The annexation playbook borrows from climate denial tactics
To defeat climate denial and 51st-statism, we need to show people how misinformation works.
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Pierre Poilievre can't escape Donald Trump
Recent polls show that voters don't trust Pierre Poilievre to deal with Donald Trump. His willingness to take Trump — a known and notorious liar — at his word probably won't help there.
Clean electrification is the nation-building project we need
We should avoid knee-jerk investments we’ll regret, including taxpayer-backstopped pipelines that risk becoming stranded assets not long after coming online.
Conservatives just can’t quit the carbon tax
Pierre Poilievre has pledged over and over to "axe" the carbon tax. He probably never imagined someone else would do it for him.
Wandering and learning about Canada's wild spaces
Graeme Hopkins is passionate about immersing young people in nature. This 20-year-old from Saskatchewan takes groups of youth, aged 13 to 18, into wild spaces in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The PBO is making itself political by refusing to see the obvious
The Parliamentary Budget Officer's latest report on federal climate policy has, once again, only served to muddy the water — and empower those who want to undermine it.
A ray of British sunshine pierces the climate doom
The U.K.’s planet-heating emissions are now the lowest since 1872. That’s not a typo — we’re looking back to a time when Queen Victoria was on the throne, in the place where coal furnaces had fired the industrial revolution.
Wake Up, Canada: Trump’s tariffs are a Trojan horse
Donald Trump’s tariffs are about dominance, not trade.
Pierre Poilievre might have punched himself out
After two years of throwing haymaker after haymaker, Poilievre suddenly finds himself pouring political sweat.
Nurses make a plea for no new LNG development
We write as members of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment to urge our leaders to take no shortcuts in health risk assessments of new LNG projects.
Doug Ford's risky trade game with Trump
If Ford and Leblanc meet Lutnick and convince him to get Trump to drop, or even reduce, any of the proposed U.S. tariffs, then the premier will have secured a genuine victory for workers, consumers, and industries on both sides of the border.
Donald Trump doubles down on his dumb tariffs
If there was a Nobel Prize for dumb ideas, Trump’s trade war would be a lock for it.
Ontario, please purchase the lowest-cost electricity
Ontario must embrace solar energy to lower costs for consumers and businesses and enhance energy independence.
As U.S. tariffs loom, Canada should use AI to fight back
Canada has a clear opportunity to use its deep scientific and research capabilities to transform its innovation system to be less dependent on the U.S.
Danielle Smith is auditioning for Team America
Danielle Smith still seems to think that the trade war with Donald Trump is really about border security. How long until she figures out what's really going on?