Mike Smyth

• Some of Canada’s e-scooter programs are hitting a pothole

  E-scooters are a common sight in Vancouver, zipping along side streets and scooting through the city’s ubiquitous bike lanes. But they're causing issues, Mike Smyth says.

  Commentary

  Jul 21, 2021
  
• To beef or not to beef? Views are split on the future of red meat in Canada

  What some see as a 'war on meat,' others see as a larger struggle to save the planet and human health. Mike Smyth explains.

  Commentary

  Jun 15, 2021
  
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• What’s it like to be jailed and tried in China? Ask those who’ve been through it

  The ordeal of Kevin and Julia Garrett is eerily similar to that of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians arrested in China and recently tried on spying charges.

  Commentary

  Mar 25, 2021
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• Former United Nations envoy Stephen Lewis takes on Big Pharma

  For Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations, the situation involving vaccines and the developing world paints a disturbing picture. Mike Smyth explains.

  Commentary

  Feb 12, 2021
• For the mother of Amanda Todd, it’s been a long quest for justice

  'All I wanted was a trial and see justice served,' said Carol Todd, who has been campaigning for that justice for eight years. Now the judicial wheels are starting to turn.

  Commentary

  Feb 10, 2021
• Could Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine supply be key to an early election call?

  If the vaccine supply continues to sputter, Trudeau may decide against an election call in the spring, Mike Smyth says. But what if it picks back up again?

  Commentary

  Feb 2, 2021
• The great Yukon vaccine caper — not exactly the perfect heist

  How Rodney and Ekaterina Baker expected to waltz into a remote Yukon village and demand a COVID-19 vaccination meant for Indigenous elders is hard to comprehend, Mike Smyth says.

  Commentary

  Jan 28, 2021
• With Sloan’s expulsion, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole hopes to turn the page

  Sloan's expulsion was triggered by O'Toole, Mike Smyth says, who was 'outraged' to learn Sloan had accepted a campaign donation from Paul Fromm, a notorious white supremacist.

  Commentary

  Jan 21, 2021
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• British Columbia was warned about its looming hydro disaster

  The Site C dam has been touted as an energy miracle, Mike Smyth writes, but the costs are spiralling quickly out of control — and now its fate hangs in the balance.

  Commentary

  Nov 26, 2020
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• What’s the deal with ‘The Great Reset’?

  And what, exactly, is that big deal all about? Mike Smyth tackles the question.

  Commentary

  Nov 24, 2020