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Opinion
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Jason Kenney has a Russia problem
The oil and gas industry Alberta Premier Jason Kenney holds up as ethical has some very unethical Russian money in it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Fugitive coal dust in the wind
Health risks come from chronic exposure to coal dust particles over many years.
Transitioning means divorcing ourselves from fossil fuel economics
Can our assumptions about economic growth and our attachment to the systems that drive it be adapted, and where necessary, dismantled and replaced to prevent our multiple crises from worsening?
Trumpism has arrived in Canada
Trumpism has corrupted Canada’s Conservatives and alienated any remaining moderates in their midst, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
A truly just transition could help tamp down right-wing rage
Think of the Just Transition Act as a vaccine against the rise of the far-right.
Bitcoin cashing in at nature’s expense
Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies offer a window into how a form of money is created and how it acquires value.
The New York Times is failing Canada
"Portraying the protest as an act of collective grieving rather than a bacchanal of vandalism and constitutional hooliganism was a choice," writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Now Canada's Conservative party looks like a farm team version of American Republicans. It's a good thing for Doug Ford
The Conservatives have turned themselves into a farm team version of American Republicans and in the process have made Premier Doug Ford look good by comparison.
Did we lose our kindness to COVID?
We are “group animals” and our progress demands we focus on ways to understand and mediate, rather than condemn one another.
Public services, not private donations, are the solution to disabled poverty
Canada needs a national income supplement that would stack on top of existing benefits rather than compromising other forms of support.
Canada was not prepared for an onslaught of disinformation
The convoy has made it clear that not only have we lost the war on disinformation, but we also didn't even know where to look.
Should the government kill the Trans Mountain pipeline project?
Last week, Trans Mountain announced the project will be an eye-watering $8.8 billion over its initial budget.
Your next car will be electric. Why did it take so long?
When future historians go looking for the moment when the electric vehicle revolution truly got underway, they might end up pinpointing last Sunday’s Super Bowl, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
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?
