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Prairie exports are hostage to ports they don’t control
Posted on October 22, 2026Manitoba went to Mark Carney’s recent Canada Investment Summit in Toronto to sell a $70 to $80 billion expansion of the Port of Churchill, paired… Read More »
Food warning labels are changing what we buy
Posted on October 15, 2026For years, Canadians have wondered why so many packaged foods contain so much sodium, sugar or saturated fat. Health Canada may have found a remarkably… Read More »
Rural Alberta can’t afford more health-care uncertainty
Posted on October 1, 2026We’d bet that when most Albertans think about health care, they don’t think about the Canada Health Act. What they do think about is whether… Read More »
Conservatives need to find the moderate middle
Posted on September 24, 2026The conservative movement in Canada is facing a come-to-Jesus moment. Its relevance as a credible alternative to progressive parties hangs in the balance. The problem… Read More »
The economic pain of a trade war is clear – the payoff is not
Posted on September 17, 2026The Canada–U.S. trade dispute has crossed another threshold. What began with tariffs moved to counter-tariffs and has now reached outright U.S. import bans. The economic… Read More »
An Alberta energy export tax could hurt Canada more than Trump
Posted on September 11, 2026Ottawa has tried forcing its will on Alberta’s energy industry before. It ended badly. In 1980, the Trudeau government imposed the National Energy Program and… Read More »
Canada is fighting organized crime the wrong way
Posted on August 27, 2026A record seizure in northwest Edmonton should have prompted more than a discussion about unpaid tobacco taxes. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) investigators, supported… Read More »