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Of all the ideas Alberta has attempted to export to the rest of the country, there might not be a worse one than holding one-off elections for an unelected Senate, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Reconciliation is a long road that starts by moving past shock and outrage to authentic engagement, writes columnist Andrea Reimer. It starts with everyone listening to survivors.
A strong legislative and regulatory framework will be the backbone of Canada’s green transition, write UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd, Lisa Gue of the David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice Canada's Elaine MacDonald.
By normalizing the use of an extraordinary power like the notwithstanding clause, Ontario's Doug Ford government is setting the stage for future suspensions of charter rights by provincial legislatures, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
While Canadians generally support stronger climate targets, a whopping 85 per cent admit they have “no real idea” what Canada’s actual target is, writes Clean Energy Canada's Trevor Melanson.
Bill C-12 is a better bill today because of our efforts, write NDP MPs Laurel Collins and Taylor Bachrach. But let’s be clear: this isn’t the climate plan we would have written.
As pressure builds on oil and gas companies, some major players are making big climate pledges. We should weigh them with considerable skepticism, write professors Kathryn Harrison, Martin Olszynski and Patrick McCurdy.
Will a shareholder resolution at this week’s annual meeting push Thomson Reuters to act on human rights risks and send an important signal to its global peers?
The BC NDP's approach to protecting old-growth forests is unsettlingly reminiscent of the failed approaches to the management of past provincial governments, write Shauna Doll and Chris Genovali of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation.
Canada needs more conservatives who are willing to stand up to anti-Muslim rhetoric from within their own parties — and it needs them right now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
