A third of Pakistan is under water. Sending aid won’t cut it, Canada
And the crisis is a direct result of the acceleration of climate change, writes Mahmuda Khan with Human Concern International.
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Danielle Smith’s stupid constitutional game could have a very special prize
This is the problem with playing stupid games: sometimes, you end up winning a really stupid prize. Columnist Max Fawcett weighs in.
Conservatives slam the carbon tax for adding to inflation, but fail to mention its rebates
The federal Conservatives promise to scrap the carbon tax and thereby make all our lives affordable again. It’s a cunning attempt to link inflation to the carbon tax, writes Rob Miller.
How girls can change the world — and why we must help them
Girls care deeply about political issues, from education, health, and poverty, to the environment and climate change, writes Lindsay Glassco.
It's not enough for Poilievre to condemn misogyny. He must also promise to tackle online harms
The Conservatives, including Poilievre, have largely painted any attempt at curbing or mitigating online harms as an exercise in state censorship of the internet.
Eva Kiefer helps fund a greener, cleaner world
As a co-founder and chief financial officer of investment firm Akira Impact, she is supporting ideas that are good for the planet and the people who live here.
Hurricane Danielle set to slam Alberta with Category 5 shitstorm
Smith has already announced plans to challenge the Canadian Constitution, disregard the courts that interpret it and wage a broader war on the health-care system that would even make Jason Kenney blush.
Trudeau’s fossil fuel failures — real and imagined
The Trudeau government is pushing the "Norway model" and greening our economy while raking in oil and gas revenue, writes Ross Belot.
Ontario’s privacy watchdog urges public institutions to show their commitments to transparency
Through an initiative called Transparency Challenge, Ontario's privacy watchdog, Patricia Kosseim, is calling on public institutions to share examples that promote openness.
Supply-side economics are killing Great Britain, but that won’t stop Canadian conservatives from pushing the same reforms
Old habits die hard, and few habits are older for conservatives than pushing tax cuts for the rich, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Jagmeet Singh must raise the price of co-operation
The NDP leader should make electoral reform a condition of the party’s participation in the supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals beyond a certain date, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Big Oil: We’re coming to collect
It’s time the industry that bears an immense burden of responsibility for the climate emergency is forced to pay its fair share, writes Avi Lewis.
Jodi-Ann Wang brings youth climate fears to the ears of G20 leaders
As a Canadian youth delegate to the G20, 24-year-old Jodi-Ann Wang brings the climate concerns of the country’s youth to world leaders.
B.C. continues to permit the destruction of old-growth forests
Old-growth deferrals are a legal tool to stop logging, providing time for First Nations and B.C. to uphold Indigenous title and rights.
Good jobs, not gambles, are what Canada’s workers deserve
Even in a hypothetical world where carbon capture and hydrogen can make production cleaner, writes Aliénor Rougeot with Environmental Defence, Canadian oil is so carbon-intensive, it would require huge amounts of money to make production net-zero.
