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Lorne Gunter

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney continues Liberals’ historic economic downward slide During the first 10 years of Liberal government — the Trudeau years — business investment per worker in Canada fell 18.8 per cent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024 (inflation adjusted), according to the Fraser Institute.

Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney continues Liberals’ historic economic downward slide During the first 10 years of Liberal government — the Trudeau years — business investment per worker in Canada fell 18.8 per cent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024 (inflation adjusted), according to the Fraser Institute.

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Lorne Gunter: Province should stay in its own lane over bike lanes The Alberta provincial government has launched a web portal to collect public complaints about bike lanes, especially in Calgary and Edmonton. This is in preparation for legislation coming this fall that will limit municipalities’ ability to install new bike lanes. In some cases, it may even require them to rip out existing lanes.

Lorne Gunter: Province should stay in its own lane over bike lanes The Alberta provincial government has launched a web portal to collect public complaints about bike lanes, especially in Calgary and Edmonton. This is in preparation for legislation coming this fall that will limit municipalities’ ability to install new bike lanes. In some cases, it may even require them to rip out existing lanes.

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Gunter: Spending cuts, not incentives, key to fixing Edmonton's high residential taxes

Gunter: Spending cuts, not incentives, key to fixing Edmonton's high residential taxes

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story

GUNTER: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story

SIMMONS: My all-time Toronto Blue Jays starting lineup in honour of 50th season 20,000 pigs killed in early morning fire near Simcoe Carney, cabinet...

15.07.2026 10

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story Consumer spending has dropped, productivity is flat, investment is down and the housing market has softened.

Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney looks good but economy tells different story Consumer spending has dropped, productivity is flat, investment is down and the housing market has softened.

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Gunter: Dear Premier Smith, just give us a break at the pumps already I’m told by government sources that at least 20,000 people have begun the rebate application, only to have apparently given up before completing it

Gunter: Dear Premier Smith, just give us a break at the pumps already I’m told by government sources that at least 20,000 people have begun the rebate application, only to have apparently given up before completing it

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13.07.2026 10

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GUNTER: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

GUNTER: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

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Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations

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Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations In the United States, they refer to their national parks as “America’s Best Idea.”

Lorne Gunter: Canada can't be governed by guilt trip regarding First Nations In the United States, they refer to their national parks as “America’s Best Idea.”

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta population projection a blow to separatist ambitions The provincial government released a fascinating study on Thursday, “Population projections: Alberta and local geographic areas, 2026–2051.”

Lorne Gunter: Alberta population projection a blow to separatist ambitions The provincial government released a fascinating study on Thursday, “Population projections: Alberta and local geographic areas, 2026–2051.”

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10.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council keeps ramping up taxpayer burden As a parting gift before it broke for its summer recess, city council decided to raise Edmontonians’ property taxes every year for the next 20 in order to build up a separate reserve fund that can only be used for “infrastructure” maintenance and repair.

Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council keeps ramping up taxpayer burden As a parting gift before it broke for its summer recess, city council decided to raise Edmontonians’ property taxes every year for the next 20 in order to build up a separate reserve fund that can only be used for “infrastructure” maintenance and repair.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Counter-Carney strategy the main challenge for Conservatives

Canadian World Cup star Alistair Johnston calls out airline after being flown to wrong city IRAN WAR: Trump says ceasefire is 'over' with...

08.07.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Counter-Carney strategy the main challenge for Conservatives Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate because Martel has held a Quebec seat (Chicoutimi-Le Fjord) that was Liberal until Martel won it in a byelection in 2018. Carney wants it back for his party.

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Lorne Gunter: New plan for all-Canadian pipeline is good news We cannot be held hostage if the oil needed in central Canada passes through an exclusively Canadian pipeline.

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07.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

SIMMONS SAYS: Blue Jays' Joe Carter statue celebrates a moment, not a career Breaking down Maple Leafs' prospect pool as we head into summer...

05.07.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

There is some meat on the bones now but few costs estimates for what would be one of the most expensive capital projects in Canadian history

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National Post

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline beginning to look less like a pipe dream

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta UCP's convoluted, error-ridden energy rebate process just weak-kneed politics This is an overthought, needlessly complex program designed and administered by bureaucrats and implemented by weak-kneed politicians.

03.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: West Coast pipeline ‘progress’ still more performance than reality It looks like a game of three-card monte to me, the classic confidence game where observers are tricked into predicting which card is the “money card,” only to discover the dealer has already palmed the winning card back into the deck.

02.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Gunter: Albertans are rediscovering a deep connection to Canada amid separatism debate Am I surprised by a Leger survey conducted recently for the Association for Canadian Studies? The results show that of all Canadians, fewer Albertans identify more strongly with their province or region than with the country.

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Lorne Gunter: More teachers need to magically appear after Alberta injects money There will now be nearly one complexity team for every four high-needs classrooms in the province. That should start to make a dent in the problem.

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Lorne Gunter: Quick-release bail laws undermine faith in Canada's justice system

Anyone wondering whether the justice system is failing Canadians need look no further than the Joseph Kidd case.

