Opinion

For over a year, Danielle Smith has been talking a big game about her "Alberta Sovereignty Act" and how it will put Ottawa in its place. As it turns out, that's all it ever was: talk.

COP28 outcomes must be explicit — systems transformations to build climate resilience do not include coal, oil and gas investments.

Pierre Poilievre may have a double-digit lead in the polls, but his preposterously petulant behaviour last week showed he's still his own biggest enemy — and why that lead could easily evaporate in the months to come.

Anna Erickson has been organizing real action on climate change since she was eight years old.

COP28 delegates must realize gender equity in the food system is a gateway to achieving human rights, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation claims it's dedicated to "lower taxes, less waste and accountable government." So why does that sense of dedication seem to lapse any time it's a conservative government wasting taxpayer dollars?

Climate change and the affordability crisis are two political mountains that, far from being at odds, must be climbed together.

While federal and provincial policymakers focus on recent changes in the national carbon pricing policy, they must remember that Canadian companies face a competitive investment environment because of the industrial policies of our two largest trading partners.

The media isn't responsible for the Trudeau Liberals' recent tumble in the polls. But as a recent story about the prime minister's schedule shows, they're often helping dumb down a political discourse that could stand to get a whole lot smarter.

We need significantly more money now and into the future to shift the economy away from the production and consumption of fossil fuels.

If ambitious regulations are put in place, a net-zero electricity grid will be within reach by 2035, with massive benefits for human health.

Is it time for the Alberta NDP to change its name? That's what one former MLA is asking, and it has people talking. But does that conversation miss the political forest for the trees — and avoid the real matter at hand?

While debate rages over carbon tax carveouts, other bold actions that could reduce planet-heating pollution get short shrift.

As an economic adviser to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Faith Edem helped identify West African countries that would benefit from Canadian financial help to reduce carbon emissions.

The Ontario Liberal Party needs to rethink its electoral strategy or risk the NDP surpassing them as the alternative to the PCs in the eyes of Ontarians.