Decriminalizing all drugs will prevent much needless suffering By DAVID STEELE It’s very good news! This summer, assuming all goes according to Trudeau’s plan, recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada. The reform is long…
From birds and bees, to orangutans and octopuses, we are bound to every creature by the gift of consciousness By DAVID STEELE My friend Tasty was very special to me. She was incredibly bright. She’d…
Fed up by governments that rule like kings with a fraction of our votes? Proportional representation offers a way for us all to have a voice. By voting strategically, we can make it happen come…
Cow’s milk is no health food, and for animals and the environment it’s just bad news By DAVID STEELE Last year, the Journal of the American Medical Association‘s pediatrics journal, JAMA Pediatrics, published an editorial…
With a mandate from less than 40 percent of Canadians, our government is destroying an invaluable national asset By DAVID STEELE It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is…
The IPCC’s latest report warns that human civilization is at risk unless we come together to fight climate change. And it doesn’t have to be hard. By DAVID STEELE The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
There is something to be said in favour of genetic engineering. As a molecular biologist, I am certain the development of this technology has profoundly improved our understanding of how life works. Medicine has been…
Behind the food industry’s go-to substitute for hydrogenated fats lies devastating social and environmental damage Insidiously it creeps, seemingly into most everything we buy. Vast swaths of rainforest are being razed to produce killer palm…
Sushi is wrecking the planet. It may sound like hyperbole, but unfortunately it is not. While this popular repast is not alone in the endeavour, stated plainly, sushi is one of the most environmentally damaging…
Fact-checking a flawed documentary An important documentary came out last summer. Roger Ebert raves about it. George Strombolopolous ranks it the number one movie of 2011. It’s a film about food and health. Arguing that…