27.06.2026 20

National Post

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Lorne Gunter: Quick-release bail laws undermine faith in Canada's justice system Since mid-April, Joseph Kidd of the Northern Alberta city of Grande Prairie, has been arrested on sexual assault charges three times and released shortly after each arrest, only to allegedly reoffend within a matter of days.

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Lorne Gunter: Downtown restaurant the latest victim of city's business-killing construction projects

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Lorne Gunter: Calgary chamber report the latest in separatism war of numbers Get ready for another round in the Great Numbers War, another skirmish in the Battle of the Balance Sheets.

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: When death comes casually, MAID out of control

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Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: New Alberta independence group fronted by reasonable leaders

HUNTER: Accused killer twice torpedoed by Canada. Why is she still here? Bell employees fired over fake office attendance sue BCE Mia Sara says...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: New Alberta independence group fronted by reasonable leaders As long as they can both avoid the ridiculous arguments made by other separatists, Let Alberta Decide will find a wider audience for its separatist arguments than the Prosperity Project ever did.

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GUNTER: Alberta economy still leads Canada despite spectre of separatism

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta economy still leads Canada despite spectre of separatism

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Council blindly bulls ahead with undemocratic infill policy It is undemocratic when a few dozen councillors, bureaucrats and developers can dictate to the rest of us what our city should look like

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Danielle Smith's Dani Dollars a slap in the face to Albertans We should have received a 13-cent per litre reduction in the pump price for at least the next three months. That’s provincial law

17.06.2026 10

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Alberta separatist sentiment feeds on Ottawa's lack of appreciation

SIMMONS: Maple Leafs' hiring of coach Jim Hiller underwhelming WARMINGTON: Don Cherry reflects on decision to no longer air Hockey Night in...

17.06.2026 10

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta separatist sentiment feeds on Ottawa's lack of appreciation Confederation is more than a crude balance sheet. But increased recognition of Alberta’s contribution would go a long way towards dampening separatist sentiment.

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta separatists stretch the truth on lower taxes Although unsaid, I suppose separation will also lead to more sunny days, better relations between cats and dogs, and cures for toenail fungus and psoriasis.

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16.06.2026 20

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GUNTER: Bill C-34 just Liberal censorship behind child-protection smokescreen

Justin Trudeau's appearance at U.S. World Cup match sparks anger SIMMONS SAYS: Oilers would face so many questions if they hire Babcock SUNshine...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Bill C-34 just Liberal censorship behind child-protection smokescreen Once again, the Liberal government is attempting to restrict legal Internet content that they believe threatens “social stability” or is deemed “harmful” to Canada.

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13.06.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Obstacles to West Coast pipeline could still kill project

11.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Obstacles to West Coast pipeline could still kill project

11.06.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Pierre Poilievre says separatists have a problem with Ottawa

10.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: 'Listen carefully': Poilievre says separatists have a problem with Ottawa Poilievre urged central Canadians to make the kind of effort to placate Alberta that they have made time and again towards Quebec when separatism has raised its head there.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Nenshi's fortunes improve amid separatist anger The UCP’s bylaws allow 22 of the party’s 87 constituency associations to force a leadership review. But they all have to pass the very same motion to force the review.

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GUNTER: Mass immigration masks decade of Liberal economic mismanagement

Why the Maple Leafs must find a coach who can walk a fine line SUNshine Girl Michelle TERRAZZANO: Prime Minister Mark Carney goes over budget –...

06.06.2026 10

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Mass immigration masks a decade of Liberal economic mismanagement This Tuesday, after several days of dodging questions about the “technical” recession Canada is in (which is kind of like claiming a woman is “technically” pregnant), Prime Minister Mark Carney finally admitted the country’s economy was a bit patchy. The word he used is “bumpy.”

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: UCP lead remains strong in latest Leger poll Despite facing public resistance to its handling of health care, affordability and Alberta separation, the United Conservatives remain clearly in the lead in provincial polling conducted by Leger at the end of last month and the early days of this month.

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05.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Separatists’ response to cost issue flippant, lacks facts You are welcome to have your own opinion on whether Premier Danielle Smith is right in her estimate — $400 billion — of what it would cost Alberta to separate. But if you’re leading the charge for an independent Alberta, you’d better have a more convincing response than “Would not. So there.”

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Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Canada's recession lingering effect of decade of Liberal anti-growth policies

Blue Jays prospect Peyton Williams wins fan poll for best nickname in minor leagues Constituents 'insulted' by Indigenous icon idea for TTC...

03.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter: Canada's recession the lingering effect of a decade of Liberal anti-growth policies Gee, when the Liberals said they were aiming for “net-zero,” I thought they meant carbon emissions. Turns out “net-zero” was their goal for Canada’s economic growth. And they’ve achieved it!

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GUNTER: Premier Smith juggling priorities on 'separatist referendum' debate

50 Cent reacts to baby mama Daphne Joy’s alleged sex tape with nemesis Diddy LILLEY: Senate's mistaken attempt to criminalize residential...

02.06.2026 20

Toronto Sun

Lorne Gunter

Lorne Gunter: Premier juggling priorities on 'separatist referendum' debate Smith has done a good job so far handling demands for a referendum, but she has to be careful not to repeat the overwrought “warnings” of federalists.

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