Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects
We are a maritime nation, and it is vital that oceans feature prominently in our nation-building in ways that benefit the entire country.
Nation building isn’t just about speed—it’s about vision
Bill C-5 is walking backwards into the future if it aims to support an outdated and expensive fossil fuel industry while moving in the direction of more climatic and environmental breakdown.
The urgency of confronting a warming world remains
As Mark Carney battles Donald Trump’s trade wars and confronts western alienation, he will also have to lead Canada’s heighten effort in the energy transition and prepare the country for the baked-in impacts of climate change.
How will the Carney government navigate between fighting climate change and bending to corporate priorities? Only time will tell
A 2024 UN Environment Program report concluded, under a status quo scenario, Earth is on track to reach an approximate 2.7°C increase in planetary warming by 2100. There is a possibility that the world could experience 2°C before the end of this decade according to the World Meteorological Association.
The cost of coming home: are tariffs and trade deficits really so bad?
The notion of a trade deficit signalling economic weakness is misleading. Meanwhile, domestic production prompted by tariffs simply costs more.
Let Canada’s telecom builders keep building
Bell, Rogers, and Telus should be excluded from the wholesale internet access regime.
Canada needs to be prepared for Trump’s attempt to subvert U.S. democracy: Toronto reader
Re: “Trump requires entry permit for Canada’s G7 summit: letter writer,” (The Hill Times, June 4, p. 8). A dark cloud hangs over the G7—and the free world—with United States President Donald Trump attempting to destroy his country’s legal system. Trump has been ignoring the courts, and he is now working to take away their […]
Take bold climate action now, says letter writer
Re: “Urgent: ambitious methane emissions reduction needed,” (The Hill Times, June 2). Some things are hard. Like finding cures for diseases. Some things are not hard. Like implementing existing solutions to reduce abnormal warming, air pollution, and unusual and destructive weather. We know what to do. Instead, we delay and water down any plan to […]
Visions of a gold rush in expanded oil exports fly in the face of a decades-old reality
The potential for a conduit to load oil tankers in the dangerous waters of the northern B.C. coast actually ended more than three decades ago.
Will Carney’s moonshot become cannon fodder?
Domestically, the biggest current threat to Mark Carney’s success is tripping over his own heels while trying to keep a blistering pace towards tangible accomplishments.
