Pipeline or pipe dream?
The topic of pipelines is all the rage in policy circles of late, all because there appears to have been some recent progress on…
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Smith gets a pipeline – but it’s far from what advocates had hoped for
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is finally getting a pipeline. But, after making concession after concession, this doesn’t feel like the pipeline win that Albertans…
The danger of judicial activism
On this Canada Day there is an underappreciated and growing risk to our democracy – the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Its use by…
Three leaders, one summer, no easy exits
School is out, Parliament has risen, and it feels like summer in the nation’s capital. For Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, and Avi Lewis, the…
Stop taking Alberta for granted
For more than 100 years, Ontario was the engine that drove Canadian economic growth. When Canada’s social programs were first created – think Medicare,…
Canadians are leaving the country in record numbers, at a record pace
The number of Canadians packing and leaving the country for good is climbing rather dramatically. The volume of disenchanted Canadians choosing to exit the…
Sovereignty and economic woes set to define summer circuit
Summer is officially here. Parliamentarians have packed their bags and hit the road back to their constituencies, where they will be spending the sunny…
Alberta pipeline prospects
We will all be celebrating the 159th birthday of Canada next week. July 1 is also the date on which Alberta Premier Danielle Smith…
Our subsidy society
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.” This quote describes how a government typically…
Grid lock
Back in May, the Carney government announced a strategy entitled “Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy.” The plan is…