Federal-Alberta MOU leaves questions to be answered
It’s not clear is whether the Ottawa-Alberta energy framework has provided enough confidence around the risk-reward equation for the private sector to come to the table.
There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil
Sacrificing B.C.’s coastal economy, ecosystems, and communities, and First Nations territories is not nation-building.
Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare
The safeguard Alberta seeks to eliminate prevents doctors from playing both sides at once, which would create a slower, second-class system for people who can’t afford to pay.
A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise
Alberta deserves leadership that delivers results with integrity. We can do better. We are better.
Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies
Alberta conservatives have been obsessed with building a ‘firewall’ between their province and Ottawa, while in Quebec, nationalists eye another separation referendum.
Stakeholders lament lack of timelines, ‘concrete’ action plans for fixing health care after ministers’ annual meeting
Health Minister Marjorie Michel said something could happen with pan-Canadian licensure for doctors in 2026 but the organization responsible for this work isn’t making any promises.
A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made it clear she would see anything but a go-ahead from Ottawa as a powerful accelerant for the smouldering Alberta separatist movement.
A dose of realism about Canada’s LNG plans
Despite the high-level drum-beating for Port of Churchill possibilities and especially for an LNG plant, an oil pipeline, or a hydrogen plant, none may happen.
Wildfire response needs to improve before another national park burns, says Alberta MP McPherson
A review of the Municipality of Jasper’s 2024 wildfire response is causing tension between the provincial and local governments. Alberta Senator Paula Simons says she doesn’t blame people for pointing fingers, as ‘hearts were broken’ by the blaze that burned more than 32,000 hectares of the national park.
‘He’s using us’: independent byelection candidates say ‘frustration’ getting ‘louder’ over Poilievre parachuting into Alberta riding
Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country to try to punch his ticket back to Parliament Hill, but his opponents say the Conservative leader is using their riding as a ‘political pawn’ and his win isn’t a sure thing.
