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Max FawcettThe Walrus |
If Albertans insist on playing the blame game, I have a suggestion for who they ought to be targeting: their provincial government.
Alberta's premier requires an enemy in Ottawa. The prime minister keeps refusing to play that role.
Like most countries, Canada has its problems. But if we find the courage and political will to actually address them, there's no telling how much...
Doug Ford's government is betting big on nuclear energy. Danielle Smith's government prefers natural gas. Neither seems to want to do the actual...
A recent column criticizing Elon Musk drew the ire of his fellow tech executives. Why they're missing the forest — surging opposition to AI and data...
Alberta's endless array of grievances are driving Canada's political agenda right now. British Columbia might want a turn at the wheel soon enough.
The real battle going forward is between the axis of petrostates and China's clean energy ecosystem. Canada will have to choose its side sooner rather...
The Liberal government is betting big on electricity as a tool of economic growth — and, yes, emissions reductions. Why it's going to use its...
The Alberta government still doesn't have a specific route or identified proponent for its much-ballyhooed pipeline to the west coast. And when it...
Cenovus CEO Jon McKenzie gave a big speech at the Global Energy Show in Calgary this week. Its message to both Carney and Smith was clear: the...
The Alberta separatist referendum gave the Conservative leader an opportunity to demonstrate some courage, reconnect with Canadians and improve his...
Danielle Smith has been able to bully, badger and blackmail her way to a pipeline deal with Ottawa. Now her big plan faces the real test: convincing...
Sorry, haters: Justin Trudeau is still right about the lack of a business case for east coast LNG exports. There might not be very good one for west...
Steven Guilbeault's resignation from the Liberal caucus marks the end of a certain approach to doing climate politics. That's not necessarily a bad...
Once again, a political base that's been fed a steady diet of outrage, fear, and anti-Ottawa loathing has turned on its master. At some point, you'd...
Alberta's oil and gas industry advocates continue to treat China as an economic opportunity, one that justifies new pipelines to the west coast. They...
Conservative politicians like Pierre Poilievre have spent the last decade nurturing the resentments of Albertans towards Ottawa. Now, they need to...
The Conservative premier is holding the entire country hostage to the grievances and frustrations of a small group of Albertans. Now, in trying to...
For decades now, environmental activists have fought to promote and protect the science behind climate change. Why that fight is largely over now —...
The prime minister is relaxing environmental regulations, reducing the industrial carbon price and talking up the importance of pipelines. He's also...
The Alberta separatist movement was dealt a crushing blow in a court decision on Wednesday. It didn't take the premier long to blame the courts —...
Alberta should be using the windfall from the war in Iran to prepare for the future. Instead, it's busy trying to recreate the past.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has made defending Canada's sovereignty his political north star. Why that also has to include our "cognitive sovereignty"...
The prime minister has made building his overarching political goal. But when it comes to energy, saving might be even more important.
It’s hard to see how the public can have any confidence in the sanctity of the separatist petition, or the names on it, after this. More to the...
Albertans will spend the summer debating their province's relationship with Ottawa. So why does it seem like their premier is laying the groundwork...
The Conservative Party of Canada is apparently spoiling for a fight over who is more trusted on economics with the only prime minister to ever serve...
The federal government's decision to suspend the excise tax on gasoline combines is an obvious attempt to put politics ahead of policy. It also looks...
It's easy to dismiss the Alberta separatist movement as a bunch of poorly-informed malcontents who are motivated by some combination of fear, anger...
With the latest defection from the Conservative caucus, the Liberals are poised to have their first majority government since 2019. They'd better use...
Aaron Gunn is just the latest Conservative politician to argue — unwittingly — for the policies and priorities that were found in Pierre Trudeau's...
The war in Iran has changed the world. When will Canada’s pipeline-obsessed politicians realize it?
The Supreme Court of Canada gets to decide whether Quebec's Bill 21 is constitutional — and how far provincial legislatures can go in overriding our...
No, the carbon tax didn't meaningfully add to food price inflation in Canada. But that never stopped Conservative politicians and pundits from...
The majority of Canadians now see the United States as more foe than friend. But the Conservative leader begs to differ.
Land acknowledgments are easy, even if some people insist on complaining about them. It's when Indigenous rights intersect with our own that the...
The party is down to just six members of parliament, a number that may shrink in the days to come. Can Avi Lewis, the overwhelming favourite to become...
The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is rolling out a kinder and gentler version of himself. But can he stick to the script, or will he...
Canada's oil and gas industry and the politicians in its thrall will use the US attack on Iran as a justification for more pipelines. In reality, it...
The former mayor of Calgary was supposed to bring the Alberta NDP back to political power. Instead, they're further away from it than they've been in...
Norway is a country defined by aggressive climate policy, high taxes and public ownership of oil and gas operations. So why do Alberta's separatists...
If there’s a Pandora’s Box that Alberta's premier hasn’t opened yet, it’s not for a lack of trying.
The rookie Conservative MP tried to freelance his way to a diplomatic and political win. Instead, he only reminded Canadians just how out of touch his...
For all the recent talk about pipelines, it's clear that Mark Carney's economic strategy revolves around turning Canada into one of the world's...
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney spent years whipping voters into a frenzy against Ottawa. Now, at least, he's doing something to put out the fire...
The former prime minister's supposed hostility towards Alberta's defining industry is an article of faith among Canadian Conservatives. The facts tell...
The Trump administration has made it clear that it will use almost everything at its disposal in its broader war on the truth. If we're not careful...
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her...
The Conservative Party of Canada leader will almost certainly survive Friday's leadership vote. Whether he makes it to the next election, never mind...
Sorry, separatists: Oil isn't going to make an independent Alberta great again. If anything, it might be its undoing.
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