Once widely embraced, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, intended to ensure fair access to opportunity for groups long excluded from power, are now under sustained political attack. Experts agree discrimination exists and merit should matter. Beyond that, they are sharply divided

Should Canada speak out against an apparent breach of international law, or would doing so risk further damage to our strained relationship with Washington? Former diplomats Ben Rowswell and Louise Blais agree that the invasion violated international law. But they sharply disagree on what Canada should do next.

The past year was tough for many Canadians. The cost-of-living kept pinching, U.S. President Donald Trump’s taunt of a “51st state” frazzled nerves and separatist momentum in Alberta and Quebec frayed the national mood. So, to ring in 2026 with a bit of levity, we asked two Canadian comedians whether there’s reason to feel hopeful.

Mariana’s story is a reminder of what Putin’s war has not been able to destroy — the courage of ordinary people, the instinct to shield one another and the defiant persistence of hope.

Alberta’s independence fight has moved from the margins to the centre of provincial politics. The debate is unfolding as the province faces strikes, financial strain and mounting pressure on public services.

Does compassion means giving people control over how they die — or fighting harder to help them live?

A huge American city has been a hub of grassroots resistance to Donald Trump’s mass-deportation plans. Some of it involves early morning driving patrols looking for ICE.

Ontario is tearing down its speed cameras, and the fight over safety and surveillance is only getting louder.

He left his family behind at dawn. ‘When your city is being bombed, and someone is suffering,’ Serhii told me much later, ‘there is no time to think of anything else.’

Canadian health care is failing to deliver the standard of care many Canadians expect. Should Canada open the door to a parallel, private tier of health care or dedicate itself to fixing Medicare?

The Greenbelt debacle revealed deep flaws in Ontario’s housing policy. But the scandal drowned out the important question of how to protect the Greenbelt while still building the homes people need.

Eight thousand Canadians die from toxic drugs every year — a crisis that has torn through Michelle Green’s family twice and is threatening to tear through it again.

Should Canada shift its focus from owning to making renting more attractive?

By joining the EU, Canada would send a strong message that we are challenging Putin and Trump and that we want to be united with countries that share our values.

Protesting with absence blocks the free exchange of ideas that liberal democracies need.

Florida offers a preview of what Trump promises to spread across North America: pushing LGBTQ+ people to society’s edge.

Florida is a harbinger of what Trump could do to America: push marginalized groups even further toward's society's margins, endangering their safety and their very existence.

A White House task force, which includes Paula White, will “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society,”

He'll be a great prime min­is­ter if he wins. He's also one more man poised to beat a cap­able woman.

This young mother once struggled to survive. Now she’s a lifeline for Ukraine’s most vulnerable.