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Alberta’s deal with Ottawa could close curtain on private-sector investment in the province’s oil
1+ week, 4+ day ago (665+ words) With Trump’s trade war raging, you can be forgiven if major developments in other areas of policy have faded from memory. But in the last 10 months or so, we’ve seen many interesting developments in the saga of Alberta’s oilsands. But…...
Ottawa continues to constrain provincial health-care policy options
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (818+ words) By Nadeem Esmail, Mackenzie Moir and Jaiden Ahuja This federal constraint is not just theoretical. A recent review of federal actions between 2014 and 2024 revealed Ottawa levied a total of $267 million in deductions for provincial non-compliance. Health Canada reimbursed $195 million (of…...
Quebec Did Not Get Poorer by Wanting to Leave. It Got Poor by Governing.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1404+ words) On Epiphany (January 6), 1978, Sun Life Assurance announced that it was moving its swanky head office to rented space in Toronto. Someone spray-painted “Bon débarras,” good riddance, on their Dominion Square massive granite building in Montreal. Montreal Exchange brokers called the…...
Eastern Canada’s U.S. Gas Dependence Revives the Case for a Stronger Alberta Connection
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1600+ words) Canada possesses some of the world’s largest natural gas resources, yet millions of Canadians remain heavily dependent on gas imported from the United States. That apparent contradiction is attracting renewed political attention as tensions between Ottawa and Washington raise concerns…...
Eastern Canada’s U.S. Gas Dependence Revives the Case for a Stronger Alberta Connection - Todayville Edmonton
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1623+ words) Canada possesses some of the world’s largest natural gas resources, yet millions of Canadians remain heavily dependent on gas imported from the United States. That apparent contradiction is attracting renewed political attention as tensions between Ottawa and Washington raise concerns…...
Canada’s equalization program suffers from structural problems
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1367+ words) By Tegan Hill and Joel Emes Yet according to our recent study, from 1981 to 2024, there were discrepancies between per-person equalization payments and per-person GDP in all but three of the 44 years. Some provincial governments have expressed frustration with Canada’s equalization…...
As spending spirals out of control, will Toronto taxpayers clean house this fall?
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (1259+ words) In Toronto’s municipal election campaign ahead of the October vote, the high and increasing cost of city hall should be a major issue. Since becoming mayor in 2023, Olivia Chow has raised property taxes by 19.6 per cent and made both the…...
Alberta Has a Surplus and a Fuel Tax Cut is Required
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1208+ words) The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to cut its fuel tax in the wake of the updated budget numbers showing a projected $2-billion surplus. “Albertans are fighting to afford basics like food, homes and fuel and…...
An Alberta energy export tax could hurt Canada more than Trump
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1088+ words) Retaliating against Washington with an export tax on Alberta energy would hand Albertans greater ammunition against Ottawa Ottawa has tried forcing its will on Alberta’s energy industry before. It ended badly. In 1980, the Trudeau government imposed the National Energy Program…...
Do Alberta’s health-care reforms violate the Canada Health Act?
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (633+ words) By Mackenzie Moir and Nadeem Esmail This debate between the provincial and federal governments leads to two important questions. Do these new reforms actually violate the CHA? And what does it mean if they do? The latter question is relatively…...