Opinion
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How a nursing student champions environmental health in healthcare community
Ankur Patel, a 21-year-old nursing student from Terrace, British Columbia, is helping nurses see care for the planet as care for people.
The Liberal Party is bigger than Justin Trudeau
Liberal governments have gotten most big policies right but many smaller policies wrong.
Ford’s choices hurt climate solutions—let’s make Ontario listen
Ontario's path to net-zero emissions by 2050 isn't just an aspiration — it's essential for our environment, economy and health.
The global rise of the far-right is coming home to Canada
In times of expanding inequality, the impoverished will follow any politician offering change. We saw this coming out of the Great Depression. There was a strong desire to secure the world economy after both World Wars, in part because of the dangers of wealth moving upward.
Pierre Poilievre is setting himself up to fail
It’s one thing to promise that you’ll axe the tax, fix the budget, build the homes and stop the crime. As Pierre Poilievre is going to find out, it’s quite another to actually do it.
Canadians on the right and left want nature protected
A recent poll offers hope, showing Canadians are united in their desire to see nature protected. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.
Conservatives, conspiracies, and the coming election
Forget policy: Canada's Conservative party has decided conspiracies about crickets will win them the upcoming federal election.
Chaos of the fiscal update leaves us unprepared for the chaos of 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides an update on affordability measures for Atlantic and rural Canadians. The 2024 fiscal update figures for the coming year are in jeopardy, not because of the finance minister’s abrupt resignation, but because a massive 25 per cent U.S. tariff wall is looming. Photo: Prime Minister's Office
Chrystia Freeland just changed the game
From electoral reform and Indigenous reconciliation to his pledge to govern in a more open and transparent way, Justin Trudeau’s words keep writing cheques his deeds can’t cash. When it comes to being Canada’s first feminist prime minister, the cheque just bounced — hard.
Canada's post-nationalism is worth fighting for
Postmedia's John Ivison thinks that if Donald Trump wants our country more than we do, "we might as well give it to him." Guess who he's blaming for that? You guessed it: Justin Trudeau.
Great climate non-fiction books are popping up faster than solar panels
Pick any subcategory and you’re immediately swamped, lost in squadrons of reproachful browser tabs, disappointed bookmarks, and fanciful to-read lists.
Clean energy solutions need a louder voice — yours
There’s no shortage of reasons for despair over the world’s progress in making the critical shift from fossil fuels to clean energy.
Not victims, but leaders: a fight for climate justice
Indigenous Peoples are on the frontlines of the climate crisis.