Opinion

Updating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act will combat the unregulated chemicals damaging our well-being and the planet's future.

Bribing voters with their own money is a time-tested political strategy, but few have ever taken it to the level Doug Ford’s government just did, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

What makes this election particularly interesting is that global inflation, coupled with an absolutely bonkers housing market in Ontario, has made the pinch of affordability issues much more acute.

Despite some good plans and initiatives, Canada is shirking its international climate obligations, write Sabaa Khan and François Delorme.

Oilsands companies' record profits and their CEOs' campaigns for corporate welfare raise an important question, writes columnist Max Fawcett: is it time for Canadian taxpayers to get a bigger piece of the action?

For years now, Canada’s Conservatives have played footsie with an increasingly radicalized right-wing populist movement. The sooner their relationship with them is brought into the light, the better it will be for everyone else. 

Unlike most climate deniers, oil apologists don’t have a lot to say about the science of climate change because they generally ignore the topic. Their messaging is focused on fossil fuels being necessary for the progress of humanity.

The point of satire is to point out ridiculous things — like a government claiming to be a climate leader and investing billions of dollars in fossil fuel expansion.

A guaranteed livable basic income wouldn’t reinvent the wheel. Rather, it would build on programs already designed to lift low-income Canadians out of poverty.

The phrase just transition doesn't play well in Alberta with the people whose livelihoods will be upended when oil and gas production inevitably winds down.

Virtually everywhere, these jobs are underpaid, undervalued and underprotected. Most workers in low-wage, low-carbon jobs are women, racialized workers, migrants and newcomers.

Alisdair McLean is not looking for directions. The map marks off a three-kilometre radius around his Ottawa home. If his destination is in that circle, he leaves his car in the driveway and walks. 

In the face of a climate emergency, our approach to energy security today must be consistent with a responsible approach to climate change and the need to reduce our carbon emissions.

Now, the question is whether his bet on the social media company will pay off for him — and what it will mean for the rest of us, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

Web3 has the potential to disrupt existing institutions because it can accelerate change more quickly, creating new models rather than working through existing layers of process and governance.