan that leans heavily on deep cuts in the electricity, oil and gas and transportation sectors. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-2030-emissions-reduction-plan-1.6401228" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CBC News</a>) </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sibeal McCourt, PhD candidate, Department of Geography </strong></p> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:01:30 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 287755 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researcher Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada’s future.</p> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:11:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283775 at /newsroom