Opinion

The endless debate over the carbon tax is missing the forest for the trees — and distracting us from the more important conversation we need to have about the CPC's do-nothing attitude towards climate change.

Imagine paddling a canoe against the current or riding your bike against the wind. That’s climate action without carbon pricing.

The federal government has brought to bear an impressive suite of climate measures but rather than wielding all this hard and noble work like the political sword it should be, our Liberal leaders are parrying attack after attack from the Opposition.

As president of Armour Valve, Liz McBeth led the company to recognize it exists to enable an energy and industrial landscape that ensures prosperity for future generations and the planet.   

Justin Trudeau came to Vancouver to announce a "renters bill of rights" and other pro-affordability measures. But the details are decidedly underwhelming — and might just end up adding insult to the considerable injuries renters have endured.

We have been too tolerant for too long of deviant behaviour by elected officials who ignore climate change science.

An internal report from the RCMP flagged a bunch of key risks facing Canada, from climate change to misinformation and paranoid populism. But we won't be able to address any of them if the right continues to trade in deceit and doom-mongering.

As we transition to an electricity-based energy system, the demand for batteries will grow exponentially, but we will also reach a point where recycled battery minerals are the preferred choice of battery manufacturers.

Though not the only measure necessary, facilitating equitable Indigenous participation for new energy investments is fundamental to advancing economic reconciliation.

Pierre Poilievre's pledge to crack down on housing gatekeepers has proven to be little more than empty talk. Ironically, it's been Doug Ford and other Conservative politicians — the real housing gatekeepers — who have done the proving here.

The planet's dire context is mostly absent from the Canadian carbon pricing debate.

Finnegan Brown, 16, uses art and political action to protect our climate. A high school student from Sooke, B.C., Brown received a 2023 I-SEA Youth Climate Activism Award. 

Solving the problem of who pays for climate mitigation is crucial to setting up a workable emissions reduction plan for Canada.

Using uncertainty about the ecological and climate crisis as an excuse to wait and see is bad for business, bad for farming and bad for human health.

Removing most homeowners’ eligibility from a new energy-efficient grants program is a step backwards and out of sync with Canadians’ affordability concerns.