Opinion

Canada’s longest coastline in the world, along with the U.S.’s largest exclusive economic zone, makes for an ocean-based North American blue economy powerhouse of the future, writes Kate Moran.

If palm oil from the rainforest for cows in the Prairies is either efficient or economical, we have a broken system, writes Shane Moffatt, leader of Greenpeace Canada’s nature and food campaign.

Ottawa does not have a national climate security strategy, which leaves Canada vulnerable to security risks related to climate change, writes researcher and policy analyst Luthfi Dhofier.

The historical link between the civil rights and environmental justice movements is widely acknowledged, yet these struggles have become increasingly isolated over time, writes Sabaa Khan, the David Suzuki Foundation’s director-general for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

Choosing a more just and equitable low-carbon future will certainly involve growing pains, even for those with the best of intentions. The Trudeau-Biden meeting suggests the two leaders are serious about pushing for this type of future, write Deb Morrison and Tom Bowman.

By pinning its electoral hopes and dreams on flipping orange ridings, the Green Party all but guarantees Canada will fail to address the climate emergency, writes Amara Possian, a Toronto-based professor and Canada campaigns Director at 350.org.

One of the harshest sentences for contempt in B.C. comes as the Crown adopts a policy to seek non-custodial sentences for Indigenous defendants and as COVID spreads through local jails, writes activist Kris Hermes.

The most recent budget from the government of Alberta included industrial-sized volumes of red ink, and no leader deserves more of the blame than former premier Ralph Klein, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Now is the time to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in Canada — for our sake and theirs, writes Brennan Strandberg-Salmon.

Companies that prioritize their communities will ultimately be more sustainable, more resilient and better set up for long-term growth, writes Desjardins Group president and CEO Guy Cormier.

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The federal NDP's constant attacks on Trudeau go down well in Alberta, where most people who vote NDP provincially are Liberal supporters, writes Max Fawcett.

With enough public pressure, Bill C-12 could be amended and Canada would join the ranks of other countries that have implemented effective climate accountability laws, writes parent and For Our Kids organizer Brianne Whyte.

When it comes to the conversation about renewable energy and climate change, the falsehoods fly faster and farther than ever before, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

B.C. has been a cleantech leader, but so far the competition hasn't been very tough. Now that the United States has a president who cares about the climate, the provincial and civic governments must ensure B.C. keeps its advantage.