Opinion

Why is a populist politician like Danielle Smith pursuing unpopular policies and positions? Because she understands where the real threat lies for a conservative premier. As former conservative premiers like Jason Kenney have learned the hard way, the call almost always comes from inside the house.

Now, free from the agreement with the federal Liberals, the NDP can lean into its historic bread-and-butter roots of championing working-class people against corporate profiteering and a laissez-faire government.

How can anyone believe in climate change and not think it’s a problem large enough to bother tackling?

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pulled the plug on his party's supply and confidence deal Wednesday. Singh’s decision, coming on the heels of Poilievre’s attempts to bully him into breaking faith with the government, looks like a show of weakness rather than strength.

Just two per cent of new trucks and buses sold in Canada in 2023 were zero-emissions, compared to nine per cent globally.

It’s time to give our kids a healthier ride by committing to accelerating the transition to electric school buses.

Conservatives – and centrists, for that matter – in Canada and around the world have long undermined the working class and their rights

If the feds want to look like they're doing something on ocean noise while not taking any of the hard steps that requires, they could do worse than announcing a plan in which nine of the 20 “action items” involve some variation on “think really hard about it.”

Efforts to investigate damage from contaminated wastewater onto Indigenous lands in Alberta are crucial, but won’t undo the years of damage from weak enforcement of Canada’s environmental laws.

Through the non-profit Econova, co-founder Aloïs Gallet meshes environmental science with arts and culture to educate kids about the interconnectedness of ecosystems.

Years after Ontario's premier promised 1.5 million net new homes by 2030, his government's own NIMBY zoning, outdated construction rules and subsidies for inefficient sprawl development have prevented both market and non-market builders from making shifts to more labour-efficient building formats and construction methods.

Jagmeet Singh and the NDP sit in the shadow of the Liberal Government, caught between criticizing those in power while also attempting to claim agency over bills being passed.

When Breshna Hellali's family immigrated from Afghanistan in 2022 following the collapse of the democratic government, they believed that securing a rental home would be a process they could navigate.

We need to be more aggressive in our fight with the fossil fuel companies and their financial institution enablers

The Canadian housing market does not suffer from a lack of ideas. It suffers from a lack of execution.