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Adrienne TannerNational Observer |
If Prime Minister Mark Carney is asked to join the war on Iran or the Hormuz protection brigade, Canada should follow Germany’s lead and respond...
The biggest sacrifice aspiring politicians make in this age of social media is the loss of privacy — or even worse, the incessant nasty trolling...
The readiness of Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou to slander a colleague is far worse than any harebrained policy they might propose or past...
Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of...
The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. If Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they...
As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, it’s time to become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in...
Zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada make a wholesale change in the way it appoints higher court judges is cheap politicking that...
It's time Canada stopped following the lead of pesticide approvals in the US, whose current government is in thrall to corporations like never before.
Mark Carney's response to the abduction of Nicolas Maduro puts Canada squarely in the camp of the US, a country whose president, Donald Trump, is...
When your narcissist is just a bad friend or an annoying acquaintance, it’s easy enough to dump them. But there is no way out when you are leading a...
Even if Lewis and his Green New Deal is not the first choice for New Democrats seeking a way to rebuild their party’s dismal fortune, it’s nice to...
What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is...
Sadly, climate and environmental protection to mitigate future catastrophes are still viewed as secondary luxuries.
Vice-President Vance, your unsolicited advice on Canadian immigration policy isn't wanted. Best thing Canada can do is shut out the noise from...
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
It might have been worth testing the ostriches and sparing the healthy animals simply to enhance public faith in the government’s willingness to...
The departure of two Conservative MPs this week doesn't bode well for Poilievre's chances of surviving a January leadership review
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been flirting with the notion of a separatist referendum to prove her fealty to oil and gas and keep her fragile...
All provinces should follow BC's example and ban power allocation for cryptocurrency mines and set electricity allocation priorities for...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre could be right when he says the definition of “reasonable” force is too unclear. But recommending a change...
For all May’s personal successes, the Green Party failed to take off, even when climate change was top of mind for voters. The most MPs the party...
Days before the byelection, Poilievre announced plans to mount a campaign against the last vestiges of the Trudeau government’s climate policy...
It begs the question, is crime the problem Trump is really talking about, or the fact that residents in large US cities tend to vote Democrat? It’s...
It begs the question, is crime the problem Trump is really talking about, or the fact that residents in large US cities tend to vote Democrat? It’s...
The battle against bike lanes has never been evidence-based. It’s all about politics and the divide between interests of voters living in city...
A good deal of the credit for the country's climate ambition goes to Xi himself, who was concerned about global warming and interested in...
Later this week, Toronto city council is scheduled to debate a staff report recommending new guidelines for fossil fuel industry advertising. The...
Why should a BC city of just over 100,000 help fund Sue Big Oil, a lawsuit against some of the world’s wealthiest corporations? The answer is...
Collusion by the two provinces to advance their economic projects at the expense of the First Nations Clean Water Act, a bill so close to the heart of...
Habitat loss, pesticides, window collisions, house cats and climate change are taking a toll on songbird populations. But for our backyard nesters, a...
The fact that oil companies are reluctant to invest in their own giant carbon reduction projects speaks volumes about how they view their longevity....
Like his Alberta counterpart, Premier Danielle Smith, Ford seems almost pathologically opposed to solar and wind energy.
If steps aren’t taken quickly to bring First Nations onside with major projects, Canada should prepare for a barrage of court injunctions and...
If there is one thing BC and Alberta can’t see eye to eye on, it’s oil pipelines. The incessant demands by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for...
The Alberta Energy Regulator's approval of a coal mine exploration project has us creeping toward yet another fossil fuel development when we...
Before our governments take a hacksaw to our impact assessment acts, it’s worth remembering the devastation industrial development and resource...
Since announcing his intent to bow out of party politics a year ago, the punk rocker turned politician is having a Bernie Sanders/AOC moment. He’s...
With Prime Minister Mark Carney Canadians have a leader who seems to understand the magnitude of Canada’s affordable housing woes and says he’s...
As some of the values we once shared with the US erode — respect for law, pride in an ethical military, concern for the environment and protection...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is cherry-picking aggressive policies from the Trump regime that undermine the law and free speech.
Why some federal candidates like Conservative Aaron Gunn get to ride out PR storms that would sink others’ campaigns
Carney has attracted a team of candidates who have put in boots-on-the-ground time pushing for a clean energy transition.
Poilievre promises his supporters an instant fix, a walk back in time all the way to the fifties, a decade of prosperity when middle-class home...
Poilievre has a decidedly testy, if not combative, relationship with journalists. He is quick to anger when faced with questions he doesn’t like,...
The possibility that this could be much more than a trade war — the prospect that what U.S. President Donald Trump actually wants is to expand his...
I’m under no illusion my picayune consumer vegetable protest will deliver the death blow to Trump’s trade war. That is the role of our government...
What Adam Kinzinger's talk really drove home is the fundamental difference between our two countries. Kinzinger strikes me as a decent man with a...
Economic mayhem does not typically make for a winning election campaign. The exception: when blame for the trouble can logically be pinned on an...
Combine our own energy vulnerability with our economic reliance on fossil fuels and throw in a 25 per cent U.S. tariff threat, and what you get is the...
It’s easy, living in a large urban centre, to develop a false sense of imperviousness to disasters caused by extreme weather events.
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