The conservative obsession with cutting red tape
If anyone needs an example of the dangers associated with cutting back on rules and regulations, they need only look at Michael and Doug Ford’s Ontario, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
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Sunny times are over — it’s time for progressive Canadians to own this angry era
Left-wing political parties must build a multi-racial, working-class coalition for progressive change dedicated to real, measurable, material improvement in the lives of ordinary people, writes Jen Hassum.
Canadian women deserve tough environmental laws to protect them from dangerous toxic chemicals
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act is woefully inadequate at protecting people’s bodies from present-day environmental health harms, writes Honour Stahl of the Women's Healthy Environments Network.
When it comes to environmental racism, Ingrid Waldron knows what needs to change
Her entry into environmental justice came by chance in 2012 when an activist asked Ingrid Waldron to research environmental racism in Nova Scotia.
The sickening reality of tailings ponds
Oil companies are asking the federal government to allow them to release the tailings into the Athabasca River, which flows north into one of the largest freshwater deltas in the world.
Tucker Carlson's nonsense call to ‘liberate’ Canada is no laughing matter
The longer people are fed that sort of toxic nonsense, the more likely it is that it winds up in the head of someone who could do something about it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Don’t be afraid of bats. Their survival is key to pest control
Bats play a critical role in keeping ecosystems healthy by regulating insect populations, some of which are major threats to plants and animals.
What’s the cost of a nest?
In our current regulatory scheme, the monetary value of one Anna’s hummingbird nest — $88,000 or $4,000 — is inconsequential and of zero deterrent value to Trans Mountain's proponents, writes Sara Ross.
The Urban-Rural Divide
Max talks to a Saskatchewan farmer who feels rural Canada and, in particular, agriculture, is being hit too hard by the price on pollution.
Justin Trudeau can’t ignore Quebec’s Islamophobia problem any longer
It's time for the prime minister to face up to the inconvenient truth about his home province's Islamophobia problem — even if it comes at a political cost, says columnist Max Fawcett.
Climate science is a victim of gaslighting
Why do corporations use gaslighting against science? Because the science of climate change threatens their business, says Gerald Kutney.
Young filmmaker Arian Tomar shows others how they can change the world
The 19-year-old Indigenous Hmong-Indian American documentary filmmaker mentors and supports youth climate leaders.
Shelter from the storm: Extreme weather and the duty of faith groups
Faith-based groups in Ontario and Alberta are helping their communities deal with the ravages of climate change.
Jacinda Ardern’s resignation underscores the rising violence in our politics
There’s a different kind of vitriol that gets directed at women in public life right now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
ChatGPT at a loss for words when it comes to Big Oil
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT wasn't much help in my research into carbon capture and storage.
