Opinion

One thing is increasingly clear: while trash-talking the federal carbon tax may still play well within the Conservative family, it is increasingly toxic to the rest of the country, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

As rookie and returning MPs get ready for a new Parliament, federal Green Party member Ralph Martin expresses optimism despite his party's disappointing election results.

I love fashion, but this overconsumption has to stop for the sake of our planet and for the sake of thousands of species, writes Ashley Stefureak.

It’s time for Ontario’s government to realize that the year is 2021, not 1950, writes Bruce F. Nagy.

Winnipeg’s streets are haunted by memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The death toll from a self-inflicted fourth wave along with the thousands of postponed surgeries and medical procedures will be his ultimate political legacy in Alberta, says columnist Max Fawcett.

More than 90 climate justice organizations have delivered a letter, including ads in major global newspapers, calling on former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England Mark Carney to push banks harder to abandon their fossil fuel investments.

It’s time to roll up the sleeves and start putting words into action when it comes to creating jobs and reducing carbon emissions via new technologies, writes dynaCERT president and CEO James Murray Payne.

While heavily impacted First Nations have been continuously opposing TMX on their never-surrendered lands, courts have been using “injunctions” as tools for stopping protests.

Even as we mourn the loss of life due to the climate crisis, we’re out hunting for more oil and gas, building more pipelines and fighting over carbon taxes, writes pediatrician and science writer Dr. Elaine Blacklock.

Now, with an election behind us and a federal government that has plenty of support on the climate file, it’s time for Canada to place a bet on the economy of the future — and get on with building it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

As a family, we have been at the receiving end of almost everything Canada did to First Nations people, and my mother saw it all, writes Robert Jago.

Finally, incidents of violence against gender-diverse and women tree-planters are being talked about publicly, writes researcher, writer, facilitator and policy consultant Jennie Long.

Eco-anxiety is on the rise and may be worse yet for teenagers and children. How will our mental health system, woefully underfunded as it is, be equipped to support those with worsening eco-anxiety in the coming years? asks Halena Seiferling.

It’s hard to believe anyone in the United Conservative Party could find a silver lining in their government’s disastrous mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, writes columnist Max Fawcett.