Calls to suspend the April 1 increase at best ignore the real causes of the affordability crisis, and at worst seek to win Canadians’ support via false solutions.
If changing the course of a major global industry seems out of reach, you might take heart from the students at Tvind high school in Jutland, Denmark, who built the world’s largest wind turbine in 1978.
What stands in the way of Canada meeting its climate targets? Some provinces, politicians and industries are trying to slow climate action under the dubious guise of addressing affordability.
Liberal MPs are holding three days of caucus meetings in Ottawa to plan for the return of the House of Commons, and to shore up party morale after months of polls that suggest as many as half of them would lose their seats if an election were held today.
Although medically vulnerable populations may always be among the most at risk during climate disasters, there is no need for the loss of life to be as great as it has.
Canada is lagging in decarbonizing and climate-proofing our health-care systems. That's why I'm leaving for a job at the National University of Singapore's School of Medicine.
