Opinion

I am best represented by the NDP, but as an Indigenous person the more pressing question is always how I will be ruled

My generation and I are looking for leaders who have the courage to do what it takes to face the climate emergency, writes 16-year-old Vijay Tupper.

If there has to be another election in the next few years, let’s hope it’s one that’s defined by some new faces — and new voices, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

How do the party platforms in the federal election measure up when it comes to battling the climate crisis?

For almost as long as the government has been spending money to help Canadians weather the pandemic, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has been warning about the dangers of that spending, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

What the federal government does (or doesn’t do) is not the sole determinant of emissions in our federation. It’s a shared responsibility with provinces, writes Dan Woynillowicz.

As we enter the final days of this election, is it my strong conviction that any convincing climate plan must also be tied to a compelling plan to tackle inequality and enhance tax fairness, writes Seth Klein.

Annamie Paul will almost certainly go down to defeat on Sept. 20, and she will probably be joined by all but one of her party’s candidates. But in a way, the 2021 election will be the Green Party of Canada’s biggest victory yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Goodbye, "best summer ever" — Jason Kenney has led Alberta straight into the fall from hell, columnist Max Fawcett writes.

"If there's one lesson we should have learned as a nation these last two years, it's the indispensable role of government."

If this sort of sympathetic coverage of Maxime Bernier and his PPC seems familiar, that’s because it should, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

It's our responsibility to make sure teachers are equipped to teach the truth and acknowledge the important role schools play in reconciliation, write Linda Isaac and John Estabillo.

One fossil fuel has remained mostly out of the spotlight so far, writes family physician Dr. Melissa Lem, unacknowledged by three of the five major parties’ platforms: thermal coal.

Government directly controls only a small part of our national emissions, and even large government subsidies to households and firms are repeatedly shown by leading researchers to have but a small effect, writes Mark Jaccard.

What sort of political movement will it take to get our representatives closer to what scientists say is needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change, asks Aaron Myran, co-founder and executive director of Future Majority.