Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was rated by the Fraser Institute as the most fiscally responsible sitting premier in Canada. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.   Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith is getting a lot of abuse these days from her fellow Canadians – including many of her political colleagues – for taking a diplomatic approach to attempt to […]

DEI was always intended to infiltrate businesses and institutions with leftist philosophies under the guise of commendable goals. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Recent decisions of a number of major corporations to abandon DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies in their organizations has prompted some to declare the death of DEI. […]

Alberta is being singled out for defending its interests after years of putting Canada first. Pictured: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.   The past couple of days have seen some interesting developments among Canadian politicians in terms of how our country should react to potential threats by incoming U.S. President Donald Trump. An […]

The majority of middle-class families paid higher taxes under Trudeau’s watch. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  As the post-mortems continue on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s time in office, a frequent claim by the defenders of his regime talk about how much Trudeau did for Canada’s middle class. One claim in particular […]

Trump’s threats may be a catalyst to convince Canadian governments to deal with long-simmering issues. Pictured: Canada’s Premiers, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford in centre. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  In the ongoing back-and-forth between President-elect Donald Trump and various Canadian politicians over tariff threats and other pressing issues, there have been a number of odd […]

Mark Carney’s undoing may have happened already. Pictured: Mark Carney. Photo Credit: Mark Carney/X. Sometime in the future, the past few weeks could be viewed as the beginning of the end for Mark Carney’s fantasy of a net zero global financial nirvana in which airy-fairy considerations like ESG (environmental, social and governance) were to be […]

Five major predictions for how the world will look in 2025. Pictured: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  Although predicting the future has always been difficult, 2025 looks to be particularly challenging. Changes in some areas in the coming year appear to be a slam dunk, but their timing and the impact they […]

A future column will outline predictions for 2025. Pictured: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo Credit: Pierre Poilievre/X.  As in previous years, this column will look back at the predictions this author made at the end of last year as to what would happen in 2024 and see how prescient – or not – those predictions […]

  Donations among Canadians continues to fall. Generated by Dalle. At this time of year, many Canadians look at their charitable activities and consider making some donations to worthy organizations. The looming year-end is also a consideration if people are looking to realize some tax deductions in the current calendar year. A recent study by […]

The woke continue to wreak havoc in our governments and other institutions. Photo Credit: Depositphotos. As more Canadians are becoming aware of the many “woke” influences in our governments, public schools, universities, regulatory bodies and even many large corporations, opposition is building to this harmful and extreme trend. That being said, we are still seeing […]

Other premiers weigh in after Ford’s foolish blunder. Pictured: Canada’s premiers, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford chairing the meeting. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to impose significant tariffs on Canada have certainly gotten the attention of Canadian politicians – as they should. But despite talk about a “Team Canada” approach to Trump’s […]

Smith has accomplished a lot in just over two years. Pictured: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has only been in office for a little over two years, yet has already established herself as a leader within Canada on many different issues. Most recently, her government passed three separate […]

This is no time to have a weak, incompetent and highly unpopular government. Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X.  Canadians can be forgiven for wondering when the Trudeau Liberals are going to face the reality that nothing is going to save their political hides at this stage of […]

The most recent climate dreamers can be found in Quebec and British Columbia. Pictured: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim. Photo Credit: Ken Sim/X.  Despite the growing body of evidence that energy sources such as wind and solar are unreliable, prohibitively expensive and nowhere near as “green” as advertised, governments continue to pursue policies to achieve the […]

The federal government is woefully unprepared for a Trump Presidency. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President-elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Last week’s announcement by President-elect Donald Trump regarding imposing significant tariffs on Canadian imports into the US has, to put it mildly, focussed the mind of Canadian politicians. Since Trump has been […]

Houston’s PCs ended up winning a supermajority of seats. Pictured: Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. Photo Credit: Tim Houston/X.  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston opted to call an early election for Nov. 26, roughly eight months ahead of the fixed election date that had been earlier established by his own government. Election results this week […]

We should all wish Milei well as he struggles to reform a very damaged economy. Pictured: Argentinian President Javier Milei. Photo Credit: Javier Milei/X.  Javier Milei has been President of Argentina for less than a year yet has already distinguished himself by moving very quickly to slash the country’s government size and cost. An economist […]

