Opinion

One thing should be abundantly clear by now: Pierre Poilievre is playing to win, and he’s not to be taken lightly, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must put the protection and restoration of nature at the centre of the federal government’s proposed National Adaptation Strategy.

If we want to ensure that our elected bodies look like the public they’re created to serve, we need to stop punishing the people in them for having private lives that include children and families, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Addressing climate risks could see pension funds using their supersized strength to help direct finance to much-needed climate solutions. 

Through the worker-owned Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative (VREC) and its community-owned solar investment arm SolShare Energy, Duncan Martin and his colleagues provide solar arrays at no upfront cost to a building owner.

To ensure Canada finds its place in the global EV manufacturing supply chain, Canadian policymakers must focus on goals such as developing a knowledgeable labour force and teaming up with First Nations communities.

Four generations of my family attended the same residential school in Lebret, Sask. It operated for 114 years and was demolished in 2000.

Whether he’s talking about global energy policy or the pileup at Pearson, Pierre Poilievre is calling to "Fire the Gatekeepers," writes columnist Max Fawcett. But that's the thing about gatekeepers: you don’t think you need them until you find out you do.

There are similarities when it comes to COVID and climate mandates. Both require listening to scientists and health experts, and both confront an assault of misinformation, writes Seth Klein.

It may be hard to see the connection between heat waves in British Columbia and Britain’s most flammable day since the Second World War, but our world has shrunk, and the 21st-century version is one of close connections and brutal teachings.

This might be too much to ask, but when elected officials roll out big climate initiatives, could they please be ready to comprehensively frame issues for the public? writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

Perhaps it’s time to challenge the old orthodoxy because the Bank of Canada is unlikely to reach its target of two per cent inflation without causing a recession.

When you’re up against an opponent willing to trade in bad-faith arguments and deliberately misrepresent the data, you can’t afford to assume the facts will speak for themselves, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

Critical attention will be directed away from Church operations and decisions and onto the survivors of residential schools, posing an old but effective deflection: What do Indigenous Peoples really want?

Companies should be aware that biodiversity loss can affect not only their ability to operate, but also the economy as a whole.