Environmentalist David Suzuki wonders whether the crisis of climate change can be addressed through the markets and cap-and-trade, which "also embodies the polluter pays principle." The post David Suzuki: Will…
Kids won when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. Andrea Auger discusses the tribunal's findings on racial discrimination in Canada’s Indigenous child…
In this illuminating piece, Seattle journalist Erika Lundahl examines how, in Alberta, First Nations are forced to "engage in a complex dance of resistance to and cooperation with" Big Oil…
Environmentalist David Suzuki argues that the recent agreement between government, industry, First Nations and environmental groups to protect the Great Bear Rainforest should have included efforts to end the "barbaric"…
Two new studies from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives find "significant risks and high public costs" Canada's health care system within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The post…
David Suzuki wonders why Canadian politicians are still contemplating spending billions on new tar sands pipelines after the recent Paris climate summit confirmed that "75 to 80 per cent of…
Today, "half of all Canadians live in places with unacceptable air pollution," most because we're not doing enough to protect "environmental rights," which are human rights, argues David Suzuki. The…
Internet and E-commerce Law expert Michael Geist explains how the TPP’s protections of biological drugs "represent a significant problem for global health" by limiting access to cutting edge medicines. The…
Our responses to the tragedies of 2015, which include the Syrian refugee crisis, racism, ignorance and the ongoing climate catastrophe, offer hope, says environmentalist David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki:…
TransCanada's lawsuit against the US over President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline reminds us how many of our rights free trade agreements give away, says 350.org. The post…
The TPP's copyright term extension discourages creativity, restricts access, and imposes enormous costs on Canadian consumers and educational institutions, argues Internet law expert, Michael Geist. Meanwhile, the term extension is…
Influential feminist Alice Duer Miller’s question "Are Women People?" still rings true after 100 years, writes Mary Chapman, a professor of English at the University of British Columbia. The post…
The Council of Canadians calls for the re-opening of the investigation into the election fraud of 2011 in the wake of Mike Duffy's recent testimony. The former Conservative senator testified…
The Paris Agreement is the "first universal accord to spell out ways to confront climate change", marks a global shift, argues environmentalist David Suzuki. The agreement requires Canada and other…
David Suzuki suggests that the discourse on global warming should recognized the "intense feelings" and "grief" caused by climate change. He says: "Today’s social and environmental leaders need to understand…
Apocalyptic floods. Historic droughts. Food insecurity and mass migration. This is the future that faces us all if world leaders fail to agree and enforce a strong and binding deal…
In a new report titled Unless We Act Now, UNICEF says "climate change will harm the poorest and most vulnerable children first, hardest, and longest.” The post Climate change will…
The recent Paris terror attacks shouldn't stop the new Liberal government from re-examining Canada's privacy and surveillance policies, argues Michael Geist, the Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law…
As talks continue at the Paris climate conference, David Suzuki sees "signs of hope for an agreement to limit the escalating effects of global warming" and a more constructive role…
The 5,000-page TPP agreement “is literally in climate denial” while expanding the rights of corporations, argues Ben Lilliston, the director of climate strategies at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade…
