Opinion

After nearly eight years in power, one thing has become abundantly clear about Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, writes columnist Max Fawcett: it can’t communicate to save its increasingly vulnerable political life.

Muhammad Ansar and his team at Human Nature Projects Ontario provide local youth with a fresh look at the possibilities for transforming natural spaces to make them more livable for all species. 

Many people with lived experience are motivated to support and care for individuals who have faced similar challenges, vulnerable circumstances and traumas.

An effective taxonomy, if science-based and backstopped by strong enforcement measures, could stem the amount of greenwashing and actually put Canada on a path to net zero.

Deep-sea mining would destroy habitats that took millions of years to form and risk irreparable harm to fragile and unique deep-sea ecosystems in and beyond the mining site.

The Alberta government remains all hat and no cattle when it comes to climate change, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, like many Indigenous communities, disproportionately bears the brunt of climate change impacts despite having contributed minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions.

An anti-democratic strain of Trumpism is starting to show itself north of the border, albeit in an appropriately Canadian way, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Ontario must transition to clean energy now, but the premier is moving in the opposite direction.

Our elected officials seem determined to dumb down the political discourse as far as humanly possible. Why we need to elevate the conversation, and how a simple test could help us do that.

The controversies surrounding Bill C-18 highlight the tremendous challenges and conflicts associated with crafting policy to deal with the spread of misinformation.

Taylor Quinn is the CEO of Tailored Food, a social enterprise consultancy that partners with food entrepreneurs, farmers and market vendors to ensure nutritious and delicious low-cost food is available to families suffering from malnutrition. The hope is to end hunger by 2030.

Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator and the province justify dependence on natural gas with scary claims about lights going out and businesses fleeing Ontario.

Is Canada prepared to be prosperous in a net-zero economy or will it miss out on the related-job opportunities and economic benefits? 

Pierre Poilievre and other prominent conservatives spent months talking up Alberta's approach to drug addiction and treatment. Now that the data has turned against them, will they put their ideological approach aside or just double down?