Corporate price gouging. That’s the real problem
Higher food prices are becoming the new normal. One solution is for workers to bargain hard so their wages catch up.
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The NDP is getting outflanked — again
In 2015, it was Justin Trudeau's Liberals outflanking the NDP to its left. Now, it's Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives doing the same thing with blue-collar voters. Why it's time for the NDP to return the favour — and why they'll lose if they don't.
Merging good times with climate activism
Jose Reyeros sees his Latinx culture as a pathway to climate resilience. The 23-year-old University of British Columbia graduate is co-founder and leader of Ritmos Climáticos.
Past Tory leaders must disown today’s ‘Conservative’ Party
Canada needs a proper balance between centre-right and centre-left forces to reduce the scope for division and extremism.
Raffi on Barbie, patriarchy, and Taylor Swift
Recent blockbuster successes in film and pop music provide an opportunity to reconsider the P-word, patriarchy, and its ills.
A two-party system is no cure for Canada’s ailing democracy
Pierre Poilievre's politicizing of human rights issues to dangle them like red meat before the party’s base before an election signifies a new low in Canadian politics.
Canada continues to pretend it’s better than it really is
It’s lucky Canada isn’t a corporation or the Competition Bureau would have to investigate a series of our national governments. The Canadian government has been making overblown promises about reducing emissions for decades.
We need a law against lying in politics
A Welsh legislator has proposed a new law against lying in politics in his country. Ask yourself what's more outlandish: his idea or the extent to which we already tolerate lying in our political discourse?
LNG conference brings the wrong energy to B.C.
The shipping industry has been burning some of the dirtiest fuels available, acting as proxy waste incinerators for the world's refineries, unwilling to transition to cleaner fuels.
B.C.’s forestry laws protect industry over people
The province is in a biodiversity crisis with over 1,800 at-risk species.
Pierre Poilievre is coming for your charter rights
Pierre Poilievre has spent the last few years explaining how much he cares about protecting the freedom of Canadians. So why is he now promising to pre-emptively suspend their charter rights — and what would that mean for its future?
Our environmental laws aren’t working. It’s time to change them
An e-petition is asking Parliament to support the recognition of “ecocide” as a crime at the International Criminal Court.
The world needs less ‘cool,’ more climate-friendly
As the founder of Really Good Work, Drew Minns and his team design and implement online consumer experiences with the health of our planet front and centre.
The climate crisis isn’t a game, it’s our foreboding future
Despite all the signs that we need to be doing more, faster, the current political conversation around climate is to do much less: Remove the carbon tax, eliminate the clean electricity standard.
What’s the difference between greenwashing and lying?
As we watch greenwashers face legal challenges and massive fines, we will also see companies investing in genuinely sustainable products.
