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As president of Armour Valve, Liz McBeth led the company to recognize it exists to enable an energy and industrial landscape that ensures prosperity for future generations and the planet.
Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver to announce a "renters bill of rights" and other pro-affordability measures. But the details are decidedly underwhelming — and might just end up adding insult to the considerable injuries renters have endured.
The federal government has brought to bear an impressive suite of climate measures but rather than wielding all this hard and noble work like the political sword it should be, our Liberal leaders are parrying attack after attack from the Opposition.
An internal report from the RCMP flagged a bunch of key risks facing Canada, from climate change to misinformation and paranoid populism. But we won't be able to address any of them if the right continues to trade in deceit and doom-mongering.
As we transition to an electricity-based energy system, the demand for batteries will grow exponentially, but we will also reach a point where recycled battery minerals are the preferred choice of battery manufacturers.
Though not the only measure necessary, facilitating equitable Indigenous participation for new energy investments is fundamental to advancing economic reconciliation.
Pierre Poilievre's pledge to crack down on housing gatekeepers has proven to be little more than empty talk. Ironically, it's been Doug Ford and other Conservative politicians — the real housing gatekeepers — who have done the proving here.
Finnegan Brown, 16, uses art and political action to protect our climate. A high school student from Sooke, B.C., Brown received a 2023 I-SEA Youth Climate Activism Award.