Canada can't afford to put the climate crisis on the back burner
The pandemic has presented an opportunity for Canada to become the climate leader it claims to be on the world stage.
Opinion
Published by Observer Media Group. The opinions expressed on this page are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of National Observer's editorial board.
As temperatures rise, Canada’s farmers face an uncertain future
As we plan for a rapidly warming climate, we must guard against the temptation to assume that in a cold country a warming climate might do a bit of good.
Torstar was sold — is that a good thing or really bad news?
Who are the Bitoves and Rivetts and what are their plans for Torstar?
Stephen Harper's power dissolves
From the wings, Stephen Harper may still control his chastened party, but Canadians have moved on.
Once we have a vaccine, how will we track who’s gotten it?
We need a digital vaccination scar for the 21st century — an effective system in place to identify those who are immunized.
Post-pandemic, we need to look at energy efficiency
Investing in energy efficiency post pandemic will deliver robust environmental and economic returns and stimulate job creation in the trades and manufacturing sector while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Better data will mean better COVID-19 employment recovery
Canada’s workforce needs more insightful data to navigate the transition to the post COVID-19 job market.
The new world order is disorder
Canadians are more likely to say the country is heading in the right direction than they were only a few months ago. But asked about the rest of the world, they see more going wrong than going right.
Loved ones in long-term care adrift in jurisdictional limboland
A nationwide, citizen-led petition proposing to protect people in in long-term care homes has now garnered 57,000-plus signatures.
Will we embrace the silver lining of COVID-19?
COVID-19 offers humanity a golden opportunity to restructure our relationship with our planet.
Canada needs to step up for women foreign activists at risk during COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is being used as a cover for the increased persecution of women human-rights defenders and adding to their already-heavy burden.
Provinces and municipalities are failing LGBTQ2+ communities
If we want real change for LGBTQ2+ communities, we need real action from our provincial and municipal governments.
The global pandemic can, and should, transform everything.
The coronavirus crisis boils down to a crisis of inequality and it has exposed the chronic underfunding of public health.
Post-pandemic, it is less about stimulus and more about a strategic sustainable recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic gives us an unprecedented opportunity for a sustainable economic recovery based on smart investments that fully leverage the value of our natural resources.
COVID-19: Chronology of the Long-Term Care Tragedy
There is no excuse for the deaths at long-term care and hospital facilities. It was a preventable tragedy. Even a cursory look online illustrates that we could have minimized the deaths in the two most at-risk segments of our population: seniors with serious illnesses, and the courageous front-line health workers who care for them.
