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Are NDP governments bad for the economy? As history shows, it's quite the opposite — and that's a story Rachel Notley's NDP needs to start telling before it's too late, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
In 2022, 22-year-old Ashoke Mohanraj was named one of Starfish Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 after writing a best-selling children’s book, Pollinator Man, aimed at helping children become more engaged with their role in defending our planet.
Are Canada's new passports a modest technological improvement or a Trojan horse intended to undermine Canada's values and erase its history? Welcome to the latest (and dumbest) front in our ever-expanding culture war, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
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When I make space for some reflection time this Mother’s Day, I’ll also be thinking about climate actions such as recycling, composting and reducing my carbon footprint as part of my role as a parent.
In the 2012 provincial election, it was the outrageous comments from a Wildrose candidate (and Danielle Smith's refusal to condemn them) that cost her the election. This time, she might want to look in the mirror, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
It can leverage its membership in the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and stop investing in the oil and gas companies that are putting our pensions and our climate at risk.
To be like Norway, Canadian pension and public investment funds should set targets and transition plans for their portfolio companies to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 by reducing their Scope 1, Scope 2 and material Scope 3 emissions and divesting and excluding the same companies from their portfolios.
