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LILLEY: Carney's budget as unsustainable as a Trudeau budget

LILLEY: Carney's budget as unsustainable as a Trudeau budget

Mark Carney’s first budget is every bit as unsustainable as the budgets of Justin Trudeau. That’s if we hold Carney to the same measuring stick...

yesterday 8

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: 5 tax changes Mark Carney should make, but probably won't

LILLEY: 5 tax changes Mark Carney should make, but probably won't

On Tuesday, Mark Carney and his finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, have the opportunity to use their budget to unleash Canada’s economy...

yesterday 7

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s budget omits costs of ‘climate competitiveness strategy’

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s budget omits costs of ‘climate competitiveness strategy’

Canadians wondering how much Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “climate competitiveness strategy” is going to cost them will have to keep waiting. Given...

yesterday 8

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Carney is elbows down when dealing with bully Donald Trump

KINSELLA: Carney is elbows down when dealing with bully Donald Trump

Who speaks for Canada? Ontario’s Doug Ford does. Manitoba’s Wab Kinew does. B.C.’s David Eby does. So do many of the other provincial premiers....

yesterday 8

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

GOLDBERG: Health Canada twists itself into pretzels to defy common sense

GOLDBERG: Health Canada twists itself into pretzels to defy common sense

Health Canada is twisting itself into pretzels to try and justify keeping nicotine pouches out of convenience stores and behind pharmacy counters....

yesterday 7

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

LILLEY: Carney looks weak in the Ford-Trump ad controversy

LILLEY: Carney looks weak in the Ford-Trump ad controversy

Mark Carney is trying to flex in the Doug Ford-Donald Trump ad controversy but instead of looking strong, he’s looking weak. Now, in addition to...

03.11.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: Funding government climate change programs costs every Canadian over $12,000

GOLDSTEIN: Funding government climate change programs costs every Canadian over $12,000

Figuring out how much Canadians are paying for government climate change programs is difficult because the information is scattered across the...

03.11.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

TAIT: CFCW's Jackie-Rae Greening signing off Friday, ready for life after the radio booth

TAIT: CFCW's Jackie-Rae Greening signing off Friday, ready for life after the radio booth

You don’t forget a smile like that — wide as a prairie sunrise, mischievous as a junior bonspiel prank. Jackie-Rae Greening is getting ready to...

03.11.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

TERRAZZANO: Taxpayers can’t afford another Trudeau-style budget

TERRAZZANO: Taxpayers can’t afford another Trudeau-style budget

Prime Minister Mark Carney sold Canadians on the idea that he’s the man with the plan to fix Canada’s economy and finances.     To make that image...

02.11.2025 3

Edmonton Sun

Franco Terrazzano

LILLEY: Canadians shouldn't accept a lower standard of living

LILLEY: Canadians shouldn't accept a lower standard of living

First it was Prime Minister Mark Carney saying that young people would need to sacrifice, now it’s the head of the Bank of Canada warning of a...

31.10.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

GOLDSTEIN: UN’s global climate-change strategy a house of cards

GOLDSTEIN: UN’s global climate-change strategy a house of cards

On the heels of a report that says Canada will fail to meet its industrial greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in its ostensible fight...

31.10.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: Ongoing blow up with Trump hopefully short lived

LILLEY: Ongoing blow up with Trump hopefully short lived

We’ve gone from denunciation to toasts and finger guns across the dinner table in less than a week. If you’re getting dizzy trying to keep up with...

30.10.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: A snap election only happens if Carney's Liberals want one

LILLEY: A snap election only happens if Carney's Liberals want one

Will a lack of support for the federal Liberal budget lead to an election next week? It’s possible, but then again, a snap election is always...

30.10.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Cloned meat is coming soon. Health Canada doesn’t want you to know

CHARLEBOIS: Cloned meat is coming soon. Health Canada doesn’t want you to know

Sometimes the most significant food-policy changes happen not with a bang, but with a bureaucratic whisper. According to Health Canada’s own...

30.10.2025 4

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois