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We need a new environmental protection law for a new century, and there have been many substantive recommendations from Canadians, environmental groups, industry and parliamentarians, writes Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Now is the time to get the job done.
"The refusal of large numbers of people to trade long-term benefits for short-term conveniences doesn’t augur well for our shared future," writes columnist Max Fawcett.
"Jason Kenney, who understands how Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms works better than most, now has to exemplify one of its most important sections," writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Given the rapidly escalating climate crisis, it comes as little surprise that some shareholders have proposed a resolution urging RBC to implement time-bound greenhouse gas reduction targets, writes fossil fuel divestment organizer Evelyn Austin.
By ceding the climate ground to Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and the NDP are allowing him to wrongly define what climate action looks like, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Rarely has Jason Kenney's government been more explicit in its back-to-the-future approach to governing than with its new proposed K-6 curriculum, which takes the government’s atavistic approach to a whole different level, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Martin Hellman and Vinton Cerf may disagree on how to view the issue, but both conclude that the risk of a nuclear war is unacceptably high and risk reduction measures are urgently needed.
