Demolishing Doug Ford
If New Democrats and Liberals want to avoid splitting the progressive vote and handing Ford another four years in office, they need to do something now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion
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Canada can and must do better on sustainable finance
Our country has all the necessary ingredients to excel in this challenge, write Andy Chisholm and Sean Cleary.
Racism comes with a price for all
Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair examines how racism isn’t just costing taxpayers more, but costing people their lives.
Jason Kenney’s referendum to nowhere
If the Alberta premier shows up to the next Council of the Federation demanding changes to the Constitution, he’s going to get laughed out of the room by the other premiers, writes columnistMax Fawcett.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month deserves action, not ‘blah, blah blah’
Improved science communications are needed on the role of environmental and workplace hazards in breast cancer causation, writes Jane McArthur.
Don’t ‘bothsides’ the just transition
Big Oil seems to be framing climate change as something worthy of debate, rather than what it clearly is: a scientific imperative to take action, writes 350 Canada's Cameron Fenton.
Conservatives can’t kick their addiction to opposing carbon taxes
One thing is increasingly clear: while trash-talking the federal carbon tax may still play well within the Conservative family, it is increasingly toxic to the rest of the country, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Confessions of an optimistic Green
As rookie and returning MPs get ready for a new Parliament, federal Green Party member Ralph Martin expresses optimism despite his party's disappointing election results.
Fast fashion is cheap, but our environment is paying the price
I love fashion, but this overconsumption has to stop for the sake of our planet and for the sake of thousands of species, writes Ashley Stefureak.
Remember their names, tell their stories
Winnipeg’s streets are haunted by memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Is Jason Kenney Canada’s worst premier ever?
The death toll from a self-inflicted fourth wave along with the thousands of postponed surgeries and medical procedures will be his ultimate political legacy in Alberta, says columnist Max Fawcett.
Climate change and Ontario’s last-century energy policies
It’s time for Ontario’s government to realize that the year is 2021, not 1950, writes Bruce F. Nagy.
Mark Carney needs to raise the bar on climate action for financial institutions
More than 90 climate justice organizations have delivered a letter, including ads in major global newspapers, calling on former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England Mark Carney to push banks harder to abandon their fossil fuel investments.
Canadian tech can help in the battle against greenhouse gases. Trudeau needs to act now
It’s time to roll up the sleeves and start putting words into action when it comes to creating jobs and reducing carbon emissions via new technologies, writes dynaCERT president and CEO James Murray Payne.
Cruelty vs. cultural respect in Canada’s colonial courts
While heavily impacted First Nations have been continuously opposing TMX on their never-surrendered lands, courts have been using “injunctions” as tools for stopping protests.
