Between right and wrong, vaccinated and unvaccinated — is our humanity
It’s our job as Canadians to ask the person most different from us: What is it that I do not know?
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On Canada’s precarious climate politics
It should come as no surprise that politics have played an outsized role in polarizing key energy and climate issues.
The urgent need to cap oil and gas sector emissions: Seth Klein’s testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources
"We pride ourselves on being climate leaders, yet we have been highly resistant to tackling our role as global producers of fossil fuels," writes Seth Klein.
With police unable or unwilling to end protests, Ottawa residents have been left to fend for themselves
During this pandemic, the phrase “We’re on our own” is not a sentiment that immediately mobilizes solidarity, putting it in stark contrast to the message, “We’re all in this together.”
We can’t surrender to COVID. Why ‘back to normal’ is a dangerous fantasy
One-third of the population seems to be driving the public discourse right now, making policy in provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Healing Canada’s social infrastructure
How can every Canadian play their part in the co-creation of the social infrastructure of tomorrow so that no one is left behind?
Meditation won’t fix environmental, public health problems
Leading environmental and health groups in Canada are calling on all federal parties to prioritize CEPA modernization in this session of Parliament and to pass a strengthened bill before the end of the year.
No, anti-vaxxers — your freedoms aren’t in jeopardy
This convoy and the blockades that it has inspired begs a crucial question: In what way are Canadians not free right now? asks columnist Max Fawcett.
The ‘freedom convoy’ shows why we need a long-term climate plan
If we can’t handle even two years of what has been an inconvenience caused by the pandemic, how are we going to handle the even bigger changes we need to make to transition our economy to renewable energies and systems?
We’re wrecking a key defence against climate change. It will come back to haunt us
Life-sustaining ecosystems are disappearing very quickly due to urbanization and land-use practices.
The police are defunding themselves
With policing costs chewing up nearly 10 per cent of the city’s overall budget, Ottawa residents have a right to ask what they’re getting for their money — and why police funding keeps going up, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
To save our food supply, we need all the prime farmland we can get
The market for Canadian food will grow, and Canadian farmland will increasingly become a global oasis. It is our reasonable service to protect it.
Justin Trudeau needs his own ‘just watch me’ moment
With the right message and the right leadership, the occupation of Ottawa can end, writes columnist Max Fawcett. And when it’s over, we need to take full stock of who was really behind it — and what they wanted to achieve.
Climate breakdown is here. We’ve got to start living like it
Our personal choices will determine how fast we achieve net-zero emissions.
