Commentary

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Province misses opportunity to reimagine public transportation in climate action plan

Transportation accounts for 44 per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador’s greenhouse gas emissions

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Cod recovery is about more than numbers

A response to Canada’s Northern cod quota announcement

It’s time to fix MCP and strengthen public healthcare

Instead of looking to the private sector for answers, the provincial government should be investing in our public healthcare system

Who owns the wind?

How a trip to Scotland’s Orkney Islands raises questions of renewable energy benefits for communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Why the Canada Post strike is not just a ‘labour dispute’

Some thoughts on the language of truth and balance

Town Hall Tales: notes from three federal election events in St. John’s

If elected, how will candidates and parties get the work done?

Where the federal parties stand on housing

The Liberal and Conservative platforms rely on the same market-driven approach to housing that created the crisis, while the NDP’s more progressive approach lacks details

Paid sick days should be a basic right, not a privilege

The Liberals mandated 10 paid sick days for just over four per cent or Canadian workers. We need to do a lot better.

On healthcare, you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone

What’s at stake in the federal election? And why are nurses and other healthcare professionals sounding the alarm?

The lure of anticipatory compliance in the face of a Poilievre Conservative government

What does it mean to vote strategically?