Opinion

In the absence of some way to end the conflict in Ukraine or magically clear up global supply chain issues, the government is left to manage a crisis it can’t really control, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

In dealing with the climate crisis, parents must shift beyond the gloom and doom and nurture in our children a mindset and a skill set that focuses on hope and opportunity. 

"While I was decorating my locker, politicians were locking in heat domes and atmospheric rivers," says Emily Kelsall, who spent a year on and off in a treesit protesting the TMX pipeline project.

Pierre Poilievre's embrace of cryptocurrency looks foolish as its value tanks. But that likely won't cost him support in the CPC leadership race, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

It’s clear that decisions about Enbridge's Line 5 are not made in a vacuum. They have been heavily influenced by external lobbying efforts.

Without a beneficial ownership registry that is publicly accessible, it is difficult to know if a company representative is a tax dodger, a drug trafficker or a recently sanctioned Russian oligarch.

The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contracted COVID-19 — again — should serve as a reminder that the virus isn’t done with us, even if a growing percentage of the population has decided they’re done with it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The old-growth forests of B.C. are the cooling systems, air filters and oxygen supply for Vancouver Island and the mainland. So why are governments still allowing ancient trees to be felled?

For those concerned about animal welfare, facilities like Porgreg red-flag the negligence of government agencies tasked with ensuring farmers meet the physical and emotional needs of their animals.

Indigenous studies have matured into powerful mechanisms for ensuring a level of societal knowledge and practice for Indigenous graduates that is unprecedented since colonization.

Canadians should be paying particularly close attention to the Jan. 6 committee hearings taking place in Washington, D.C., writes columnist Max Fawcett.

We need a larger focus on policies and initiatives that place persons with disabilities in jobs, help them afford post-secondary education, connect them with affordable housing and support them if they are struggling.

The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is what it looks like when we privatize the profits and socialize the risk of energy production.

The only people who seem to oppose this long-overdue change in drug strategy are the ones who keep talking about how much they love freedom and liberty.

The experience of national non-profit organization Generation Squeeze in the Ontario election underscores why anemic turnout should reinvigorate debate about a bill pushed through Ontario’s legislature in June 2021 limiting what’s called “third-party advertising.”