Opinion

Paul Wells: Why does it feel like the country isn’t any better off after this election? Perhaps because the problems Canada faces demand hard choices, and modern election campaigns reward denial and emojis.

Terry Glavin: The sooner Canada dispenses with tales of ’prisoner swaps’ and ’diplomatic triangulation,’ the sooner it can have an honest conversation about what this saga revealed

OPINION: If demand for critical care exceeds what’s available, triage plans are needed that protect human life and human rights

The compassion you’ve shown as a frontline worker during the pandemic, writes Kelsey Adams to her grandmother, is what society needs to rebuild

Letters to the editor, September 23, 2021: Readers weigh in on reckoning for the abuse in residential schools, taxes on sweet beverages, forgiving Jaskirat Sidhu and more

Jen Gerson: Let Justin Trudeau and the Liberals eat every morsel of cake coming to them, because time and circumstances are finally on your side.

Opinion: We are entering what needs to be the most intensive period of carbon reduction planning in our country’s history. Canadians are ready.

Stephen Maher: Elections allow us to get a better read on what the public wants. And the results—and where the parties moved—point to a clear trend.

Pam Palmater: The election result is yet another sign that Canada is becoming fertile ground for far-right groups

Justin Ling: There are so many good reasons to be mad at our politicians who have abandoned their posts over the last year rather than defend the Charter and civil liberties