Analysis

David Suzuki, Catherine McKenna, Tzeporah Berman, Bruce Lourie, Graham Saul, Noam Chomsky on the fork in the road: a conversation series broadly agreed on some of the principles for post-pandemic Canada. Invest in green energy that can replace fossil fuels. Electrify the supply and distribution of power. Don’t subsidize or bail out big gas and oil companies.

At the beginning of 2020, voters were increasingly turning away from the Ontario government’s lack of climate action. But now, COVID-19 has changed everything. Could Doug Ford use a new burst of political goodwill to deliver a robust climate plan?

Critics have a long list of suggestions for Education Minister Stephen Lecce and the school boards charged with turning government policy into practice.