Canada

12/02/26
Author: 
Ken Matheson
A couple embraces in front of a memorial honouring the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC, on Feb. 12, 2026. Photo by Christinne Muschi, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 12, 2026

‘Scapegoating vulnerable groups does not make communities safer,’ says a municipal councillor in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy.

There are moments when words are inadequate.

What happened in Tumbler Ridge is a tragedy. Lives were lost. Families were shattered. A small community is now carrying a soul-crushing grief that will live long after the headlines fade. That is where our attention should begin, and where it should remain.

12/02/26
Author: 
Ken Matheson
A couple embraces in front of a memorial honouring the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC on Feb. 12, 2026. Photo by Christinne Muschi, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 12, 2026

‘Scapegoating vulnerable groups does not make communities safer,’ says a municipal councillor in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy.

There are moments when words are inadequate.

What happened in Tumbler Ridge is a tragedy. Lives were lost. Families were shattered. A small community is now carrying a soul-crushing grief that will live long after the headlines fade. That is where our attention should begin, and where it should remain.

11/02/26
Author: 
Andrew Longhurst and Rebecca Graff-McRae
The end of Canadian medicare?

Feb. 3, 2026

The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care

The end of Canadian medicare? was created in collaboration with the Parkland Institute and is also available at parklandinstitute.ca

08/02/26
Author: 
Harrison Samphir & Martin Lukacs
Pierre Poilievre

Feb. 4, 2026

Lobbyists and anti-abortion activists on influential body are a contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging

While Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promised to fight for Canada’s “common people” at a national convention this past weekend in Calgary, his party elected a governing council full of lobbyists working for some of the country’s most powerful corporations.

Category: 
08/02/26
Author: 
Environmental Defence
High speed rail

Feb. 2, 2026

Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager

07/02/26
Author: 
Raffy Boudjikanian
Israeli soldiers are seen looking toward Gaza this month. A internal report obtained by CBC News shows the Crown corporation in charge of international arms transfers in Canada has looked into whether shipments destined for the U.S. were potentially being used by Israel. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Feb. 5, 2026

Redacted internal report by corporation's human rights body obtained by CBC News

As Ottawa publicly defended its largely permit-free procedure to send Canadian arms and munitions to the United States, the Crown corporation overseeing international transfers conducted a review of the final destination of those shipments, CBC News has learned.

Obtained through an access to information request, the assessment's main text is mostly redacted — including its conclusions.

06/02/26
Author: 
Mary Stuart
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Credit: Mark Carney Facebook account

Jan. 27, 2026

It’s an energy agenda seemingly at odds with the prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.

A key goal of the Mark Carney government is to “increase our oil production”, according to the Canadian prime minister’s former Chief of Staff Marco Mendicino.

06/02/26
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President Flavio Volpe shows Prime Minister Mark Carney, front right, the Project Arrow 2.0 prototype vehicle during a tour of an auto-parts plant, Woodbridge, Ont., February 5, 2026. Photo by: Eduardo Lima / The Canadian Press

Feb. 5, 2026

Another Justin Trudeau-era climate policy is now history: Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrapping the electric vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with “more stringent” fuel-efficiency standards and EV purchase rebates.

06/02/26
Author: 
Nick Gottlieb
Photo by Gatis Rozenfelds/Flickr

Prime Minister Carney’s now-famous speech at Davos outlined a vision of Canada charting a path as a “middle power” between increasingly belligerent “great powers” dominating a lawless planet.

But his speech left out something critical.

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