Opinion

The provincial campaign is being fought over many issues, but climate change is the elephant in the room.

David Johnston delivered a serious and sober-minded report on foreign interference in Canada's democracy, one that almost immediately fell on deaf ears. Now, the government's in an even deeper hole — one it keeps digging for itself, columnist Max Fawcett writes.

Candidates in Alberta's election must understand how the climate crisis is effecting the mental health of young people.

A new study from Generation Squeeze finds environmental considerations are more or less absent on the campaign trail for the May 29 provincial election.

Danielle Smith's history of ill-advised and outright offensive comments hasn't sunk her campaign — just like Donald Trump. Are Albertans really willing to sign up for four more years of that? asks columnist Max Fawcett.

Climate-driven illness is increasing the strain on our overburdened health-care system and it is a direct threat to life.

There's not much hope for Alberta to fix its broken generational system this election, write Paul Kershaw and Andrea Long of Generation Squeeze, but the next government could start by naming a minister responsible for intergenerational fairness.

We all know there's a huge price tag attached to climate change, and economic costs associated with slow-walking our response to it. So why do some economists keep pretending otherwise?

No one is above the law and lying to get warrants amounts to grossly violating civil liberties. Unfortunately, that’s a charge CSIS has long been familiar with.

Max Fawcett talks with a Bitcoin enthusiast about government overreach when it comes to finances, the Ottawa occupation and the seizing of bank accounts.

Serena Mendizabal, a Wolf Clan member of the Cayuga Nation in Six Nations, is ensuring any development on the area known as the Haldimand Tract, comprising six miles on each side of the Grand River, occurs only with the consent of chiefs and clan mothers.

Alongside the calls from First Nations communities have been the calls from physicians. They, too, see the effects of environmental racism, including for their patients.

The emergencies the RCMP's Community-Industry Response Group manages have been primarily the enforcement of corporate injunctions against Indigenous people and environmental activists at extractive sites.

During the provincial election, Albertans should demand candidates running for office promote policies to protect the environment.

As I write, places in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan hold 17 of the top 50 spots on the list of world cities with the worst air pollution.