Feds should absorb retroactive RCMP staffing costs, say NDP MP Johns and Conservative MP Falk
Alberta Municipalities president Cathy Heron said the collective bargaining agreement ‘was done with our money, but without our input.’
Firefighting an election campaign
Alberta’s ongoing firefighting efforts have taken the election campaign focus off Danielle Smith’s health and vaccine pronouncements.
Alberta election will provide insight into Canadian tolerance for extremism
The Alberta race is a potential watershed for Canadians, many of whom seem ready to give the kind of anger-based, hateful politics flourishing in the U.S. a try.
Newfoundland and Labrador still rock
Every time I visit, I am reminded how very lucky Canada was when Newfoundland and Labrador chose to join it in 1949.
Economic reconciliation requires nation-building investment in the Arctic
Inflation is affecting all Canadian families, but Nunavut’s ambitious housing plan shows that partnership is the key to solutions for the North.
Federal support for transit key to climate, affordability, and economic goals
A delegation of 12 mayors from Metro Vancouver are bringing their message to Ottawa this week as they try to draw the federal government’s attention to public transit.
Canada as we know it will soon cease to exist
The Trudeau government is not only complicit in this gradual slide towards a separate Quebec: it is actively supporting it with its changes to the Official Languages Act, Bill C-13.
We want straight answers on asbestos cement water pipes in Regina
Statistics Canada is currently conducting a federal/provincial/territorial/municipal survey asking ‘What was the total length in kilometres of asbestos cement water pipes as of Dec. 31, 2022?’ The results are expected in late 2024.
All bets are off in today’s policy-free political environment
Policies, or the specific actions of governments, seem less important than ever in an era when emotion and the demagoguery that taps into it overwhelm public discourse.
Indigenous leaders say Saskatchewan ‘woke up a sleeping giant’ by overstepping on critical minerals
First Nations are calling on the federal government to step in to uphold treaty rights against provincial encroachment, but a former Liberal staffer says the feds should leave this ‘third rail’ alone.
