Opinion

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.”  

At a time when the public’s engagement with our democratic process is at a dangerously low ebb, mandatory voting can help restore faith in our political institutions and system, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Most people are looking for housing that is affordable, secure and part of a community. Co-operative housing fits this bill. 

Oil was seen as the province’s path to economic independence. Is that still the case?

To be fair to both Del Duca and Horwath, however, Ford was always going to be hard to beat.

Citing Natural Resources Canada, Pollution Probe’s Richard Carlson says an average household uses about 900 kilowatt hours of energy annually for drying clothes.

June 3 marks the anniversary of the 2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan. Where is the action?

Most of our controversy around gun ownership depends on a blizzard of American media tropes and myths, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

Beyond ensuring that judges and prosecutors have minimal training on Indigenous issues, much broader oversight and accountability measures are also evidently needed.

Ontario seems to have forgotten who Doug Ford was going into the pandemic, writes columnist Max Fawcett. That collective amnesia could propel him to election victory.

If we want our country to remain as safe as possible, we’re going to need to remember that American-style freedom comes with American-style costs.

Canada isn’t in any danger of embracing Hungarian-style fascism, but the manipulation of the media could easily serve as an inspiration for our conservatives, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

It is of critical concern that our next pandemic is being hastened by our use of animals susceptible to influenza, especially chickens and pigs.

Canada has hundreds of endangered species at risk of disappearing from our country and from our planet.

As we’ve seen through the Ontario election campaign, climate change and the environment are not being regarded as a top issue of concern for voters.