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Lorne Gunter

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Lorne Gunter: Fruitful first ministers' meeting falls short on details Carney’s overall goal of backing “nation-building projects” to help head off the effects of Donald Trump’s unjustified and illegal tariffs is good. But the devil is in the details.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Donald Trump's talk of '51st state' rears its ugly head once again "If they remain a separate, but unequal, nation,” the buy-in on missile defence would be $61 billion.

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: PM Carney set to worsen Trudeau's fiscal failures

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Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Throne speech holds no promises for Alberta

30.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Federal civil servants out of touch with reality of private-sector counterparts

26.05.2025 3

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Federal civil servants out of touch with reality of private-sector counterparts

26.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Federal civil servants out of touch with reality of private-sector counterparts Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, one of the federal government’s largest unions, said earlier this week that Treasury Board president Shafqat Ali and the rest of the Carney cabinet must make regaining the trust of federal civil servants one of the Liberal government’s highest priorities.

25.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: City's attacks against private motor vehicle drivers make no sense Last year, nearly 65,000 people moved to Edmonton. I hope they brought bikes!

24.05.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: No economic sense to Ottawa's new housing strategy

22.05.2025 5

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Wait to see if Carney government rolls back federal mandate on EVs At the same time EVs sales were falling off a cliff, overall vehicle sales were up more than nine per cent.

22.05.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: No economic sense to Ottawa's new housing strategy

22.05.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: No economic sense to Ottawa's new housing strategy

22.05.2025 3

Ottawa Sun

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GUNTER: Wait to see if Carney government rolls back federal mandate on EVs

20.05.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Wait to see if Carney government rolls back federal mandate on EVs

20.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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GUNTER: Carney government continues Liberals' contempt for democratic unaccountability

18.05.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Carney government continues Liberals' contempt for democratic unaccountability

18.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Carney government continues Liberals' contempt for democratic unaccountability

18.05.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Dismissing Alberta's grievances with Ottawa fuels separatist sentiment

17.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Carney's lack of pipeline commitment could cause separatist sentiment to grow I’m not sure how the pollsters at Leger found the only 10 Liberal voters in rural Alberta, but somehow they seem to have.

16.05.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Carney cabinet as radically ‘green’ as Trudeau's

15.05.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Carney cabinet as radically ‘green’ as Trudeau's

14.05.2025 5

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Carney cabinet as radically ‘green’ as Trudeau's

14.05.2025 3

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Downtown revitalization plan #315 an exercise in futility

14.05.2025 2

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Clueless Trump has undone a century of goodwill between Canada and U.S.

11.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Clueless Trump has undone a century of goodwill between Canada and U.S.

10.05.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Clueless Trump has undone a century of goodwill between Canada and U.S.

10.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta NDP also has ties to company at centre of health-care controversy Hmm. Curious.

10.05.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Time for Doug Ford to get out of bed with Mark Carney and back Danielle Smith Ford had a very public, very cordial breakfast with Carney in the runup to the writ being dropped.

09.05.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Insiders suggest Premier Smith working to limit chances of separation, which she claims to oppose

09.05.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Time for Ford to get out of bed with Carney, back Alberta premier

08.05.2025 4

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Time for Ford to get out of bed with Carney, back Alberta premier

08.05.2025 2

Ottawa Sun

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GUNTER: Clever move by Danielle Smith with Alberta Next initiative aimed at Ottawa

07.05.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Clever move by Danielle Smith with Alberta Next initiative aimed at Ottawa

07.05.2025 5

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Clever move by Danielle Smith with Alberta Next initiative aimed at Ottawa Deal with me, she seems to be saying, or the bogey of Alberta independence will be released.

07.05.2025 6

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Pierre Poilievre in strong position, despite Conservative infighting

04.05.2025 6

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Pierre Poilievre in strong position, despite Conservative infighting

03.05.2025 7

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Pierre Poilievre in strong position, despite Conservative infighting Pierre Poilievre was far from faultless in losing his own Carleton seat in the Ottawa suburbs — a seat he had held for nearly 21 years, through six federal elections.

03.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Sohi needs to take the hint — don't come back to city hall Nope, Mr. Mayor, you’re not welcome to come back to city hall, unless you’re just there to clean out your office.

02.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Carney unlikely to do anything to ease Alberta sovereignty talk I have just finished my seventh interview on a radio talk show or podcast where the topic has been Alberta separation. Since Monday’s federal election, hosts (mostly from Ontario) have been wondering whether the threat of Alberta leaving Confederation is real.

02.05.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: What's next for Poilievre, and Alberta, after the Liberals' re-election? First, a few words about Pierre Poilievre.

01.05.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: What's next for Poilievre, and Alberta, after the Liberals' re-election?

01.05.2025 9

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: What's next for Poilievre, and Alberta, after the Liberals' re-election?

01.05.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Ripping up Edmonton streets costs taxpayers a ton One of the traffic-choking projects that readers have been telling me plenty about lately is the remaking of 132 Avenue in the north end

30.04.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: A Mark Carney Liberal win is bad news for Alberta

29.04.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: After 10 years of Liberal failure, it's time for a Conservative approach

28.04.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: After 10 years of Liberal failure, it's time for a Conservative approach

27.04.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Lorne Gunter: After 10 years of Liberal failure, it's time for a Conservative approach You should have heard a loud ‘pop’ on Thursday — the sound of Liberal Mark Carney’s I’m-the-best-leader-to-deal-with-Trump bubble bursting.

27.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Poilievre's promise to kill EV mandate a good first step to counter Liberal eco-zealotry

26.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Carney's borrowing plans would sink affordability for Canadians

25.04.2025 4

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Carney's borrowing plans would sink affordability for Canadians

25.04.2025 9

Ottawa Sun

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