Doug Ford

Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

Ontario leaders — old and current — were pinned in the crossfire of Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer's battle on Monday, September 23, 2019, for the vote-rich province that's the gateway to federal victory.

The Canadian political landscape looks vastly different from the sunny ways that brought Justin Trudeau to power. In case you forgot them, here are the highlights of the last four years.

There was momentum, and then it was gone. In an exclusive interview with National Observer, the environment and climate change minister defends her record despite recent electoral gains by the right.

Stickers are the new frontline of Canada's battle over carbon pricing. As the Doug Ford governments mandatory anti-carbon tax stickers go up on Ontario gas pumps Friday, a grassroots campaign is fighting back.

The Ontario government has joined Saskatchewan in challenging the federal government's price on pollution in the highest court in the country.

Doug Ford says the fate of Ontario's carbon tax court challenge will be decided after the federal election, raising the possibility that his government could end up abandoning the legal action.

The Ford government is trying to stop the release of letters outlining the premier's expectations for each of his ministers. These letters are usually made public.

National Observer has learned that the Ford government has ordered the organizations that protect Ontario's watershed to shut down programs that don't relate to their "core mandate," without consultation or notice about what this mandate is.

But the question of how to fix it has revived a longstanding debate over what cutting red tape means for the environment

The government's support of petroleum, which mostly comes in the form of industrial tax breaks amounting to nearly $700 million, locks Ontarians into relying on dirty energy, according to the International Institute of Sustainable Development.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says British Columbia will play an important role in the upcoming federal race as a province led by a progressive government when so many others have swung to the right.

In a conversation with National Observer about how Legal Aid Ontario is managing the 30 per cent decrease in its budget by the province ⁠— and blowback the cuts to services have brought ⁠— CEO David Field said the agency was forced to make many ‘hard decisions.’

Ontario's premier says he believes Boris Johnson will do a "great job" as Britain's next prime minister.

Ontario's premier used to give out his cellphone number, but has disconnected it after the line was flooded with automated calls.