politics

Nations resumed talks on tackling global warming Monday with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a dangerous increase in temperatures, as the United Nations' top climate official called for deep cuts in fossil fuel use.

In 2020, Jean Charest filed a lawsuit against Quebec's anti-corruption police and the province's attorney general after details were made public in 2017 regarding an investigation into alleged illegal Liberal party financing during his tenure.

There’s a different kind of vitriol that gets directed at women in public life right now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Winnipeg Free Press columnist Tom Brodbeck looks at how the Conservative leader’s rhetoric is paving a more dangerous road, one that fuels extremist views and intolerance.

Pierre Poilievre has been starting political fires all across the country over the last year, columnist Max Fawcett writes.

For all of its noisy talk about oil and gas, the Alberta government has been curiously quiet about the success of its solar energy industry, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

A B.C. organization partially funded by Lululemon founder and billionaire Chip Wilson and closely linked to some of Canada's most prominent right-wing populist Facebook groups has been fined for violating electoral laws, Elections BC has announced.

You don’t have to squint too hard to see the parallels between former U.S. president Donald Trump and newly crowned Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Leveraging divisive, polarizing issues has catapulted Pierre Poilievre into position as front-runner in the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership race, says one political scientist.

The photo with Jeremy MacKenzie wasn’t Pierre Poilievre’s first exposure to the Diagolon movement, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

While the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act has the potential to impact Canada’s economy in many ways, three key opportunities stand out: automobiles, batteries and construction materials. 

Climate activist Anjali Appadurai on Monday formally announced her bid to run against David Eby, B.C.'s former attorney general and housing minister, in a race to become the province's next premier.

The numbers say it all: Too many smuggled guns are ending up on our streets.

If we want to ensure that our elected bodies look like the public they’re created to serve, we need to stop punishing the people in them for having private lives that include children and families, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The most glaring omission on the federal NDP's priority list is the absence of a declared position on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.