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Canada is positioning itself as a global destination for critical mineral extraction. Are we willing to destroy caribou herds and trample on Indigenous rights to do it?
Danielle Smith loves to complain about federal overreach into Alberta's affairs. But as her onerous new municipal governance legislation shows, she has absolutely no qualms about doing it herself when it comes to cities like Calgary and Edmonton.
In B.C., Indigenous Peoples are expected to move seamlessly between two worlds and two sets of laws — sacred law and colonial law. When these are in conflict, they are asked to abandon one for the other.
The shift is meant to address the growing intergenerational inequalities and injustices that are clearly weighing on the Liberals’ poll numbers and popularity.
Fifteen-year-old Anna Brozek is teaching business leaders about sustainability. Starfish Canada named this Fall River, Nova Scotia student one of 2023’s Top 25 Environmentalists under 25 for her Planet in Mind website.
Experts suggest commercial poultry, especially factory-farmed and crowded in barns, is one culprit behind the rapid spread of avian flu. But one response by the Canadian government is to compensate farmers — paying the industry millions for bird slaughters — without requiring improved biosecurity against potential pathogens. Perhaps we should question this approach.
