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Trudeau’s oilsands supply outlook reflects a future that doesn’t exist
Prime Minister Trudeau is relying on an aggressive and outdated Western Canadian crude oil supply outlook to re-approve Trans Mountain’s expansion.
Foreign-funded environmentalists and other red herrings
There’s a smear campaign being run by big oil and their cheerleaders. They’re trying to demonize Canadian environmental groups for taking U.S. money. It’s a red herring. And so are their other arguments against climate action. Environmental Defence talks back.
Soaring ZEVs in 2018, sinking Tesla in 2019?
Zero Emission Vehicle sales doubled in Canada last year. Matthew Klippenstein shares his predictions for 2019.
Canada's 'good news' food guide
Canada’s Food Guide has been overhauled, and it’s good news for anyone who cares about public health, the environment or animals, writes Anna Pippus.
The NDP crisis and Singh's leadership
Don't blame Jagmeet Singh alone, writes David Bush: the NDP needs a bold leftist platform to succeed.
Here are my ideas on monetizing environmental protection
Artificial intelligence and robotics enables work automation that will make the humankind workforce mostly irrelevant. Environmental degradation is even a bigger issue. So what do we do?
Letter: #Metoo feminists have given Trudeau a pass
It appears that if a man expresses left-of-centre ideologies or calls himself a feminist, then women marching to the #metoo drum are looking the other way, says a letter to the editor.
How Ontario's plan weakens student power
The Ontario government's plan to end mandatory fee remittance for college and university students would severely weaken, if not kill, student unions, clubs, associations, services and campus media like radio or the campus press, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
Yes, climate change is a crisis: surveys
Yes, there are some crises in Canada, but they are not related to pipelines, you told us in a series of surveys. After many people were buzzing about a new Angus Reid poll that concluded most Canadians believed the country faces a crisis due to a lack of pipelines, we did a few informal surveys of our own on some questions that the pollsters may have forgotten.
Canada and a Green New Deal
Is a Green New Deal in Canada a way out through the climate catastrophe? Syed Hussan examines how the proposal that's hot among U.S. Democrats might be embraced in Canada.
What is the real 'crisis' in Canada?
We noticed an Angus Reid poll seemed to be missing a few key questions about issues such as climate change, environmental liabilities and the clean economy, so we thought we'd help them out and do an online poll of our own.
Why Jason Kenney targets Quebec
Quebec bashing is low-hanging fruit for Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta. The attacks will ramp up as the Alberta election draws closer, Nora Loreto predicts in an opinion column.
Myths die hard: Santa Claus and Canada's oil discount
Myths die hard. For example, a third of Canadian adults say they still believe in Santa Claus. It’s harder to justify the three Big Lies surrounding the alleged Canadian oil discount — they serve the interests of Big Oil, the most powerful industry on earth
It’s Time to Talk About Ecological Grief
As climate change marches forward, it will exact a mounting, tangible toll on our collective mental health and productivity.