In the U.S., public sector pensions are one of the items that are deservedly coming under the microscope. Photo Credit: Pexels The longstanding issue of unsustainable public sector pensions is not getting any better. In fact, it is getting worse – much worse – as the current financial state of these pensions and demographic trends […]

Trudeau talks about how our population has “grown really fast,” while not taking any responsibility for that incredibly rapid growth. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  The Trudeau government appears to have an odd new communications strategy that involves them pretending they haven’t been in power for the last nine plus years […]

The Ford government has done little to improve things from the previous Liberal record. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  The Ford government in Ontario has been bragging about various aspects of the provincial economy recently, claiming their so-called “open for business” policies have fostered employment growth and attracted new businesses to the […]

Average Canadians find it increasingly difficult to just to put food on the table. Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X.  In recent months there have been many questions raised by average Canadians on social media, in the mainstream media and elsewhere asking if Canada is irreparably lost. People are understandably dismayed […]

Trump swept all the key battleground states. Pictured: U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  The post-mortems on the U.S. election and exactly what happened to throw off all the pollsters, pundits, Hollywood glitterati and others will undoubtedly go on for some time. This election was, after all, pegged before the fact as the […]

Two conservative premiers have secured their positions in the past week. Pictured: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.  A couple of recent electoral developments in Canada give comfort that in this age of woke extremism, some sanity is still present. Two notable examples are last week’s election in Saskatchewan and this past weekend’s […]

There are several reasons why Ford would favour an early election. Pictured: Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  In this week’s Economic Update, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy stated that higher tax revenues and reduced costs of borrowing as interest rates are declining left the province in a […]

How do we put a stop to the ridiculous indoctrination of our children? Fire someone! Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Images.  The hits just keep on coming. Every time we see some outrageous event taking place in our public school system, and the overwhelmingly negative reaction to it, the vast majority of regular citizens must think […]

The New Brunswick election shows that there are still Canadians that get bedazzled by big spending promises. Pictured: New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs. Photo Credit: Blaine Higgs/X.  Earlier this week, the New Brunswick Conservative government of Blaine Higgs was defeated after having been in power since 2018. The opposition Liberals led by Susan Holt won […]

However this most recent drama plays out, supply management should be eliminated by the next federal government. Generated by Dall-E.  Once again, the ridiculous policy of supply management is garnering headlines because the Bloc Quebecois leader in the House of Commons, Yves-Francois Blanchet, is demanding that the Liberals enshrine this destructive policy by supporting a […]

Smith’s positions are hardly extreme at all but represent the common sense we need to see more of in all of our governments. Pictured: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has recently made some bold moves that further solidify positions she has taken earlier in several areas but have […]

The bribing of our mainstream media with our tax dollars under the Trudeau regime has had the expected and intended effect. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X. A very interesting analysis was done recently by the Fraser Institute on the media’s treatment of a number of new federal policy initiatives. This study […]

It’s time to fight back against a trend that will sound the death knell for women’s sports. Photo Credit: iStock.  In recent years, we have all been subjected to the spectacle of biological males competing with biological females in various sports competitions – right up to the Olympics – with the predictable outcome that the […]

When people work with Trudeau, he has a tendency to ruin reputations. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  This author’s departed father had a saying about people having what he called the “reverse Midas touch.” Instead of turning things into gold, folks with this quality “turned everything into garbage.” He used a […]

The hostages remain Israel’s number one priority, as they must. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Images.  Next week we mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 unprovoked attack by the terrorist group Hamas on innocent civilians in Israel. Sadly, over the last year there have been no signs favouring resolution of the conflict in […]

It is difficult to recall a time when so many of our politicians don’t give a damn about Canada and Canadians but only stay in office to inflict more pain on the electorate. Pictured: Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. Photo Credit: Yves-Francois Blanchet/X.  As a result of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s determination to remain in […]

It seems the Trudeau Liberals are now looking to see how they can raid the Canada Pension Plan. Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X.  This Liberal federal government reminds this author of the rich kid who gobbles down all of his Halloween candy, wasting half of it, then […]

These federal Liberals have never been friends of SMEs. Photo Credit: iStock.  Small- and medium-sized Canadian businesses (SMEs) have been having a pretty rough time of it lately, and we should all be concerned about that. The pandemic was hard on everyone and a full recovery from that terrible time has not yet taken place, […]

