Analysis

In recent weeks and months, yellow vest demonstrations across Canada have frequently attracted far-right extremists and hate groups through their Facebook groups. As Canada's federal election fast approaches ⁠— with all the fierce rhetoric that the campaign is sure to elicit ⁠— real-world consequences, which are already in evidence, could quickly pile up.

In the hours after the tragic mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, far-right social media users turned a three-day old hoax into a full-blown disinformation campaign targeting antifascist activists.

Twitter users responded to the revelation that #TrudeauMustGo was boosted by inauthentic activity with a new hashtag.

Five of the six claims director of communications Cameron Ahmad made about the former prime minister on Twitter were at least partially incorrect.

An edited video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit, a scandal-plagued robocall firm implicated in a mysterious mass text-messaging campaign, signs of foreign interference and more.

Bots already pose a significant threat to democracies around the world. But what we've seen thus far is nothing compared to what could see in the future — and I fear that if we don't prepare ourselves now, we will be left defenseless in the face of automated digital armies waging war on the human mind.

A claim that Indigenous men kill 70 per cent of MMIWG was picked up by white nationalist Faith Goldy and a former editor-in-chief of the Walrus. It wasn't true.

All across Canada, electricity generation has been getting much cleaner. Eight charts illustrate how fast it is being cleaned up and what's still left to do.

On Friday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the causes of wildfires are "complex" and carbon taxes won't stop them. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the wildfires and other extreme weather show why governments need to act on pricing pollution and taking other measures. Who's right?

This one per cent statistic describes all passenger vehicles driving on Metro Vancouver roads. Usually, Zero Emission Vehicle stats are presented as a percentage of new car sales. For example, ZEVs represented more than 6 per cent of new passenger vehicle sales in B.C. in the first quarter of 2019.

Unfortunately, the small fraction of Canada that's not on track is making it impossible for the country to do its part in the climate fight.

If Canada wants to meet its climate targets, the U.K. "carbon budget law" offers some lessons in how to do it.

Initially sold as a robust watchdog for Canadian companies abroad, it is not yet clear if the newly-created watchdog will have sufficient power to investigate wrongdoing.

As social media companies struggle to purge extremist content from their platforms, a new National Observer investigation reveals how purveyors of hate speech and disinformation are gaming the system to evade social media bans and keep their content online.

The government's latest greenhouse gas report is out. Here's an illustrated guide to what it reveals about the nation's trends and targets.