From the union halls in Sault Ste. Marie to the docks at the Port of Vancouver, and in households across the country, there is no trace of Christmas cheer. For many Canadians, this year’s yuletide will be the bleakest holiday season in 45 years, perhaps since the great depression years. Steel manufacturer Algoma Steel rocked […]
The term CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) was on more Canadian lips last week than ever before, and for good reason. As one of the long list of conditions that Alberta must comply with to obtain the much-desired oil pipeline to the northern coast of B.C., the province has to commit to a massive […]
The Conservatives have turned the page on a rough stretch by handing the keys of their national campaign to someone who is respected in every corner of the party. Steve Outhouse isn’t a flashy pick, but he’s the kind of hire that signals a shift from chaos to competence, and maybe even a bit of […]
After a lackluster rollout of the second tranche of major projects earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney saved the best for last and is sinking his teeth into the holy grail of controversy: a pipeline that will run directly to B.C. ‘s northwest coast. Over the last two decades, there has been a laundry […]
After months of talking points, innuendo, hints and vague promises, we have finally heard at least some of the terms of the so-called Grand Bargain between Alberta and the federal Liberal government. This bargain is supposedly a trade off where Alberta gets its coveted oil pipeline and the federal government gets a number of commitments […]
Most Canadians are well aware that the government of Justin Trudeau increased the size and cost of the federal government immensely in less than 10 years. During the Trudeau years, government size increased by over 40 per cent in terms of the number of people employed and 70 per cent in terms of the cost […]
The Canadian government is like a boat load of entitlements. Unless some cargo is cast off, the boat is going to sink. Unfortunately, the passengers are entirely unwilling to part with anything, and the captain won’t compel them. Federal Canadian debt has been rising steadily for the past 55 years, apart from an eleven-year reprieve […]
It turns out the Trudeau government really did look at Canada’s economy through rose-coloured glasses. Is the Carney government falling into the same pattern? New research from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy shows that federal budgets during the Trudeau years “consistently overestimated [Canada’s] fiscal health” when it came to forecasting the state of the […]
Last week the magazine Toronto Life published an interview in which Prime Minister Mark Carney stated “Toronto is the best of Canada because it is all of Canada in one place. Virtually half the people in the GTA were born outside the country and you wouldn’t know it because they quicky become Canadian.” The prime […]
It seems that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has a propensity for putting forward different policy models that attract criticism from those who want to resist change of any kind. Earlier this week, this happened again when Alberta was reported to be considering a different way of permitting doctors to work in the province. The draft […]