The Senate at its best – and worst – in the fight to protect children
How Canada's upper house can work across party lines and stop the marketing of junk food to kids…
Replacing plastic packaging at the grocery store
Metro plans to let customers bring their own containers to stores in Quebec. You can bet other retailers will follow suit…
Why helping the downtrodden around the world helps us all
The idea that you can wall build walls and create quarantines is as ridiculous as it is dangerous…
Conservative revival in Alberta was in the cards all along
Albertans are mad as hell and won't take it any longer – at least that's the message to the rest of the country. But is that enough to succeed?…
Loblaws subsidy underscores Canada’s flawed climate plan
Rather than relying on carbon pricing to make things happen, the government is picking winners and losers…
Vancouver’s bike-walk bias is costly and unjustified
Money budgeted for an elevated greenway for walkers and bikers should go to housing the homeless or easing traffic congestion…
Taube: Jason Kenney right person to lead Alberta
This is good political and economic news not only for the province, but the entire country…
Notre Dame inferno a towering metaphor for modern society
A building like the great cathedral casts us moderns, who think we’re so smart, in a pallid light…
The ‘A’ words – autism and advocacy – go hand in hand
With early intervention and the right supports, children with autism can learn and thrive. But too many doors are closed to these children…
Ontario offers a new direction in child-care funding
It will make care more affordable, recognize that parents have a right to choose and be relatively cost-effective…