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John Ivison: Making Canada investable again will take more than Carney’s dreams
“This country still has a reputation as a difficult place to build things in a timely and predictable…
July 23, 2025
TERRAZZANO: Ignore fearmongering union bosses and cut the bureaucracy
The federal bureaucracy cost taxpayers $40 billion in 2016. The bureaucracy now costs taxpayers about $70 billion. That’s…
July 22, 2025
So much for ‘Canada strong’: Carney cuts to public service a brutal trade-off
The playbook for these “efficiency” cuts is clear: make them big, do them fast and never get into…
July 22, 2025
Carney’s ‘Elbows Up’ bluff: No deal, no strategy, and no end to Trump’s tariffs
Mark Carney ran for Prime Minister on an “elbows up” promise to take the fight directly to Washington…
July 22, 2025
B.C. Ferries contract to China: We’re not just outsourcing ships. We’re outsourcing opportunity…
Opinion: Handing B.C. Ferries contract to China may save money in the short term. But long term, it’s…
July 21, 2025
Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj
‘It shows that the CBC corporation has a disturbing level of control over their journalists,’ says Travis Dhanraj’s…
July 21, 2025
AI won’t kill journalism — but it will kill lazy journalism
Let’s get one thing straight: artificial intelligence is not going to kill journalism. But it is going to…
July 21, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith talks anti-conservative bias, CBC,Travis Dhanraj…
In the debut episode of The Paikin Podcast, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sits down with Steve Paikin to…
July 20, 2025
Could publicly-owned grocery stores break Canada’s grocery oligopoly?
A bold proposal from New York’s Zohran Mamdani is sparking interest north of the border. Experts say a…
July 20, 2025
The Hill Times, subsidies and Poilievre…
According to The Hill Times: Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country…
July 19, 2025
Tariffs likely to stay. What now, for Canada?
…it’s unlikely Canada will be able to convince the U.S. to abandon sectoral tariffs completely, given they reflect…
July 19, 2025
Opinion: Carney inherited a fiscal mess from Trudeau, and he is set to make it worse
Jake Fuss and Grady Munro: Promising to balance the operating budget while continuing to borrow elsewhere is like…
July 19, 2025
Doug Ford tells Poilievre Conservatives — avoid the hardcore right-wing
“It can’t be one extreme or the other extreme. You can’t be far left or hardcore right,” says…
July 18, 2025
Opinion: Canada’s immigration system, once admired for its fairness and balance, has drifted into crisis
For years, policy decisions prioritized record-setting targets over planning, screening, and integration. The result? A system disconnected from…
July 17, 2025
Kyle Hutton: No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t going to lose Battle River—Crowfoot
For some reason, media is trying to manufacture a race in the Battle River—Crowfoot by-election…
July 17, 2025
Danielle Smith: Pulling Alberta out of supply management worth considering
“Creating our own Alberta version of supply management, maybe as a pathway to a market system and maybe…
July 17, 2025
Suggest your own spending cuts, Carney govt tells CBC, Via Rail and other Crown corporations
That means very little appears to be off the table under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan, and it’s…
July 16, 2025
Democracy Watch: Carney ‘ethics screen’ actually ‘hides his participation’ in conflicted investments
In a scathing statement this week, Democracy Watch urged Carney to fully divest his shares and stock options,…
July 16, 2025
‘It’s a massive task’: Carney ethics screen won’t prevent conflicts of interest, warn critics
One expert says there is ‘no way’ for the prime minister ‘to not be in conflict,’ emphasizing that…
July 16, 2025
Who’s the real Carney? Progressive, conservative, or someone willing to say just anything to placate public?
We’ve lost sight of where Prime Minister Mark Carney is pointing his elbows as U.S. President Donald Trump…
July 16, 2025