We may still see some more policy flip-flops and revisions from Eby. Pictured: British Columbia Premier David Eby. Photo Credit: David Eby/X.  It’s amazing how an impending election loss can focus the mind – and often change the mind too! Rather dramatically, in the case of British Columbia’s current Premier, David Eby. Eby has changed […]

  We should be even more upset than we polite and tolerant Canadians are at present. Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X.  Canadians can be forgiven for having exhausted their patience with virtually all of our major institutions in this country. Indeed, a cursory review of the news […]

Given the abysmal state of the Liberals’ popularity in Canada right now, it’s hard to see why Carney would want this hair shirt of an appointment. Pictured: Mark Carney. Photo Credit: Mark Carney/X.  News media has been full of discussion about Justin Trudeau’s appointment of Mark Carney, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England […]

Politicians promoting fairy tales should be ashamed of themselves. Pictured: Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. Photo Credit: Steven Guilbeault/X. We are constantly barraged with messages from governments, corporations, third-party groups and others about how we are in the process of a massive transformation away from fossil fuels to sources of energy that are supposedly more climate-friendly. […]

Current public opinion polls put the NDP and Conservatives neck and neck, so the stakes are high. Pictured: BC Conservative leader John Rustad flanked by three other MLAs. Photo Credit: John Rustad/X. There’s an old joke that claims politics has a very different character depending upon where you are in Canada. In the Atlantic region, […]

We continue to tolerate groups that work to restrict our freedoms, large corporations that kowtow to this absurdity, and fund unions that support organizations that most Canadians would vigorously oppose. Pictured: CUPE’s Fred Hahn. Photo Credit: Fred Hahn/X.  This Labour Day weekend is a good time to contemplate the immense shifts we have seen in […]

Photo Credit: Catherine Swift Now for something completely different.  This column is being written as I ride on the Rocky Mountaineer, a train that runs many different routes throughout Canada and the US, notably through the beautiful Rocky Mountains at various locations. This had been a bucket list type of trip for me for some […]

Decisive action by Trudeau could have prevented this whole destructive situation. Generated by: Dall-E. The rail strike currently plaguing Canada should never have happened. For starters, how did it occur that both major rail lines, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, could go on strike at the same time? This is a first for […]

The province intends to virtually double the potential energy from wind from its current level, adding 5,000 megawatts of power, largely from additional wind turbines. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  Since their election in 2018, the Ford government has switched up its policy on energy several times. Prior to being elected, Ford […]

A so-called conservative government like that of Premier Doug Ford should not hesitate to follow the lead of other provinces in permitting charter schools. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  Talk is cheap. The Ontario Progressive Conservative government has talked a good game for years about getting the “woke” agenda out of our […]

Data released on two key indicators, labour force data and bankruptcy statistics, continued to reinforce the gloomy outlook for Canada’s economy. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  It would be a nice change to be able to report some positive economic developments in Canada. But that would be lying. While federal Liberal […]

For the sake of Alberta and Canada overall, let’s hope Danielle Smith remains as UCP leader and Alberta Premier. Pictured: Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X. On November 1 and 2, the United Conservative Party (UCP) of Alberta will be having its 2024 Annual General Meeting in Red Deer. This meeting will include a […]

The major overall impact of this UBI pilot was that recipients worked less and replaced time working with leisure, not upgrading skills or looking for a better job. Photo Credit: Depositphotos.  The Universal Basic Income (UBI) debate has raged for decades, with proponents arguing that it would be a boon to an economy by providing […]

  As of 2023, the average Canadian family spends 43 per cent of its income on taxes, as compared to 35.6 per cent on food, shelter and clothing combined. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  The amount of attention being paid to the latest report on taxation in Canada from the Fraser […]

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) adopted a motion last month supporting the so-called BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) efforts in an attempt to harm Israel. Pictured: OPSEU President JP Hornick. Photo Credit: OPSEU.  What will it take for Canada to crack down on its appalling public sector unions? It was just discovered that […]

A Conservative government will be much more likely to heed provincial calls for a sensible change or even elimination of the equalization program. Pictured: Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey with Quebec Premier Francois Legault. Photo Credit: Andrew Furey/X.  Canada’s Equalization Program has been around since 1957 and was initially put in place to address […]

