Re-engaging with the Responsibility to Protect
Canada should re-engage with the "Responsibility to Protect" initiative that it helped shape, increasing state accountability for preventing humanitarian atrocities.
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Despite Trump, Canada’s budget stays the course on climate change
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.
David Eby slams Premier Christy Clark over political donation scandal
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.
They're on the decades-long road to protect an unspoiled northern watershed from industry
Supreme Court ruling could set a territorial and even national precedent in the interpretation of agreements between First Nations and other governments.
Bridging the divide: why universities and governments need stronger partnerships
The problem remains: how do we ensure that high-integrity scientific truths genuinely inform public policy?
PANDERER'S BOX: How Conservative leadership candidates drive hate
Some of these Conservative candidates have used it all to pry open a treacherous Pandora’s Box of evil.
Two plays at the crossroads of indigenous rights and climate justice
Truth and/or Reconciliation: audience co-authors Theatre for Living psychodrama and Itsazoo dramatization of Vancouver Observer investigative series.
What happens in B.C. doesn't stay in B.C.
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 winds of resistance are spreading across America
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.
You know there’s a problem when you get 50,000 anti-Muslim emails in your inbox
By focusing on the Islamophobia part, critics have lost the inclusive spirit of the proposal, known in Ottawa as Motion-103.
The sheer scale of fossil fuel influence is shocking to us, even by Wild West standards
Community voices are drowned out by decibels of oil and gas lobbying and piles of industry cash
Canadian senators have a plan to slash carbon pollution from your electricity
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.
Decolonizing law and policy needs more than Liberal lip service
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.
Connecting the dots on the human health impacts of coal power
It's time to distinguish substance from spin on the health risks of coal-fired plants, say doctors from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
