Opinion

Political leaders must respond to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century credibly, not deny the complex world we now live in or only pay lip service to it.

Over the course of an election campaign, you expect to see more than a few slick elisions of truth ⁠— the details of a platform shaded or facts of the case bent to make one party’s stance look more desirable than another.

We are still nowhere near where we need to be and it’s time our leaders are honest about the existential challenge we face.

Imagine if the genocide of Indigenous nations, broken treaties, boil-water advisories, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, police brutality, torture complicity, security certificates, no-fly lists and indefinite detention were treated equally as scandalous as Trudeau in blackface.

The beings enduring brutal treatment on industrialized farms are the ones in need of protection.

Brownface is a way of exaggerating characteristics that imply brown people don’t belong in this country.

Demonstrating change is done largely through actions rather than words. And while many reasonable people might still find Trudeau’s apology lacking, his tangible actions lend sincerity towards his atonement.

The climate crisis isn’t the only reason to kick fossil fuels – the prospect of a war to protect Saudi crude reminds us of that

In the midst of the climate and species extinction emergencies, a growing number of concerned British Columbians are speaking out about the destruction of the province's old-growth temperate rainforest.

Research has shown that recognition of a right to a healthy environment results in stronger environmental laws, better enforcement of those laws and a greater public role in environmental decision-making.

The Globe and Mail was wrong to publish Ezra Levant’s most recent article for the same reason Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland would have been right to bar a Rebel Media reporter: Rebel Media is a source of dangerous right-wing propaganda posing an active threat to marginalized groups in Canada. 

If the Amazon is burning right now, it is partly because of the Bolsonaro government, but it is also because there is a huge global appetite for certain agricultural products and certain minerals.

Kenney's war room is good for oil and himself but bad for the country. Without major reductions in oilsands pollution, Canada will not meet its climate commitments.

Anyone who looks closely at the Alberta premier's inquiry into foreign-funded advocacy groups can clearly see it's a farce.

It’s difficult for many to understand how Trump still is able to not only seriously undermine the traditional democratic process in the US but also simultaneously have a highly negative spillover effect on other countries, including Canada.