Opinion

While it's great to see Donald Trump go, don't expect too much change when president-elect Joe Biden takes the reins, writes Andrea Reimer.

As a figure unblemished by shame or reflection, Donald Trump perfectly embodies a pre-pubescent ideal of manhood as unrestrained dominance. That he stands today unrivaled as the ultimate Proud Boy icon is entirely fitting, because Trump is childish to his core. 

The host of Democracy Now! stated United States’ staggering pandemic numbers can be attributed to Trump’s “complete incompetence and malevolence.”

It’s time for TransLink and Metro Vancouver to connect city residents to nature through public transit, writes Charlotte Liu.

The logging industry continues to cut faster than Canada's managed forests can keep up with. The resulting flood of CO2 is a rapidly growing climate threat, Barry Saxifrage writes, and Ottawa needs new climate policies to rein it in.

Energy and natural resources employers, educational institutions and other stakeholders across the country have actively taken up green jobs programs to benefit from the skills and perspectives of young workers, and to develop Canada’s next-generation green skills pipeline.

Relying on fossil fuels has run its course. Canada and the world must carve a new path forward for the sake of our economy, health and climate, Tzeporah Berman writes.

Contrasting our election to the U.S. election campaign this past month, British Columbians live in a remarkably civil society, Andrea Reimer writes.

Federal leadership that prioritizes our future is critical, both in terms of our careers and the viability of our communities facing environmental crises, writes Brennan Strandberg-Salmon.

By suppressing all wildfires and incessantly burning fossil fuels, humans have upset the role that fire has historically played in providing ecological balance. We need to rethink our view of fire and accept its presence by changing how we manage lands and plan our communities.

Despite living in the information age, where technology and big data are pervasive, the U.S. election is a reminder of how much our world still operates on faith. 

In absolute terms, Joe Biden’s plan would be the largest fiscal stimulus package in U.S. history — and Canadians should welcome it.

Record temperatures are teaming up with record droughts to turn the Golden State into a tinderbox. Megafires have followed with increasing frequency and size.

B.C. can work with Indigenous governments on a comprehensive plan to protect the coast at a time when we need it most. We call this "a blueprint for the coast."

Protection for big trees must be improved, writes Jens Wieting — we need a change in forest management overall, not just for old-growth trees.