Opinion

The Supreme Court of Canada has reaffirmed 35 years of jurisprudence establishing that Ottawa has broad authority to make laws about the environment and climate change.

Even as we try to tackle issues like climate change and debt, we must also build resilience to cope with unforeseen disasters. 

The Conservative Party of Canada leader doesn’t have to behave like a petulant jackass, in other words. But with Poilievre, it seems, petulance is the point.

As the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project nears completion, we should never forget the case involving Will George.

A green energy transition won’t eliminate electricity generation from large utilities, but will transfer a significant amount of revenue and profit from companies reliant on fossil fuels to individuals and growing Canadian businesses. 

Brandon Leeds and his brother, Jordan, 26, run SOFi Products, which manufactures the paper straws and cold drink cups you now get at many fast food restaurants. Together, they have replaced 100 million plastic straws. 

Tackling Canada’s cost-of-living crisis is a matter of survival.

That infatuation has reached a new fervour under Premier Danielle Smith, who might not be able to speak much French but is already fluent in Quebec’s unofficial language of grievance politics.

While cities like ours are surging ahead with climate measures, there's a distressing lack of provincial leadership in Ontario.

B.C. must offer First Nations a clear path to assert their rights and title and advance their economic and social well-being. 

There are two more summers until the mandatory date of the next federal election. Canadians are concerned about climate change impacts and expect the government to act to protect us from them.

Alberta separation is the bad idea that just won't die — and Friday's Supreme Court decision could give it renewed life. Is it finally time to take it seriously?

Laurence Letarte-Préfontaine and her friend Vanja Lugonjic designed and produced a card game to allow players to have honest and hopeful conversations about their relationship with nature and the climate and to choose actions to protect it. 

Given the poor track record and high cost of carbon capture and storage in the oil and gas sector to date, governments should think twice about their support for this technology.

Canadians don’t feel particularly oppressed by auto manufacturers having to meet requirements for seatbelts, airbags or catalytic converters. Why would a requirement to have batteries instead of engines be any different?