It should be a no-brainer to ensure that our domestic businesses are given a fair chance to bid on government projects. Pictured: Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. Photo Credit: Peter Bethlenfalvy/X.  The Ford government recently received many kudos from the news media about its decision to devote one-quarter of its advertising dollars toward news publishers […]

Despite the current legal limbo regarding plastics bans, British Columbia has nevertheless announced it is going ahead with a provincial ban. Pictured: British Columbia Premier David Eby. Photo Credit: David Eby/X.  Last November, the Federal court overturned Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s ban on plastics. The ban attempted to classify plastics as toxic under the Canadian […]

Populations around the world are currently in a state of anger about many aspects of their lives. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Images.  In the wake of the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump and very disruptive recent elections in the UK and France, it seems appropriate to discuss the growing amount of rage […]

The Federal Court decided in Saskatchewan’s favour on the carbon tax, blocking the federal government from garnishing provincial funds, while awaiting a full hearing by the Federal Court. Pictured: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Photo Credit: Scott Moe/X.  In the latest chapter of the ongoing war between the federal Liberals and the Saskatchewan government, the province […]

Many observers believe the LCBO workers going on strike at all is just going to put another nail in the coffin of this outdated organization. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock Images.  The LCBO strike currently underway is the first time the union representing LCBO employees actually proceeded with a strike since the organization came into existence […]

Policies that encourage a healthier economy overall are essential to ensure our younger workforce gets the opportunities they need and deserve. Generated by: Dall-E There has been a fair bit of discussion lately about the lack of summer or part-time jobs for youth in Canada. There are a number of factors causing this situation that […]

Despite the gloomy mood of many Canadians at present, things can change for the better with a new government. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  This Canada Day, it seems a majority of Canadians have the blues. A number of different public opinion polls have been conducted to coincide with Canada Day, […]

The solution is not more surtaxes or tariffs but working toward a more competitive Canadian economy overall with less government tinkering and intervention. Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland with two cabinet colleagues. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X.  It was surprising, and long overdue, to hear that Deputy Prime Minister and Finance […]

In Trudeau’s Canada, heaven forbid we should be proud of an industry that contributes immensely to our economy and is also a very responsible corporate citizen. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Despite all the serious problems plaguing Canada and reducing the standard of living of Canadians, the federal Liberals are determined […]

Our public school system loves to pretend it opposes bullying, yet has been totally AWOL when bullying of Jewish students occurs. Photo Credit: Shutterstock. In recent weeks we have seen a number of disgraceful anti-Semitic incidents in our public school system. The sentiments behind these abhorrent views had been simmering for years, but perversely the […]

The main lesson Calgarians are learning is don’t vote for leftist governments that spend all kinds of their tax dollars on fluffy woke causes and ignore the most important issues. Pictured: Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. Photo Credit: Jyoti Gondek/Facebook.  The ongoing water crisis in Calgary is something that never should have happened in an advanced […]

Moe and Higgs have shown steadfast courage in opposing many of the federal Liberal government’s bad policies that are hurting Canadians and our national economy and have achieved success in doing so. Pictured: (left to right) Mark Borkowski, Premier Blaine Higgs, Christine Van Geyn, Premier Scott Moe, Catherine Swift & Jocelyn Bamford. Photo Supplied On […]

Unions and their supporters like to believe in the fantasy that all businesses have giant pots of money they are hoarding and dipping into them will not affect anything else. Pictured: California Governor Gavin Newsom. Photo Credit: CAgovernor/X.  A new development in the long-simmering debate over the impacts of minimum wage took place recently south […]

  Many of the arguments put forward against more private provision of health services have no factual base and are promoted by those who personally gain from the current system. Pictured: Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  This week the Ford government announced that they would be seeking applications from private providers to expand […]

This decision cannot possibly stand as is. Photo Credit: iStock.  A court case that has been hanging around for about eight years finally saw a decision by Federal Court Judge Yvan Roy earlier this week. The case had been brought by Blacklock’s Reporter, an independent news service that refuses to take government money and has […]

The Trudeau government has paid over $800,000 to create a number of new logos for Canada Day. Photo Credit: Blacklock’s Reporter. We discovered this week that, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter news service, the Trudeau government has paid over $800,000 to create a number of new logos for Canada Day. This preposterous project was undertaken […]

