Canada preparing bid for Arctic claim and it may include the North Pole
Canada is on its way to claim Santa’s workshop in the North Pole, along with Russia and Denmark, when it files its Arctic submission, anticipated to be in 2018. “Preliminary scientific data shows that the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf will include the North Pole,” wrote John Babcock, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, […]
The North remains the next frontier
The North remains the next frontier. Trillions of dollars remain in the Far North both on land and under the seafloor. In the next 10 years, the discussion of how to develop these resources and who owns them will take a prominent role in both Canadian politics and international dialogue. There is immense potential for […]
The North
A line in the budget comes to life in northern Quebec
Rewind the clock to the spring. The federal budget was tabled in the House of Commons on March 22. It was called “Growing the Middle Class.” It’s a title that clearly wasn’t directed to the Inuit who live in small coastal communities across the Arctic, where the gaps in living standards compared with the rest […]
Quebec sovereignty could be ignited by pipeline decision, PQ win, says Léger
The federal government’s future decision on the proposed Energy East pipeline and results of Quebec’s next provincial election are among the factors that could lead to a resurgence of support for sovereignty in Quebec, says one of the authors of a new book about what makes the province unique. Released last month, Cracking the Quebec […]
‘I’m a serious player,’ Trost says he’s in Conservative leadership race to win, can sell social conservatism
Brad Trost is someone who questions the science of climate change, is ready to fight for the rights of the unborn, and will stand up for traditional marriage—and he says these are things that separate him from others running for the Conservative leadership. In an interview last week with The Hill Times, the Conservative MP […]
No more treading water
Patrick Brown has heard it all before. Assertions that the Ontario Progressive Conservative leader’s most defined personality trait is that he’s not Kathleen Wynne; that he’s flip-flopped on policies as starkly as Donald Trump has on immigration; and even that he’s a dead-eyed, brainwashed robot that runs on talking points uploaded to his hard drive […]
Alberta: the province that is down, but not out
Make no mistake, it is bad for sure.” Mary Moran, president and CEO for Calgary Economic Development (CED), doesn’t bother to sugar coat her city’s current economic situation. As Alberta slogs through its second year of recession following an oil price slump, Moran—who has spent the last seven years working her way up the city-run […]
‘I’m a full-spectrum conservative,’ but Scheer downplays his social conservatism, focuses on economy
Though he’s seen as one of his party’s flag bearers of social conservatism, Andrew Scheer is more interested in talking about the economy than getting into topics associated with social conservatism, like marriage and sexual morality, as he seeks the federal Conservative leadership. “I’m an unapologetic conservative. I’m a full-spectrum conservative,” Mr. Scheer (Regina—Qu’Appelle, Sask.) […]
Rethinking Canada: is there life beyond the oil patch?
OTTAWA—Twenty-six years after the Exxon Valdez hit a reef and dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil into the clear, cold waters of Prince William Sound, the people of Alaska are still trying to clean up the damage, which befouled more than 1,000 miles of coastline. The event arguably changed the course of the oil […]
