Opinion

Danielle Smith loves to complain about federal overreach into Alberta's affairs. But as her onerous new municipal governance legislation shows, she has absolutely no qualms about doing it herself when it comes to cities like Calgary and Edmonton.

Canada is positioning itself as a global destination for critical mineral extraction. Are we willing to destroy caribou herds and trample on Indigenous rights to do it?

In B.C., Indigenous Peoples are expected to move seamlessly between two worlds and two sets of laws — sacred law and colonial law. When these are in conflict, they are asked to abandon one for the other.

The shift is meant to address the growing intergenerational inequalities and injustices that are clearly weighing on the Liberals’ poll numbers and popularity.

There's a need to tackle Yukon's opioid crisis — and the answer may be in residents' toilets.

Though the Canadian government has begun working domestically to address plastic pollution, we need it to lead by example.

Fifteen-year-old Anna Brozek is teaching business leaders about sustainability. Starfish Canada named this Fall River, Nova Scotia student one of 2023’s Top 25 Environmentalists under 25 for her Planet in Mind website.

Experts suggest commercial poultry, especially factory-farmed and crowded in barns, is one culprit behind the rapid spread of avian flu. But one response by the Canadian government is to compensate farmers — paying the industry millions for bird slaughters — without requiring improved biosecurity against potential pathogens. Perhaps we should question this approach. 

The inconvenient truth remains: plastic production is not only ongoing but expanding, fuelled by government subsidies.

Perhaps some relief for climate anxiety can be found by imagining what the world would look like if we embraced these climate-friendly measures — in 2029.

The link between human rights, human health and an unhealthy planet is clear to us as physicians. The federal government must also make these connections.

Micro and nanoplastics are implicated in health deficits and disorders, including heart attacks and Parkinson’s disease.

Young voters are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore. Those trying to pander to them — or worse, using them as stalking horses for their own priorities — would do well to remember that.

Recycling alone will not eliminate plastic waste. We must trace the life cycle of plastics to create a circular plastics economy. 

According to researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the climate crisis will cause $38 trillion in annual losses to the global economy by 2049.