Trudeau carbon tax represents the latest eastern threat to Alberta’s gasping economy
It’s risky, getting too close to the federal government – like sleeping with a porcupine. Sooner or later you’ll get... View Article
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Rachel Notley is starting to actually sound like the premier of Alberta…sort of
By Lorne Gunter Wow! Rachel Notley finally sounds like the premier of Canada rather than the fairy queen of Ecofantasyland.... View Article
Notley states her price for Trudeau’s carbon price
Graham Thomson, Edmonton Journal More from Graham Thomson, Edmonton Journal Well, that went about as well as expected. When Prime... View Article
What a carbon price means for consumers
Gasoline, power and heating will all get more expensive to encourage energy efficiency By Tracy Johnson As the political debate rages... View Article
New federal carbon price levels the playing field for Alberta, says analyst
James Wood, Calgary Herald More from James Wood, Calgary Herald While the federal government’s plan to impose a minimum price... View Article
Nelson: Jobless numbers are a carbon tax wake-up call
Chris Nelson, For The Calgary Herald More from Chris Nelson, For The Calgary Herald When I first arrived in this... View Article
Alberta NDP committed to climate change plan despite green energy woes in Ontario
Wildrose Energy Critic Leela Aheer says Canada already has a top notch environmental record By: Jeremy Simes Metro The Canada... View Article
Canada seized nearly $11.5M from Chinese travellers last year — more than double the 2013 amount
by Ethan Lou, Canada has been seizing increasing amounts of undeclared or suspected criminal money from mainland Chinese travellers, border... View Article
Alberta’s carbon tax, never popular, plumbs new depths of voter disfavour
Premier Rachel Notley often says that to get a pipeline built, the province must have “social licence.” It’s equally true... View Article
‘The world must jettison neoliberal ideology’: A globalization wake-up call
By Murray Dobbin If recent mainstream economic reports are to be taken seriously, some of the big brains managing global... View Article
Pacific NorthWest LNG reminds us of NDP’s Alberta vs. B.C. nuances
Vaughn Palmer More from Vaughn Palmer Among the more telling reactions to the federal government approval of B.C.’s Pacific NorthWest... View Article
Despite the NDP’s crowing, Alberta’s economy is not OK
Mark Milke, for the Calgary Herald More from Mark Milke, for the Calgary Herald I recently bumped into an acquaintance... View Article
Senior Liberals get away with scandals that would never be tolerated in the private sector
It’s not just civil servants with their rich benefit packages that get the pleasure of chuckling at their less entitled... View Article
The end of meat? Economics, the environment and changing tastes have top protein feeling the heat
There’s a new menu item at world-famous chef David Chang’s New York City restaurant Momofuku Nishi: The Impossible Burger. It’s... View Article
Canada’s jilted partners languish as peacekeeping fetish feeds love affair with the UN
The Trudeau government has a bit of a pacifist streak, a peacekeeping fetish, a romantic nostalgia for Pearsonian internationalism and... View Article