Opinion

If the finance minister really wanted to show us that she understands and is ready to lead on the climate emergency, what would she do? asks columnist Seth Klein. He has a few suggestions.

The B.C. government has promised to save old-growth, yet giant 1,000-year-old trees continued to be cut down. “Talk and log,” an adage coined in the 1990s, returned to popular use and cynicism was everywhere.

After leading the Wildrose Party to defeat in a 2012 Alberta election and betraying her own caucus by crossing the floor to the governing Progressive Conservatives in 2014, Danielle Smith is taking one last kick at the can with her bid to become leader of the United Conservative Party.

As a society, we need to acknowledge the tradeoffs of all these options for achieving net-zero and discuss what impacts we will accept.

When I first heard of the treesit, I imagined something easily accessible and low to the ground. How wrong I was. 

In the absence of some way to end the conflict in Ukraine or magically clear up global supply chain issues, the government is left to manage a crisis it can’t really control, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Without a clear pathway, it is difficult to ensure skilled workers are ready to build the net-zero projects set to drive clean growth in the coming years.

In dealing with the climate crisis, parents must shift beyond the gloom and doom and nurture in our children a mindset and a skill set that focuses on hope and opportunity. 

"While I was decorating my locker, politicians were locking in heat domes and atmospheric rivers," says Emily Kelsall, who spent a year on and off in a treesit protesting the TMX pipeline project.

Pierre Poilievre's embrace of cryptocurrency looks foolish as its value tanks. But that likely won't cost him support in the CPC leadership race, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

It’s clear that decisions about Enbridge's Line 5 are not made in a vacuum. They have been heavily influenced by external lobbying efforts.

Without a beneficial ownership registry that is publicly accessible, it is difficult to know if a company representative is a tax dodger, a drug trafficker or a recently sanctioned Russian oligarch.

The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contracted COVID-19 — again — should serve as a reminder that the virus isn’t done with us, even if a growing percentage of the population has decided they’re done with it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The old-growth forests of B.C. are the cooling systems, air filters and oxygen supply for Vancouver Island and the mainland. So why are governments still allowing ancient trees to be felled?

For those concerned about animal welfare, facilities like Porgreg red-flag the negligence of government agencies tasked with ensuring farmers meet the physical and emotional needs of their animals.