Opinion - The Maple (Page 25)

The Convoy Misses Our Governments’ Real Failures

Unfortunately, the most sustained anger at these failures is based on the idea that governments have done too much to prevent death.

Ontario had a chance to improve testing, rapid testing, vaccine rollout and school safety in between waves, but it failed to do so.

It’s critical to re-centre Zionism and settler colonialism as the root of Palestinian oppression, and recognize the right to resistance.

In every single province, the institutionalized model of long-term care directly contributed to higher COVID-19 cases and death.

Queer characters are packaged as progressive or subversive merely for their identities, without considering how it shapes their lives.

Demands to crack down on the convoy will only give police broader license to brutally disrupt progressive protests.

People decrying the protesters in Ottawa shouldn’t give knee-jerk support to worship of the troops.

Editorial support for sending Canadian troops and arms to Ukraine didn’t waver when it became clear neo-Nazis would benefit.

The pandemic should remind us capitalism has failed, and prompt Canadians to take a different look at China.