Whatever the reason, it is about time Ontario loosened up the ridiculously Victorian rules around alcohol that have prevailed in this province for far too long. Pictured: Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo Credit: Doug Ford/X.  With last week’s announcement of a further loosening of the rules around selling alcoholic beverages in Ontario, the province has […]

In addition to providing competition to the public system, the presence of a network of independent schools also produced tax savings for government. Photo Credit: iStock.  More and more evidence points to the many advantages of parents having viable choices in educating their children. Two different studies came out this week that pertained to Canadians’ […]

Different generations throughout history have always liked to insult each other and blame others for their problems. Photo Credit: iStock.  Listening to talk radio the other day, there was a stream of younger callers who were criticizing the baby boom generation for ruining everything. That generation was blamed for the high cost of housing, massive […]

Photo Credit: Drake Landing Back in 2007, a small community in Alberta called Drake Landing was built and was totally powered by solar energy. Energy from 800 solar panels located on garage roofs powered the 52 homes in the subdivision. Many of the residents were initially attracted by the notion that the community was powered […]

Rex Murphy and Catherine Swift. Photo Supplied  There have been a lot of tributes to the incomparable Rex Murphy over the last few days since his passing was made public, but I can’t resist one of my own. I was privileged to know Rex for quite a few years, starting with a number of occasions […]

It’s time Canada took stock of the very negative impact the so-called climate policies have imposed on our economy and Canadians. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.    Some time ago, this author wrote about the efforts of various international regulatory bodies to promote a regime to harmonize global reporting standards for […]

Boycotts have a long history of having no effect, and it looks like the Loblaws boycott will meet the same fate and achieve no reduction in food prices. Pictured: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Photo Credit: Jagmeet Singh/X. Loblaws is in the news these days as federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has for some reason decided […]

 The shrinking influence of Canada Post and its unions will be lamented by few. Photo Credit: iStock. Canada Post is once again losing money, prompting the Department of Public Works to commission a survey of Canadians on issues such as the elimination of door-to-door delivery and the closure of some post offices. Since 2017, the […]

The major element that changed regarded restoring powers to the police to restrict drug use in public. Pictured: B.C. Premier David Eby. Photo Credit: David Eby/X.  It’s amazing how a pending election focusses the mind. Last week, British Columbia’s NDP Premier, David Eby, reversed some of the most contentious elements of the province’s highly controversial […]

Canada’s housing crisis is truly a home-grown problem to which all governments have contributed. Photo Credit: iStock.  It’s no secret that Canada is in dire need of housing – both for purchase and for rental. There are a number of reasons why we got here. For starters, an immense amount of red tape and added […]

All of the serious problems facing the Canadian economy will be worsened by this change in capital gains taxes. Pictured: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Chrystia Freeland/X. Last week’s federal budget contained many elements that were negative for Canada – a massive deficit, growing national debt, debt service costs that are exceeding health-care expenses […]

The bottom line is that plastics are irreplaceable in so many essential applications. Photo Credit: Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada In the next few days, thousands of UN bureaucrats are descending on our nation’s capital to participate in what is called INC-4 UNEP. Translated, this means the fourth meeting of the United […]

The Alberta Recovery Model is based on the belief that recovery from addiction is possible, and everyone should be supported and face as few barriers as possible when they pursue recovery. Pictured: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: Danielle Smith/X.  One of the issues that was discussed at last week’s annual conference of the Canada […]

Canada’s Conservatives are looking more and more as a competent, well-informed and prepared government-in-waiting. Pictured: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo Credit: Pierre Poilievre/X.  Over the last few days, this writer has spent the last few days at the Canada Strong and Free Network’s (CSFN) annual conference. The CSFN is the successor to the Manning Centre […]

The leftist perspective on many issues is often one of fear and paranoia. Today it often seems like everyone needs to be protected from everything. Pictured: Niagara Region Chair Jim Bradley. Photo Credit: Niagara Region. Many centuries ago, people were afraid of solar eclipses because they didn’t understand their origins and feared that the sun […]

One of Canada’s perennial problems is jurisdictional creep and the fact that all levels of government are tempted to invade another’s turf. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X. It seems it would be a good thing to give all of our Canadian politicians a refresher course on the Canadian Constitution as so […]

Either the federal government and all provinces must begin cutting back the public sector and spending, or we will face another crisis like we did in 1995. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.   It was very clear that government size and spending increased substantially during the pandemic. After all, it was […]

