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Ontario’s high-cost and high-emissions approach to electricity
The Ford government announced last month its intention to procure 2,000 megawatts (MW) of new electricity supplies from renewable sources, including wind, solar and hydro by 2030, with a potential for
January 30, 2024 | 9:04 am
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International students cap falsely blames them for Canada’s housing and health-care woes
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a new cap on international students.
January 26, 2024 | 1:56 pm
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Canada lags behind on efforts to address human rights abuses in seafood supply chains
Seafood has become a source of concern for consumers who pay attention to the environmental and social impacts of what they buy. Climate change is adversely affecting ocean ecosystems, and a series of
January 25, 2024 | 3:08 pm
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Canada is being hypocritical by failing to support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
January 16, 2024 | 5:09 pm
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How ‘benevolent sexism’ undermines Asian women with foreign accents in the workplace
Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to language and accent discrimination, as immigrants often come from non-English or French speaking countries.
December 15, 2023 | 9:43 am
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The humanitarian horror in Gaza must end
The recent seven-day pause in the Israel-Hamas war, and floods of earnest words from world leaders on how Israel must consider the humanitarian needs of Palestinian civilians, have been seen as p
December 14, 2023 | 12:45 pm
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COP28: Canada needs to tackle fossil fuel financiers head on
As the UN global climate conference begins, it’s time Canada get serious on decarbonization—that means going after fossil fuel finance
November 29, 2023 | 3:41 pm
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After 8 years in power, what is Justin Trudeau’s legacy — and how will he cement it?
After 8 years in power, what is Justin Trudeau’s legacy — and how will he cement it? Justin Trudeau led the Liberals to electoral victory in 2015, when the party began the federal election campaign wi
November 27, 2023 | 11:13 am
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What is it like to be a crab?
Consciousness science should move past a focus on complex mammalian brains to study the behaviour of ‘simpler’ animals
November 22, 2023 | 10:20 am
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Are freeloading premiers undermining Canada’s climate strategy?
It has been a bad few weeks for the federal government’s plans for climate action. A little more than five years ago, there was a strong federal-provincial consensus around climate action. T
November 20, 2023 | 10:48 am