World outside the Republican Party shakes its collective head as Trump circus marches on
If you compare the Trump triumph in the United States to the storm circling Alberta Premier Danielle Smith because of judicial interference allegations, it is a contrast worth reviewing.
Setting the stage for an accelerated net-zero energy future
As global trading partners call on Canada to provide a stable supply of responsibly produced energy to power their economies, B.C. has stepped up.
New energy era, new rules needed to develop responsible projects
We cannot be as irresponsible with critical minerals as we have been with fossil fuels.
Call it what you will, the government owes Canadians a plan to ensure the energy transition is fair
No version of the legislation’s name will make up for a plan that doesn’t speak directly to the anxieties of affected parties.
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.
Alberta is, indeed, a ‘distinct society’
The province’s reputation for individualism is more than a cliché. Facing the challenges of eking out a living ranching and farming, people had to rely on themselves.
The business, environmental, political, security and self-interest cases for energy exports to Japan
In Western Canada, where the full range and importance of the trade relationship with Japan is well understood and appreciated, the hope that ‘we don’t blow it this time’ runs strong. But it is clouded by real worry.
Is the federal government on autopilot?
There will be future case studies on how not to run a government based on the recent FUBARs in Ottawa that make the Phoenix debacle look like a cakewalk.
Smith leads the way as the right challenges democratic norms in the post-COVID political wasteland
Alberta’s Sovereignty Act takes place against a backdrop of anger and grievance aimed at the Trudeau government that is largely based on myth.
Danielle Smith a political mayfly, not long for the job
The idea that a province in Confederation can decide which federal laws it will obey, and which ones it won’t, is absurd. Is it really a step forward to give Smith the right to order the national police force, the RCMP, not to enforce federal law?