  It seems the Ontario Conservatives have gotten used to big spending, and they like it. Pictured are Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and MPPs Stephen Crawford and Rick Byers. Photo Credit: Peter Bethlenfalvy/X. This week the Ontario Conservative government delivered its budget, which was notable only for the fact that it contained no new […]

Public opinion polls over the last couple of months have demonstrated growing support for the reinvigorated BC Conservatives under leader John Rustad. Pictured: BC Conservative leader John Rustad speaking with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo Credit: John Rustad/X. Something interesting and unexpected is happening in the political climate in British Columbia. An election is pending […]

The promotion of EVs by governments should become a case study in how not to promote a given product to citizens. Photo Credit: Pexels For the last decade or so, Canadians have been inundated by the message from governments and industry representatives that we must all eventually be drivers of Electric Vehicles (EVs). These wondrous […]

Del Duca’s approach will surely rile up the marchers to some extent, but if it succeeds in reducing the impact and incidence of these events it may well be taken up by other municipalities and be a positive first step in stopping these most un-Canadian of “protests.” Pictured: Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca. Photo Credit: […]

It would be better if CEOs took aim at all of the bad Trudeau government policies that are damaging the investment climate rather than trying to jerry-rig pension investment rules which will not fix the fundamental problems. Pictured: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Photo Credit: Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld.  Last week just under 100 CEOs of major […]

Higgs has demonstrated some important leadership in recent years on some difficult issues, especially for a relatively small province. By all indications, he deserves to be re-elected to continue his successful track record. Pictured: New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs. Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/Stephen MacGillivray.  Most of the news media’s attention tends to focus on […]

The bottom line is our economy is in significant trouble, largely as a result of bad government policy at the federal level. Photo Credit: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.  As much as it may seem otherwise, economists don’t really take any pleasure in delivering bad economic news. That being said, individuals, families and businesses need to […]

Without trying to be overly dramatic, what is happening right now is a clash of civilizations, values, systems of government and freedoms. It’s vitally important to us all that we come out of this with these essential elements of our society intact. Pictured: Raheel Raza, Founder of the Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism. Photo Credit: […]

Alberta and Saskatchewan have courageously taken a leadership role within Canada on these issues for some time, and the rest of the country owes them a debt of gratitude. Pictured: Saskatchewan Minister of Crown Investments Corporation. Photo Credit: Regina Leader-Post/Troy Fleece. This week has been very eventful in terms of Alberta and Saskatchewan pushing back […]

The fact that student achievement in basics such as math, literacy and problem solving continue to decline in Ontario public schools is hardly surprising because these subjects are considered secondary to the dominant social justice mantra. Photo Credit: Getty Images. Over the past couple of years, there has been a growing backlash against the various […]

Everyone believes teachers should be properly paid – and they are. Endless demands from unions are a fact of life but often not justified. The more information everyone has about teachers’ and other public sector workers’ compensation and benefits, the better the support will be for governments which are fighting back against endlessly demanding unions […]

Perhaps this is taking place because the public opinion polls that show Trudeau losing the next election are finally causing much of the media that is being currently subsidized to consider how they will survive in a post-Trudeau world. Photo Credit: The Hill Times.    Ever since the Trudeau government started spending hundreds of millions […]

All governments promise more than they ultimately deliver, but with the Trudeau gang we can safely say Canadians were really sold an enormous lie. Photo Credit: PMO/Adam Scotti.   It’s no surprise to anyone but the most deluded Liberal partisans that the policies of the Trudeau government have been a disaster for Canada’s economy. But […]

The current course of ever-expanding governments costing the productive private sector more and more is not sustainable. Courts that always decide against the majority of citizens are a big part of the problem. The only answer is for we the majority to demand smaller, more efficient governments and tax reductions that will boost economic growth […]

As an unelected premier, Eby should be treading much more carefully. For a change as monumental as this, he is having a short consultation period which has been announced very quietly. It seems he would like to sneak this by BC citizens without giving them a fair chance to understand the issue and participate in […]

The politicians and party supporters were in high spirits, as any government would be if they were about midway through a second mandate in which they won an even bigger majority than in the first. That is not a common occurrence in politics, and the PCs are rightly proud of their record. Photo Credit: Twitter/Doug […]