Opinion

Oil and gas companies are not spending profits to reduce emissions or switching to clean energy like solar. They should.

Although homicides involving Indigenous people continue to rise in Manitoba, solutions are hard to come by, writes Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair.

Continued investment in the plant-based sector is a win-win scenario, writes Lynn Kavanagh.

The Alberta Sovereignty Act, after all, is apparently modelled on the strategy used by Quebec’s separatists, which cost that province billions of dollars in lost jobs and investment and turned Toronto into the financial and economic capital of Canada, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Dissatisfaction with the Liberal government is increasing. But with enthusiasm for the Conservatives stalling, too, winning another election would be challenging but far from impossible, writes Bruce Anderson, chairman of Abacus Data.

People who toss non-recyclable items in their blue boxes "are not intentionally doing the wrong thing." But the rule should be: when in doubt, throw it out, columnist Becky Rynor writes.

The federal government must confront and deal with threats to our democracy: anger, aggression and hate spurred by increasing social polarization, writes Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists.

The Liberal Party of Canada is facing a dire challenge: the existential threat provincial Liberal parties face west of Atlantic Canada.

As the librarian and knowledge translator for the Climate Justice Organizing Hub (Le Hub), this 25-year-old is supporting a richly resourced community of practice for grassroots climate activists across the country.

Jack Layton's death deprived Canadian politics of a positive and powerful role model who showed that optimism and hope could do more than just win moral victories. 

We have our own authoritarian undercurrents in this country, and commitment to our democratic form of governance is at an all-time low, writes Steve Anderson. 

Without strategic action to build circular economy capacity in Canada, we risk falling behind in global market share as our competitors push ahead on a more sustainable and circular innovation agenda.

Hydro-Québec may have won a court battle to sell its power to Massachusetts, but the legal battle exposed weaknesses in an approval process that pits neighbours and communities against each other.

Justin Trudeau has a fondness for big promises and soaring rhetoric. But if you’re going to preach something to the public, you’d better be sure you’re practising it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Now more than ever, Canadians need to understand that climate action is good for the pocketbook.