Opinions

Vote for higher taxes on Canada’s rich

If there’s one issue that gets university students fired up during a federal election, it’s taxes.

Keeping girls in sport means addressing barriers around self-confidence

Despite Canadian women dominating at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, a new report shows the shocking reality for Canadian girls in sport in the post-pandemic world, and it’s one we…

Trudeau could have ended water advisories years ago

The Trudeau government clearly did not heed the recommendations. They are still far behind their promised goal. In the six years that Trudeau has not been putting money towards completely…

Partying post-pandemic? Don’t drink and drive

Victoria police ran out of tow-trucks at a check stop  Over the August long weekend, the VicPD says they stopped 24 suspected impaired drivers at roadblocks. They actually ran out…

UVic’s fall return plan neglects international, immunocompromised, and disabled students

UVic’s fall return plan does not accommodate the needs of all students. Many international, immunocompromised, and disabled students are not comfortable with the return plan.

One day of support is not enough

Settlers and Indigenous people need to keep working together beyond cancelling Canada Day once On July 1, 2021, there were several events in Victoria to honour the children that never…

We needed climate action yesterday

Heat wave emphasizes the crisis in “climate crisis” We sound like a broken record. Students, scientists, and concerned members of the community have been calling for climate action for decades…

Our climate crisis foreshadows the end of days, but we may still have time to rewrite the ending

It’s the end of the world, and it didn’t start with COVID-19. Our ecological crisis has been going on for much longer than that.

Horgan’s old-growth logging rhetoric exposes his colonial ignorance

Horgan's government’s actions and rhetoric surrounding old-growth logging and the blockades at Fairy Creek only point to how entrenched in it they really are.