Category: Politics

Politics

Alberta deserves a better deal from the rest of Canada

by Lennie Kaplan | Aug 5, 2026

Over the next 30 years, Albertans will contribute an estimated $605.9 billion more to the country than they receive

Supply management was meant to save Canadian dairy

by Sylvain Charlebois | Aug 5, 2026
Ottawa prioritized immigration processing over public safety

by Riley Donovan | Aug 5, 2026
Manitoba is profiting from inflation to squeeze taxpayers’ wallets

by Gage Haubrich | Aug 3, 2026
Our obsession with soaking the rich is a mathematical dead end

by Roslyn Kunin | Aug 3, 2026
The road to disaster is often paved by experts

by Pat Murphy | Aug 3, 2026

Carney and Eby’s condo bailout is crony capitalism

by Marco Navarro-Genie

Your tax dollars are being used to rescue wealthy developers from the consequences of their own market failures

Trade deals signed under pressure rarely last

by Marc Lee

The latest U.S. tariffs show why waiting may be Canada’s strongest bargaining tool

Canada still trades like 13 separate countries

by Sylvain Charlebois

The premiers are celebrating a modest splash of progress on alcohol, but let’s be honest: they’re leaving the massive provincial dam standing firmly in place, keeping a truly free national market locked out

Canada already has two-tier health care. Politicians just won’t admit it

by Conrad Eder

The well-connected find ways to jump the queue while everyone else waits months for treatment

Alberta is betting billions on an unpredictable AI future

by Doug Firby

The province is making a multibillion-dollar wager that demand for massive AI data centres will keep growing

Government housing policies are killing the Canadian dream

by David Leis

Canada’s housing crisis wasn’t inevitable. It was built one government decision at a time

Political posturing won’t stop Trump’s tariffs

by Sylvain Charlebois

Ottawa has confused public messaging with effective trade negotiation

Ottawa’s industrial policy comes at the Prairies’ expense

by Marco Navarro-Genie

Prairie farmers are forced to foot the bill for the industrial failures in Central Canada

Governments shouldn’t decide what taxpayers get to know

by Gage Haubrich

But that’s exactly what’s happening in Saskatchewan because the government can ignore the watchdog meant to keep it honest

Canada has a double standard on hate

by Rodney Clifton

Violence against every religious community deserves the same public response

Britain’s problems are about to get worse

by Michael Taube

Andy Burnham could turn out to be the UK’s most left-wing prime minister yet

Government still hasn’t learned from the Lac-Mégantic disaster

by Bruce Campbell

Thirteen years after the explosion, rail safety is an illusion built on corporate greed