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Braid: Hopes raised for long pause in Trump tariffs, then brutally dashed

Braid: Hopes raised for long pause in Trump tariffs, then brutally dashed
yesterday 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Don Braid

Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off Trudeau agenda

Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off Trudeau agenda
yesterday 10

Edmonton Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off Trudeau agenda

Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off Trudeau agenda

He has done more thinking and writing about climate change than the rest of the Trudeau caucus combined

yesterday 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off the Trudeau agenda

Don Braid: Mark Carney is a climate zealot who won't back off the Trudeau agenda

He has done more thinking and writing about climate change than the rest of the Trudeau caucus combined

previous day 20

National Post

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Don Braid: Smith gets an unlikely Quebec ally in thinking banning oil exports to U.S. is 'absurd'

Don Braid: Smith gets an unlikely Quebec ally in thinking banning oil exports to U.S. is 'absurd'

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...

22.01.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: The word from Quebec — banning oil exports is the worst possible idea

Braid: The word from Quebec — banning oil exports is the worst possible idea

That aligns Yves-Francois Blanchet with Danielle Smith, the only other leader who says clearly that energy cuts should be off the table

22.01.2025 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Hopes were raised for a long pause in Trump tariffs, then brutally dashed

Don Braid: Hopes were raised for a long pause in Trump tariffs, then brutally dashed

The federal approach has clearly failed. But Danielle Smith has the strategy that might still work

21.01.2025 10

National Post

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Braid: Premier Smith's efforts help avert tariff war Liberals invited

Braid: Premier Smith's efforts help avert tariff war Liberals invited

The real heat should be turned on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals as they scramble for rebirth with a new leader

21.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Braid: Smith should have grabbed the pen and signed. She leaves Alberta vulnerable

Braid: Smith should have grabbed the pen and signed. She leaves Alberta vulnerable

If things go badly wrong next week, the desperate Liberals can pin it on Danielle Smith and the province itself

20.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Danielle Smith painted as national demon for shattering premiers' unity

Braid: Danielle Smith painted as national demon for shattering premiers' unity
19.01.2025 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Don Braid: Danielle Smith shatters illusion of provincial-federal harmony over Trump threats

Don Braid: Danielle Smith shatters illusion of provincial-federal harmony over Trump threats

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...

16.01.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Danielle Smith painted as national demon for shattering premiers' unity

Braid: Danielle Smith painted as national demon for shattering premiers' unity

In sending Ottawa a powerful message, Smith shattered any illusion of provincial-federal harmony in the face of Trump’s threats

16.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Danielle Smith's plan to stop feds from looting Alberta during Trump tariff crisis

Don Braid: Danielle Smith's plan to stop feds from looting Alberta during Trump tariff crisis

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...

15.01.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Smith has plan to stop feds from looting Alberta to pay for tariff crisis

Braid: Smith has plan to stop feds from looting Alberta to pay for tariff crisis

The Liberals have inflicted this tax twice in the past, both times by another Trudeau, with typically chaotic results

15.01.2025 40

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: A Liberal oil export ban could be as bad as Trump tariffs

Don Braid: A Liberal oil export ban could be as bad as Trump tariffs

Many Albertans might wonder who’s the worse problem — president-elect Donald Trump, or the tattered federal Liberals in their dying days

14.01.2025 10

National Post

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Braid: Liberal oil export ban could be as bad as Trump tariffs

Braid: Liberal oil export ban could be as bad as Trump tariffs

There’s no telling how the desperate Liberals might use the industry as both weapon and scapegoat. It’s hardly their favourite sector

14.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Don Braid: Premier Doug Ford insults Fox News by refusing to beg for annexation

Don Braid: Premier Doug Ford insults Fox News by refusing to beg for annexation

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

09.01.2025 20

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Premier Doug Ford insults Fox News by refusing to beg for annexation

Braid: Premier Doug Ford insults Fox News by refusing to beg for annexation

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

09.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Don Braid: It's no joke — Trump really wants the U.S. to take over Canada

Don Braid: It's no joke — Trump really wants the U.S. to take over Canada

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...

08.01.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: It's no joke — Trump really wants the U.S. to take over Canada

Braid: It's no joke — Trump really wants the U.S. to take over Canada

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....

08.01.2025 40

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau's self-pitying exit leaves Canada in a crisis of his making

Braid: Trudeau's self-pitying exit leaves Canada in a crisis of his making

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...

07.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Alberta New Democrats unlikely to win again while they’re linked to the federal NDP

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...

