Opinion

While Legault may claim that he's not a social conservative, his win is a sad testament to the fact that tribalism, fear mongering, and xenophobia were powerful motivators for a lot of people. And if not outright motivators, they were simply not enough of a deterrence for many people to abstain from voting for him, which is just as disconcerting

“Competitiveness” is the buzzword dominating formal hearings and lobbying behind the scenes for the federal budget, in the wake of President Donald Trump slashing U.S. corporate tax rates and amid turbulence in negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement. A researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives asks: Does it have to be a race to the bottom?

The bottom line is that the NEB is probably Canada’s most broken, distrusted regulator and yet Justin Trudeau is entrusting this body to rush a 22 week redo of the Trans Mountain pipeline review, with the expectation that somehow, some way, the result is going to be different, writes Cameron Fenton.

In Trump’s world, men are the real casualties of #MeToo.

In an opinion column, Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr touts the benefits of the year-old Canada-European Union trade agreement and vows "our government will not settle for any deal" with the United States.

Toronto police need to answer for their actions at demonstrations where far-right and anti-facist activists face off. It's not okay to protect one group and leave the other vulnerable.

The warning was meant to help North Carolina prepare its long, wide, low-lying coast for the kinds of severe occurrences that are becoming increasingly common as climate change ramps up. But developers and others complained the forecasts could hurt property values and increase insurance costs.

All in all, minimum-wage hikes don’t hurt our economy, they help more working Albertans share in the province’s prosperity.

Showing respect to a group that has been instrumental in shaping the Quebec of today is not pandering, or endangering the progress that’s been made in safeguarding the French language.

What's so harmful about giving oxygen to a redemption narrative? Former member of Parliament Laurin Liu lays it out, not a single punch pulled.

On Saturday, September 15, I woke up and made my way to the Ontario Legislature, determined to express my utter disgust with Bill 31.  A rare weekend sitting had been called to expedite the Bill’s passage. 

While all four engaged in some heated debates, the occasional jovial ribbing, and even managed to get some vital points across occasionally amid the cacophonous yelling, one would be hard pressed to see how anything that took place Thursday night would necessarily change the opinion of undecided voters. I suspect that all it did was validate the choices of those who have already decided which part

An informed discussion on asylum seekers requires debunking some myths, writes Bashir Mohamed.

Here lies the paradox: The fundamental objectives of our contemporary economic model — GDP growth and increased jobs — have become the primary policy goal of both government and private sector, but they do not align with the collective aspirations of Canadians at large.

Political controversies do more than just temporarily embarrass party leaders. Repeated controversies can have a serious, long-lasting impact on the trust voters place in a party and a leaders’ sense of judgment and the candidates they choose.