The New York Times is failing Canada
"Portraying the protest as an act of collective grieving rather than a bacchanal of vandalism and constitutional hooliganism was a choice," writes columnist Max Fawcett.
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Now Canada's Conservative party looks like a farm team version of American Republicans. It's a good thing for Doug Ford
The Conservatives have turned themselves into a farm team version of American Republicans and in the process have made Premier Doug Ford look good by comparison.
Did we lose our kindness to COVID?
We are “group animals” and our progress demands we focus on ways to understand and mediate, rather than condemn one another.
Public services, not private donations, are the solution to disabled poverty
Canada needs a national income supplement that would stack on top of existing benefits rather than compromising other forms of support.
Canada was not prepared for an onslaught of disinformation
The convoy has made it clear that not only have we lost the war on disinformation, but we also didn't even know where to look.
Should the government kill the Trans Mountain pipeline project?
Last week, Trans Mountain announced the project will be an eye-watering $8.8 billion over its initial budget.
Your next car will be electric. Why did it take so long?
When future historians go looking for the moment when the electric vehicle revolution truly got underway, they might end up pinpointing last Sunday’s Super Bowl, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Between right and wrong, vaccinated and unvaccinated — is our humanity
It’s our job as Canadians to ask the person most different from us: What is it that I do not know?
Pest regulatory agency needs to up its game
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has been told by the court it needs to better explain how it is protecting Canadians and the environment from the risks of pesticides.
Stephen Harper helped create the anti-vax mandate convoy
There’s no sense in negotiating with the terrorists who are occupying Ottawa and want to overthrow the government, but the political culture that produced them needs to be addressed, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
The urgent need to cap oil and gas sector emissions: Seth Klein’s testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources
"We pride ourselves on being climate leaders, yet we have been highly resistant to tackling our role as global producers of fossil fuels," writes Seth Klein.
On Canada’s precarious climate politics
It should come as no surprise that politics have played an outsized role in polarizing key energy and climate issues.
With police unable or unwilling to end protests, Ottawa residents have been left to fend for themselves
During this pandemic, the phrase “We’re on our own” is not a sentiment that immediately mobilizes solidarity, putting it in stark contrast to the message, “We’re all in this together.”
We can’t surrender to COVID. Why ‘back to normal’ is a dangerous fantasy
One-third of the population seems to be driving the public discourse right now, making policy in provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Healing Canada’s social infrastructure
How can every Canadian play their part in the co-creation of the social infrastructure of tomorrow so that no one is left behind?
