Opinion

You can help tip the balance and ensure that Canada's political debates are based less on corporate PR spin and more on facts.

Is the phasing-put of the largest selling "bee-killing" insecticide in Canada actually a victory for science and the environment, or a well-worn strategy to swell corporate coffers?

Canada should re-engage with the "Responsibility to Protect" initiative that it helped shape, increasing state accountability for preventing humanitarian atrocities.

So, first things first: did this budget help move the climate deal from a plan to a reality? The short answer is yes, but not immediately.

BC NDP MLA David Eby isn't alone in thinking that the province's ruling party, the BC Liberals, are banking on a constituency that is clueless about the influence of big gas and oil money in politics.

Supreme Court ruling could set a territorial and even national precedent in the interpretation of agreements between First Nations and other governments.

The problem remains: how do we ensure that high-integrity scientific truths genuinely inform public policy?

Some of these Conservative candidates have used it all to pry open a treacherous Pandora’s Box of evil.

Truth and/or Reconciliation: audience co-authors Theatre for Living psychodrama and Itsazoo dramatization of Vancouver Observer investigative series.

Why should you care that in the resource-rich province of British Columbia, giant corporations seem to have more influence over government decisions than the voices of its residents?

The spirit of Standing Rock spreads as people on both sides of the Canada-US border refuse to let attacks on indigenous people for the sake of oil profits go unnoticed.

By focusing on the Islamophobia part, critics have lost the inclusive spirit of the proposal, known in Ottawa as Motion-103.

Community voices are drowned out by decibels of oil and gas lobbying and piles of industry cash

Canada already has one of the world’s cleanest electricity sectors, generating 80 per cent of its power from non-emitting sources, but there is always room for improvement.

The federal government's 'Working Group of Ministers' to review all federal laws and policies as they relate to indigenous peoples is doomed to failure, says Jenn Jefferys.