FACT CHECK: No, Transgender people are not behind a surge in mass shootings
RCMP confirms nine dead, including shooter; U.S. data shows transgender perpetrators involved in less than 0.1% of mass shootings
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.
Conservative policy proposals aim to toughen Canada’s self-defence laws, mandate minimum sentences
Analysis of convention-bound resolutions reveals push to expand legal protections for those defending home and property, while curtailing judicial discretion in sentencing.
Conservative policy proposals seek to tilt power from courts to parliament, documents show
Proposed Conservative policies would shift power from courts to parliament
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
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