If the country is serious about race, Canadians would connect the dots and ask hard questions of our top leaders: we would ask when they acknowledged racism, if they understand racism — and if they don't, why they believe they are best suited to help all the communities in this country. 

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.

A Statistics Canada report’s central finding — that First Nations people die by suicide at three times the rate of non-Indigenous Canadians, Inuit at nine times the rate, and Métis at two times — illustrates a crisis but is not likely to surprise those familiar with previous statistics. For those unfamiliar, it puts Inuit among the people with the highest rates of suicide anywhere in the world.

To avoid a climate crisis we'll need to quickly switch to cleaner vehicles. Here's a look at which kinds are clean enough to meet climate goals ⁠— and which aren't.