Opinion

While oil company executives may be able to fill their pockets right now, Alberta ought to use this last boom to repay the environmental debts their companies have racked up over the years, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Columnist Seth Klein takes a look at what it means to occupy a pivotal cabinet post in a time of emergency.

Once again, we are staring down the clock on climate accountability legislation, writes Anjali Helferty, executive director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

The quest to improve Canada's climate accountability bill revealed deep and widespread climate concern, with some collegial collaboration, writes engineer and Leadnow volunteer Ian Theaker.

To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, writes columnist Max Fawcett, this is how the public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns ends: not with a bang but with a whimper.

The pandemic has reinforced the need for governments, investors and corporate leaders to direct capital more effectively at enterprises that offer solutions to combating the climate crisis, writes Martin Grosskopf, vice-president and portfolio manager at AGF Investments Inc.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has consistently shown his contempt for the rule of law, starting with his first piece of legislation in 2018, writes Dianne Saxe, deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario.

Of all the ideas Alberta has attempted to export to the rest of the country, there might not be a worse one than holding one-off elections for an unelected Senate, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

Reconciliation is a long road that starts by moving past shock and outrage to authentic engagement, writes columnist Andrea Reimer. It starts with everyone listening to survivors.

A strong legislative and regulatory framework will be the backbone of Canada’s green transition, write UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd, Lisa Gue of the David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice Canada's Elaine MacDonald.

By normalizing the use of an extraordinary power like the notwithstanding clause, Ontario's Doug Ford government is setting the stage for future suspensions of charter rights by provincial legislatures, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

While Canadians generally support stronger climate targets, a whopping 85 per cent admit they have “no real idea” what Canada’s actual target is, writes Clean Energy Canada's Trevor Melanson.

Bill C-12 is a better bill today because of our efforts, write NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Taylor Bachrach. But let’s be clear: this isn’t the climate plan we would have written.

As pressure builds on oil and gas companies, some major players are making big climate pledges. We should weigh them with considerable skepticism, write professors Kathryn Harrison, Martin Olszynski and Patrick McCurdy.

Will a shareholder resolution at this week’s annual meeting push Thomson Reuters to act on human rights risks and send an important signal to its global peers?