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He has done more thinking and writing about climate change than the rest of the Trudeau caucus combined
He has done more thinking and writing about climate change than the rest of the Trudeau caucus combined
Blanchet is right about the danger of the 'scorched-earth policy' of cutting energy shipments to the U.S., whether it’s Quebec electricity or...
That aligns Yves-Francois Blanchet with Danielle Smith, the only other leader who says clearly that energy cuts should be off the table
The federal approach has clearly failed. But Danielle Smith has the strategy that might still work
The real heat should be turned on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals as they scramble for rebirth with a new leader
If things go badly wrong next week, the desperate Liberals can pin it on Danielle Smith and the province itself
She infuriated many Canadians who wonder why Smith is so fixated on the enemy within, when the real threat is from the man she met recently at...
In sending Ottawa a powerful message, Smith shattered any illusion of provincial-federal harmony in the face of Trump’s threats
The idea behind the Liberals' export tax is to extract cash from oil and gas producing provinces to shore up Ontario and Quebec in a time of economic...
The Liberals have inflicted this tax twice in the past, both times by another Trudeau, with typically chaotic results
Many Albertans might wonder who’s the worse problem — president-elect Donald Trump, or the tattered federal Liberals in their dying days
There’s no telling how the desperate Liberals might use the industry as both weapon and scapegoat. It’s hardly their favourite sector
Most of us who live in this great country are proud of our citizenship and have no desire to change. More than 80 per cent agree
Most of us who live in this great country are proud of our citizenship and have no desire to change. More than 80 per cent agree
We must not sacrifice patriotism to political anger. Our problems are real, but they are Canada’s to solve and must remain so You can save this...
This is not a drill, Canada. Donald Trump’s takeover talk started as a joke, grew into uncomfortable needling and now looks like a genuine threat....
After nine years on the job, a prime minister who announces he’s quitting might have a few people he wants to thank. Not Justin Trudeau. Apart...
Though the Alberta NDP is sometimes closer to the UCP than to its own federal party, leader Naheed Nenshi is still stuck with Jagmeet Singh You can...
Maserati Marxist. Rolex Rebel. First-class, pod-flying phoney. For many Albertans, that’s the image of federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, a...
At the heart of the Liberal malaise is a profound intellectual bankruptcy. Their policies are old, tired, overbearing and often ineffectual You can...
In Canadian politics, 16 per cent is an ugly number with a lethal history. The governing Progressive Conservatives won only 16.04 per cent of the...
The premier is filling Trudeau's leadership void, speaking for Canada to Trump supporters in the U.S.
Alberta's premier is speaking into a vast silence from our national government, as Justin Trudeau remains virtually absent from any pretence of...
Naheed Nenshi says the UCP made him do it. The former Calgary mayor took the biggest political gamble of any Alberta politician in 2024. Three...
It was just a mid-term byelection, barely noticed by media and the general public, but hugely important for Alberta politics. NDP candidate Rob...
The UCP will announce Thursday a pay boost of up to $250 million a year for Alberta family doctors, making them among the best paid in the country....
As a group, the premiers represent Canada far more accurately than the federal government does You can save this article by registering for free...
As Liberal death rattles grow louder and the Trudeau regime totters, certain dismal realities about this country become ever more obvious. Canada...
The UCP calls the original Green Line plan the “Nenshi Nightmare.” The former Calgary mayor has a tagline of his own for the provincial version...
Slapping an export tax on oil and natural gas is a favourite Trudeau family thing to do. This would be the third time a prime minister named...
The Own Canada movement is spreading fast in the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump jokes about the 51st state, his Fox News boosters amplify, and...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could probably slide down every chimney in Canada, tossing gifts to all, without improving his political standing by...
President-elect Donald Trump routinely upends U.S. politics with a tweet. Now he’s done it to Canada, with his threat to slam 25 per cent tariffs...
Government sources say the motion will 'make it virtually impossible for Ottawa to impose the cap in Alberta' You can save this article by...
Ministers failing to disclose travel and meal expenses. Public housing falling into decay. Slack reporting of highway maintenance spending. Alberta...
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange unveiled new health-care bodies Monday morning. Meanwhile, the crowds were already stacking up at emergency wards...
'You can't just be agitating all the time. You can't stay in power if you're constantly in chaos,' said Cynthia Moore
Smith's impulse to tear things down and start again echoes Donald Trump, but goes back a century in Alberta You can save this article by...
Premier Danielle Smith is not the usual kind of conservative. In some ways, she’s not a conservative at all. Traditional conservatives pride...
Within days, former prime minister Stephen Harper will almost certainly be the new chair of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo). Some...
Leave the UCP. Take your single-issue passions elsewhere. Stop the chaos that has roiled the party since it was formed in 2017. That’s the message...
The emissions cap simply another electoral ploy to go after Alberta to please the progressive crowd in central Canada You can save this article by...
Premier Danielle Smith launched a blazing attack on Ottawa Monday after the feds finally announced their emissions cap on oil and gas. She was...
RED DEER — Well, that worked. Premier Danielle Smith appeased and applauded her United Conservative Party for months. On Saturday the members...
Premier Danielle Smith’s government is very clear about who rules the cities. The UCP does. Every municipal council knows it. Smith brought in a...
In the days leading up to the B.C. election on Oct. 19, an astute friend in Vancouver made a point of asking everyone she met how they would vote,...