Conservatives set for vote on “parental rights” policy targeting trans youth & access to care
Policy proposals heading to the party's convention would mark a sharp rightward turn on some of Canada's most divisive social issues
Social Issues
Coverage on the issues shaping Canadian identity. From LGBTQ rights and Indigenous reconciliation to the evolving debates over free expression and cultural policy, we examine the societal shifts defining our country today.
ADAMS: The pariah state: a letter to my American friends
When the reckoning comes, where will you stand???
ADAMS: The right to life is not the right to someone else's body
For years, the so-called “abortion debate” has been trapped in the same narrow frame: is a fetus a person, or not? Activists on both sides…
EDITORIAL: Equality before the law is not optional
Free Trade is not appeasement, and CUSMA is no longer a Free Trade deal
FACT CHECK: Brian Lilley’s column gets residential schools wrong
Brian Lilley frames himself as defending open discussion, but what he's really defending is conjecture, selective storytelling, and minimization of Indigenous trauma.
ADAMS: Jamil Jivani's narrow politics of young men
Blaming DEI is easy. Fixing what's really hurting young men is harder.
Reality Isn’t Declared by Press Release
Danielle Smith says she’s “protecting women and girls.” Brian Lilley says, “If you disagree, you disagree with reality.” And with that, the Alberta government…
ADAMS: Is federal politics still the right fit for Nate Erskine-Smith?
His honesty about housing, party discipline, and leadership makes one direction feel increasingly likely: back to Ontario.
ADAMS: I went to an Yves Engler rally. Here’s what surprised me.
Yves Engler's rally was honest. And that's exactly the problem
ADAMS: Pierre Poilievre's figure skating panic
There is no crisis in women's figure skating, but there is one in Conservative political judgment.
ADAMS: Alberta's anti-Trans bills and the cost to at-risk youth
The government's insistence on ‘parental rights’ ignores the Charter rights of children and exposes those most at risk to real harm.
EDITORIAL: The dangerous revisionism of OneBC’s documentary
When political storytelling replaces evidence and Indigenous trauma becomes collateral damage