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.
Amid summer staffing crunch, no provinces have yet submitted health-care ‘action plans’ to feds
The outstanding health action plans are an ‘urgent’ matter, but provinces must take the time to get them ‘as close to right as possible’ says the president of the Canadian Medical Association.
House committee’s health workforce report has critical gaps left to be filled
The House Health Committee’s report is welcome, but deficient in its lack of specific recommendations on actions to alleviate the current crisis and prevent others from developing.
Protecting publicly funded health care is shaping up as a last-ditch stand
Holding off the push toward private care will take measurable results.
Ignoring Danielle Smith is Justin Trudeau’s best strategy as she tries to bait him into a fight leading up to Alberta election
‘The heat in the federal-provincial arena has to do with who’s coming up for re-election and who’s not,’ says pollster Nik Nanos, whose poll recorded the lowest scores on the federal-provincial relationship in 16 years.
Growing discontent between feds and provinces
Passing a Meech Lake-like constitutional accord would be the only way to save the country from disintegrating.
The Notwithstanding Act: a proposal for reform
Whether the notwithstanding clause was necessary or wise was questionable from the beginning, but it was the price of reaching agreement on the Charter.
Anglade’s resignation a sad end for a leader with wasted potential
Her first mistake may have been in listening to her advisers, who, astonishingly, recommended the Quebec Liberal Party become more nationalist.
Conservatives look to raze Liberal stronghold in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Conservative Party has won just two seats in five elections over Newfoundland and Labrador’s seven ridings since 2008.
Inuit community supports Mary River Iron Mine expansion, says Baffinland
I was born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and I am proud to work for Baffinland because, unlike the Nov. 3 opinion piece in The Hill Times by Paul Okalik and the WWF which promoted unsubstantiated claims, fear-mongering and misinformation, we focus on facts, science, Inuit, Qaujimajatuqangit, and the truth. Okalik’s piece’s entire premise is based […]
