Opinion

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?

Global efforts mean nothing without locally grounded solutions and leadership.

His win in the Manitoba election shows that U.S.-style culture war politics don't always play well in Canada. Now it's up to progressives in the rest of Canada to keep up the fight — and keep them on the other side of our border.

Corporate accountability is missing from the anti-tax narrative, as higher prices are always the fault of government spending — never the corporations enjoying soaring profits thanks to their pricing power.

Will Alberta’s electricity grid become unreliable as more renewable generating capacity is added? Denmark has already answered this question with an electricity system that uses wind and solar energy to supply 60 per cent of the country’s electricity consumption.

Seventeen-year-old Ziya Merchant is the founder of Phasing Out Plastic Bottles, a multi-school campaign using plastic water bottles to raise awareness about climate justice.

Despite the resurgence of Indigenous knowledge, there is still a long way to go before meaningful reconciliation and power-sharing define the climate policy space. 

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation provides an opportunity to contemplate how Indigenous ways of knowing can help make that future a reality.

Of every dollar spent on higher prices in the last two years, 47 cents were converted into corporate profits in four industries, led by mining, oil and gas extraction.

"Progressives build things that last — health care, infrastructure, schools, opportunity, sustainability and prosperity," Mark Carney told Liberal insiders at the Global Progress Action Summit.

Last week's marches to end fossil fuels show we need to unite to put an end to these primary drivers of the climate crisis.

Speaker Anthony Rota's decision to invite a former Nazi into the House of Commons was an international embarrassment. But as a newly elected MP's performance shows, it's already well on the way to becoming a national one.

When Canada focuses on key sectors such as a clean electricity grid, where we have unique advantages, we can compete for new investment. 

What drove Doug Ford's Ontario government to become so captured by the power and influence of the development industry?

Caio Krause Conradt is just 17, but he has already begun to empower the next generation. This new Canadian from São Paulo, Brazil, is a 2023 Youth Climate Activism Award winner, hosted by the Institute for Sustainability Education and Action (I-SEA), for his work engaging students in high schools and at the elementary level.