Opinion

There's not much hope for Alberta to fix its broken generational system this election, write Paul Kershaw and Andrea Long of Generation Squeeze, but the next government could start by naming a minister responsible for intergenerational fairness.

Danielle Smith's history of ill-advised and outright offensive comments hasn't sunk her campaign — just like Donald Trump. Are Albertans really willing to sign up for four more years of that? asks columnist Max Fawcett.

Climate-driven illness is increasing the strain on our overburdened health-care system and it is a direct threat to life.

No one is above the law and lying to get warrants amounts to grossly violating civil liberties. Unfortunately, that’s a charge CSIS has long been familiar with.

We all know there's a huge price tag attached to climate change, and economic costs associated with slow-walking our response to it. So why do some economists keep pretending otherwise?

Max Fawcett talks with a Bitcoin enthusiast about government overreach when it comes to finances, the Ottawa occupation and the seizing of bank accounts.

Alongside the calls from First Nations communities have been the calls from physicians. They, too, see the effects of environmental racism, including for their patients.

Serena Mendizabal, a Wolf Clan member of the Cayuga Nation in Six Nations, is ensuring any development on the area known as the Haldimand Tract, comprising six miles on each side of the Grand River, occurs only with the consent of chiefs and clan mothers.

The emergencies the RCMP's Community-Industry Response Group manages have been primarily the enforcement of corporate injunctions against Indigenous people and environmental activists at extractive sites.

The wildfires in Alberta are just the latest reminder of how omnipresent the climate crisis has become. So why hasn't the campaign focused more on climate issues — and what does that say about politics right now? asks columnist Max Fawcett.

During the provincial election, Albertans should demand candidates running for office promote policies to protect the environment.

As I write, places in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan hold 17 of the top 50 spots on the list of world cities with the worst air pollution.

Are NDP governments bad for the economy? As history shows, it's quite the opposite — and that's a story Rachel Notley's NDP needs to start telling before it's too late, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Given the fossil fuel industry’s track record, there is good reason to mistrust the motives behind the oilsands consortium’s sudden commitment to joining the fight against climate change.

The political lesson for MPs of all stripes should be that a strong emissions cap is a win-win, both for the climate and in public opinion.