04.01.2025 4

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Alberta NDP no longer so sure about ditching Singh's federal party

Maserati Marxist. Rolex Rebel. First-class, pod-flying phoney. For many Albertans, that’s the image of federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, a...

03.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: The Liberals are done, and only Trudeau doesn’t seem to know it

At the heart of the Liberal malaise is a profound intellectual bankruptcy. Their policies are old, tired, overbearing and often ineffectual You can...

01.01.2025 7

National Post

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Braid: Extinction in Parliament is now a real threat to Liberals under Justin Trudeau

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...

01.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: New Fox fave Danielle Smith champions Canada with more impact than feds

The premier is filling Trudeau's leadership void, speaking for Canada to Trump supporters in the U.S.

31.12.2024 5

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Don Braid: New Fox TV fave Danielle Smith is a better champion for Canada than the feds

Alberta's premier is speaking into a vast silence from our national government, as Justin Trudeau remains virtually absent from any pretence of...

31.12.2024 2

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Nenshi's NDP takeover was 2024's most remarkable Alberta political story

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...

26.12.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Big win for Nenshi's NDP leadership in high-stakes Lethbridge byelection

It was just a mid-term byelection, barely noticed by media and the general public, but hugely important for Alberta politics. NDP candidate Rob...

20.12.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Finally, the UCP comes up with new pay system to save family doctor practices

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....

19.12.2024 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Premiers should take over tariff fight from hopeless Trudeau Liberals

As a group, the premiers represent Canada far more accurately than the federal government does You can save this article by registering for free...

18.12.2024 5

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Provincial premiers should take over tariff fight from hopeless Trudeau Liberals

As Liberal death rattles grow louder and the Trudeau regime totters, certain dismal realities about this country become ever more obvious. Canada...

18.12.2024 7

Calgary Herald

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Braid: Nenshi says new Green Line plan is a disaster costing as much as a tunnel

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...

16.12.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Facing Trump with federal export tax on oil and natural gas is the worst possible idea

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...

13.12.2024 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Trump's talk of 51st state called Canada is an age-old dream, and no joke

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...

11.12.2024 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Trudeau GST break brings zero political gain for Liberals, but plenty of pain for retailers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could probably slide down every chimney in Canada, tossing gifts to all, without improving his political standing by...

10.12.2024 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Donald Trump hands Trudeau a crisis he could use to win another election

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...

27.11.2024 5

Calgary Herald

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Braid: Alberta's 'most provocative' anti-Ottawa action coming Tuesday to block emissions cap

Government sources say the motion will 'make it virtually impossible for Ottawa to impose the cap in Alberta' You can save this article by...

26.11.2024 5

National Post

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Braid: Auditor general finds crisis in public housing, lax grip on spending results

Ministers failing to disclose travel and meal expenses. Public housing falling into decay. Slack reporting of highway maintenance spending. Alberta...

19.11.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Lithuanian hips and distant trips as desperate Albertans pay for health care

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange unveiled new health-care bodies Monday morning. Meanwhile, the crowds were already stacking up at emergency wards...

19.11.2024 5

Calgary Herald

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Braid: Trump win tells UCP hard-liners they're on the right track

'You can't just be agitating all the time. You can't stay in power if you're constantly in chaos,' said Cynthia Moore

16.11.2024 3

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Don Braid: Danielle Smith flexes more raw political power than any Alberta premier in modern times

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...

16.11.2024 3

National Post

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Braid: Smith flexes more raw political power than any premier in modern times

Premier Danielle Smith is not the usual kind of conservative. In some ways, she’s not a conservative at all. Traditional conservatives pride...

16.11.2024 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Stephen Harper at AIMCo and UCP's provincial pension drive go hand-in-hand

Within days, former prime minister Stephen Harper will almost certainly be the new chair of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo). Some...

15.11.2024 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Trump win tells UCP hard-liners they're on the right track, but ex-president disagrees

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...

08.11.2024 8

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: It's time for Alberta to take economic action against Liberal Ottawa, and make it sting

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...

05.11.2024 3

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Time for Smith to take economic action against Liberal Ottawa, and make it sting

Premier Danielle Smith launched a blazing attack on Ottawa Monday after the feds finally announced their emissions cap on oil and gas. She was...

05.11.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith scores huge party win with moves that may end up hurting the UCP

RED DEER — Well, that worked. Premier Danielle Smith appeased and applauded her United Conservative Party for months. On Saturday the members...

03.11.2024 8

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP passing blame on future of safe drug supply site

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...

25.10.2024 4

Calgary Herald

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Braid: Voters across Canada are fed up with stale governments. Liberals beware

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,...

24.10.2024 4

Calgary Herald

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