LEWIS MacKENZIE
The road to Damascus goes through Moscow
The Western proclivity for anointing good and bad sides has been hasty as usual – instead of rattling sabres and sending toothless observer missions, we should be enlisting the Kremlin
Lawrence Herman
The ground war with Europe over Alberta’s oil
The proposed EU fuel quality directive would treat fuel from the oil sands differently
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Exploiting Canada’s resources can be a fool’s game
Commodities won’t make us more productive at a time when the population is aging and immigration isn’t working
ROBERT JOUSTRA
Beware the secular atheocracy
When religious ideas are banished from the public square, they are more likely to default, uncontested, into fundamentalism and sectarianism
TOM FLANAGAN
First nations don’t have a pipeline veto, but they do have options
Without clear criteria for assessing consultation on Enbridge’s pipeline proposal, the door is open for protracted judicial review
DAVID SUZUKI
Japan rethinks its nuclear mindset
Last year’s triple catastrophes show that there’s no such thing as ‘foolproof’ technology, that nature will always out-fool our best notions
Edward Waitzer
The next generation gap: equity and fairness
We should be held accountable for the impact current decisions have on future interests
NEIL REYNOLDS
Newt’s right to shoot for the moon
Scientists have listed 180 lunar objectives, and Americans will be back – for the sake of their country and our species
DIAMOND & ARONOVITCH
The War of 1812: Stupid but important
As we approach a host of anniversaries, we need to consider what it means to celebrate Canadian history
LYSIANE GAGNON
Charest is still the man – go figure
The Premier’s unusual resilience and the opposition’s ineptitude is allowing the Liberals to occupy the middle ground in Quebec
