All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor’s edge between hope and despair, and the last few months (or years) have made it near impossible to keep one’s balance. But I would put the current predicament differently than saying it’s “too late.”

For years, the climate movement has been calling on the federal government to spend two per cent of GDP on climate infrastructure and action, to no avail. And yet, Canada’s military spending will hit two per cent of GDP this year, and will reach a stratospheric five per cent within 10 years.

With the NDP reduced to just seven MPs and losing official party status, many are suggesting that Canada may now be moving to a two-party system, much like our American neighbours. Not so fast. 

There has never been a more important and urgent time to support independent journalism. In an era when mainstream media is shrinking; when ascendant right-wing politicians around the world are doing everything they can to discredit genuine news organizations; when young voters increasingly get their “news” from social media, and that same social media is awash in misinformation and disinformation – that is precisely when independent media you can trust most needs our financial support.

Social solidarity requires fair taxation and shared sacrifice.

Tips for progressives wondering about strategic voting: Vote strategically, but do so wisely and attuned to your local context.

Canada's response to Donald Trump's economic attacks will require imagination and audacity. Canada can and should mobilize its own public institutions and Crown corporations to do the heavy lifting.

Carney’s climate plan, in particular, risks handing fodder to Poilievre while failing to captivate the climate-anxious voter.

Such an export tax would certainly face political challenges; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the oil and gas companies themselves will blow a gasket. But a strong case can be made that layering an export tax on oil and gas is a fair approach within the overall Canadian response.

Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate activists and organizations just spent untold hours over the last four months re-prosecuting a fight they had already won.