Max Fawcett is the former editor of Alberta Oil and Vancouver magazines. His work has been published in the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, The Walrus and CBC. He lives in Calgary.
Maybe the most fanciful part of CAPP’s platform is its belief that Canada should ramp up its LNG exports to Asia and actually get credit for the emissions reductions associated with the switch from coal to natural gas, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
If Canadian voters genuinely care about climate change, they’ll do themselves a favour and put O’Toole’s plan in the trash can — before he gets a chance to do it himself, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
While Erin O’Toole has tried to present a positive and policy-oriented face to Canadians during this election campaign, he is stewarding a party that still boils with hatred for his opponent, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
With numerous polls now showing the Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, an election campaign that was supposed to be smooth sailing for the governing party has now gotten deadly serious, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
As a country that asked those people to stand beside us, whether as translators or as soldiers, we owe them an enormous debt that must be repaid, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
If Erin O'Toole's Conservatives want to actually win an election, they’ll have to start taking things like the “she-cession” more seriously, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Until both sides are willing to spend more time talking about the merits of their own ideas rather than dunking on their opponents, Canadians aren’t going to get the kind of political conversations they need — and deserve, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
