Opinion

Is it Carbon Tax Carney? Canapé Carney? Redistribution Carney? Right now, Canada's Conservatives can't even settle on a nickname for their likely opponent in the next federal election, much less a compelling argument against his candidacy.

Canada needs to continue its progress toward a more sustainable financial system.

There’s no sugarcoating it — Donald Trump’s first hours in office were the most vicious and comprehensive assault on climate action that we’ve ever seen. What still remains to be seen is how effective rule-by-Sharpie really is and what reaction it provokes.

Combine our own energy vulnerability with our economic reliance on fossil fuels and throw in a 25 per cent U.S. tariff threat, and what you get is the current national crisis.

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The United States president keeps threatening Canada's sovereignty. Could he unwittingly be lighting a nationalist spark under the entire country — and force us to start betting on ourselves?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Home Renovations Savings Program will not help those who need it the most.

Despite obstacles President Donald Trump puts in the way in the fight against climate change, the energy transition is underway and unstoppable.

Far from a response to Trump, Doug Ford's apparent plan to call an early election has been brewing for months. Rather than delivering stability, it will throw the country's biggest economy into uncertainty at a critical time.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has charted her own course during the negotiations with Donald Trump and his tariff threat against Canada. So far, it's leading the entire country towards disaster.

Canada needs to push back hard against Trump’s false characterization of the bilateral relationship. The U.S. doesn’t subsidize Canada. To the contrary, U.S. corporations exploit Canada.

A significantly narrowed field of candidates vying for the Liberal Party’s top job.

Thankfully, local governments, First Nations, and civil society are picking up some of the slack where they can. Toronto is fighting tooth and nail to keep its bike lanes in place against a hostile Ford government. Vancouver, after a brief flip-flop, stuck to its ban against natural gas heating in new residential buildings. First Nations are developing clean energy projects across the country, getting off diesel generators to reduce risk, clean the air and avoid emissions at the same time.

At 79, Mary Anne Pare prefers to think of retirement as “re-firement. She is very active in climate and reconciliation work, lives on Pender Island in the Salish Sea of British Columbia, and believes "hope isn't what we have, it's what we do." 

John Vaillant, author of the best-selling book Fire Weather, says the hotter our cities become, the more we must worry about fire. “I don’t expect downtown high rises to burn necessarily but houses are very susceptible to fire and things are much more precarious now.”