Opinion

By normalizing the use of an extraordinary power like the notwithstanding clause, Ontario's Doug Ford government is setting the stage for future suspensions of charter rights by provincial legislatures, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

While Canadians generally support stronger climate targets, a whopping 85 per cent admit they have “no real idea” what Canada’s actual target is, writes Clean Energy Canada's Trevor Melanson.

Bill C-12 is a better bill today because of our efforts, write NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Taylor Bachrach. But let’s be clear: this isn’t the climate plan we would have written.

As pressure builds on oil and gas companies, some major players are making big climate pledges. We should weigh them with considerable skepticism, write professors Kathryn Harrison, Martin Olszynski and Patrick McCurdy.

Will a shareholder resolution at this week’s annual meeting push Thomson Reuters to act on human rights risks and send an important signal to its global peers?

Canada needs more conservatives who are willing to stand up to anti-Muslim rhetoric from within their own parties — and it needs them right now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The BC NDP's approach to protecting old-growth forests is unsettlingly reminiscent of the failed approaches to the management of past provincial governments, write Shauna Doll and Chris Genovali of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Pope Francis has failed to apologize and the church has failed to pay its share for the misery caused by residential schools, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Professors at Ontario's three largest universities are demanding their soon-to-be-merged pension fund stop investing in fossil fuels, manage divestment of existing assets and set clear and transparent targets towards decarbonizing the fund over the next two decades. 

After more than a century of colonial policing that has hurt not helped racialized people, it's time to try something new, writes columnist Jesse Firempong.

I am deeply concerned by the persistent misrepresentations of Bill C-15 being spread by Conservative-friendly think tanks and media outlets, writes former MP Romeo Saganash.

Jason Kenney has built his political reputation around a willingness to fight — and is pushing back against so-called "cancel culture" even after 215 children's remains were found at a Kamloops residential school, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

This isn’t about banning plastic, which will remain a useful part of our lives, writes federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. It’s about responsibly managing plastic so it stops polluting our environment.

Jason Kenney is effectively betting all of his remaining political capital on Alberta winning the race from COVID-19 pandemic back to the status quo, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

In the Second World War, young Canadians deferred their studies and delayed careers to enlist. Today, a new generation of young people needs a way to meet the climate emergency, writes columnist Seth Klein.