Yukon premier wants feds to invest in ‘nation-building’ infrastructure to unlock critical minerals and boost Arctic sovereignty
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says recent comments by a fellow northern premier criticizing the federal government are ‘accurate,’ and he is seeking similar commitments from Ottawa to the ones recently made to his territorial counterpart.
Where the buck stops in the Greenbelt scandal is anybody’s guess
Several attempts by authorities to scrutinize or consider scrutinizing the secret decision-making operation are ongoing, but responsibility for getting to the bottom of this favouritism-ridden affair is proving iffy all around.
StatsCan isn’t doing Quebec’s anglophones any favours
A recent Statistics Canada report provides a clearer picture of who can speak English in Quebec, but that doesn’t define the province’s English-speaking community.
What happens with no ‘gatekeepers’? Just look at Ford’s Greenbelt scandal
The Greenbelt property sell-out is as sordid a saga of backroom dealings, favouritism, greed, and government corner-cutting as you are ever likely to encounter.
We need a champion and leadership to secure the Arctic
Canada’s global reputation on national security is that of a free-loader that does not carry its fair share of defence.
Renewable energy industry warns of ‘brain drain’ to the United States if Alberta government doesn’t reverse its moratorium
Alberta’s pause on approvals for new solar and wind projects comes as the United States marks the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which introduced game-changing incentives for the energy transition and made the U.S. an attractive market for skilled workers.
Project to bring hydro power to Nunavut needs federal funding to succeed
The project’s CEO was expecting the feds to make a serious financial commitment to the plan to connect Nunavut to Manitoba’s power grid with a 1,200 km transmission line in Budget 2023, but the money didn’t materialize.
In Ford’s Ontario, Toronto gets the short end of the stick
Ford can get away with neglect of Ontarians’ needs partly because of public confusion about the federal-provincial governance system.
Denise Bombardier was complex, controversial, and cantankerous
Bombardier had no real equivalent in the rest of Canada, or even in North America.
The construction holiday is an unusual Quebec tradition
This is one of those rare times a government decree is embraced.
