Opinion

OPINION – On this year’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (TRC), the NFU calls on our members and allies to take community action toward meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Nine years after the TRC, only 13 of the 92 Calls to Action have been completed.

OPINION – According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2024, Canadians’ trust in news is 39 per cent. For comparison, Americans’ trust is news is even lower at 32 per cent.

OPINION – Fall is a busy time of year. School has started up again, people are enjoying the warm temperatures to get some additional cottage or camping days in, and farmers are harvesting a wide range of crops, from field tomatoes to soybeans and more.

A transition to heat pumps is a game changer, not just for our environment, but for household budgets.

I hope you’re all healthy, warm, cozy, and ready for spring 2025. As a two-time recipient of the Ottawa River’s floodwaters, you can bet I’m prepared — hopefully enough that I needn’t worry about flood insurance.

OPINION – There are several “environmental” or “climate” organizations pushing the City of Ottawa to accept proposals for renewable energy projects, including industrial-scale, or grid-scale wind power.