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Prepare yourself for grisly descriptions of how the body breaks down in overwhelming heat, predictions of prehistoric plagues springing back to life beneath melting permafrost, and the possibility of an economic collapse several times worse than the Great Depression.
Some voters had a lot of hope for the federal Liberals back in 2015. First of all, Justin Trudeau was not Stephen Harper. He also had a pile of platform promises that appealed to many Canadians. Confronting climate change was one of the big ones.
While their Islamophobic rhetoric isn’t new, the Coalition Avenir Québec is government now. What they promise to do should concern all Quebecers who cherish free expression, writes Nora Loreto.
The United Nations anti-racism committee is making it difficult for the federal and provincial governments to hide behind a court decision allowing continued construction of the Site C dam.
The CleanBC plan signified the start of a years-long, provincewide marathon. Here are three major checkpoints we’ll be keeping a close eye on until the end of 2019.
Among the reforms Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford has touted was shelving the Pay Transparency Act, brought in by Kathleen Wynne's former Liberal government and approved in the legislature. An NDP legislator examines the implications.
As a woman in politics, breaking glass ceilings isn’t even half the battle. All the shards left behind by that broken glass ceiling can be just another arsenal for those who already had plenty of weapons to keep us out of power.
Poverty and climate change are perhaps the most significant challenges to the sustainability of Canadian diets. Does Canada's Food Guide address those issues? Trevor Rous tackles the question.
