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27/04/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Liberal party leader Mark Carney responds to questions about reconciliation at a campaign stop in Winnipeg earlier this year. After acknowledging the importance of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, the prime minister shifted to economic development. Screenshot via YouTube.

Apr. 25, 2025

The parties’ policies miss the full scope of issues important to communities, experts say.

27/04/25
Author: 
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
People march as they take part in a strike to demand action on the global climate crisis on 20 September 2019 in New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Apr. 23, 2025

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority

  • The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89% Project – and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read more
22/04/25
Author: 
Damian Carrington
A global survey of 130,000 people across 125 nations found a 'silent majority' in every country thinks their national government should be doing more to fight the climate crisis. Photo by the Province of British Columbia/Flickr

Apr. 22, 2025

An overwhelming majority among the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis, but they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research has shown.

Making people aware that their pro-climate view is, in fact, the majority could unlock a social tipping point and push leaders into the climate action so urgently needed, experts say.

22/04/25
Author: 
From the Coalition for Charter Rights and Freedoms
We Say No to Silencing Dissent - poster

Apr. 22, 2025

Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, City Councillors and City Manager:

We, the undersigned coalition, are writing to strongly oppose the development of a bylaw restricting demonstrations/protests in Toronto, as directed by City Council on December 17-18, 2024.

21/04/25
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Bleached and dead staghorn coral off Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Apr. 14, 2025

Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs

The climate crisis has tripled the length of ocean heatwaves, a study has found, supercharging deadly storms and destroying critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs.

21/04/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
The federal government sees the temporary foreign worker program as a key way to address labour shortages. Photo by Adam Melnyk via Shutterstock.

Apr. 21, 2025

Ironworkers Local 97 is calling for the Liberals and Conservatives to overhaul the temporary foreign worker program.

20/04/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
Emyll Garcia has worked as a cleaner for seven years. She is part of a collective agreement bargaining effort that is advocating for better working conditions for cleaners across Metro Vancouver. Photo for The Tyee by Isaac Phan Nay.

Apr. 18, 2025

Approximately 3,000 janitors across Metro Vancouver are gearing up for citywide collective agreement bargaining.

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