This week:

• We feature a discussion with the first person who comes to mind when many Canadians think the word “environmentalist”: David Suzuki, celebrated eco-activist and influential Canadian, who joins pundit Kevin Farmer and host Jordan Poppenk in discussion about the pressing issues of the day.
• Theological correspondent Simon Watson interviews Robert and Kirk Miner, grandchildren of Jack Miner, “The Father of Conservation.” Born in 1865, Jack Miner pioneered the tagging of migratory waterfowl and established the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville, Ontario. Inspired by the Biblical injunction to “have dominion over all the wild animals of the earth” (Gen 1:26), Miner was an early advocate for wildlife management.

The headlines in brief:

• Canada’s largest business lobby group has told provincial and federal governments in no uncertain terms that Canadian business is tired of climate policy chaos;
• The Bay of Fundy could be generating renewable energy by next year;
• Canada’s provincial premiers met in Vancouver this past week to hash out issues related to global warming;
• Imperial Oil Ltd. posted a record profit of 3.2 billion in 2007;
• A $20 billion investment has been promised for Syncrude’s operations in the tar sands;
• The number of native reserves with high-risk drinking water has been cut by more than half over the past two years.

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