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Purging the Conservative Party of Canada’s tent of hate is going to be very difficult, given how long and hard people like Pierre Poilievre have worked to churn it up against any number of supposed enemies, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Last week, we learned Canada has crossed a terrible threshold: 50 per cent of all women in federal prisons are now Indigenous. Lawyer Corey Shefman asks: will this shameful reality continue to be ignored by politicians, policy-makers and the Canadian public?
Canada needs to help build an improved continental power grid with our American neighbours to avert the worst impacts of climate change, writes public policy analyst Philip Duguay.
Is the Conservative Party of Canada going to elect a wise person as their next leader, asks columnist Max Fawcett, or fall for Pierre Poilievre’s infomercial sales pitch?
As we argued before the Alberta court, the Impact Assessment Act is reasonable, justified and falls squarely within federal jurisdiction. The federal appeal has every chance of success in the Supreme Court.
The Alberta government is gambling the province's wildfire season will be short and mild — a gamble that puts homes, communities, industry and jobs at risk.
After years fighting a futile legal battle against the federal carbon tax, Jason Kenney’s UCP government has found another hill for its well-paid lawyers to die on, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Steven Del Duca's Liberals have established themselves as the clear threat to Doug Ford and they now have three weeks to run him down, writes columnist Max Fawcett. Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn
