Canada and making America stupid again
In last year’s presidential election, Americans voted for stupid. In reaction, Canadians voted for smart.
The fall budget will be an early reckoning for the Carney government
The Carney government has much riding on the reaction to its fall budget. So, too, do Canadians as they wait to see what the future holds.
Climate, and our vision for the future
The wildfire season this year in Nelson, B.C., is not as bad as it was in 2023. The Eastern half of our country seems to have taken the lead on that, although we are expecting another atmospheric river to flow in over the next few days with flooding and transportation delays as a likely consequence. When […]
Mark Carney and the politics of subtlety
Mark Carney appears open to changing details, if not his overall direction, in the face of pushback, and that direction is not dictated by ideology, but by pragmatism. But he is hard to read.
Trans Mountain pipeline tolls could leave feds on the hook for billions in further costs
While approximately 70 per cent of the project’s cost overruns will be borne by Trans Mountain, the remaining third—more than $9-billion—is considered ‘uncapped costs’ which increase tolls based on a formula agreed to by shippers and approved by the Canada Energy Regulator more than a decade ago.
Until recently, I had never heard of Charlie Kirk
Those of us who were ignorant of Charlie Kirk expected that his background would back up the posthumous honorifics. Instead, what we see is the story of a man who went out of his way to sow division based on race, gender, and religion.
Judge federal spending by real effects, not arbitrary anchors: reader
Re: “New budget watching says ‘deficit will absolutely be higher’ than forecast, feds have no clear fiscal anchors,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 17). Federal government expenditures should be evaluated not by any arbitrary “fiscal anchor,” but by their effect on the real economy, in particular the rate of unemployment. Today’s economic punditry ignore the high […]
Revenge of the Blue Liberals
If Carney moves too far to the right, especially on environmental issues, he risks alienating his own political base and possibly creating a rift within the Liberal Party. The prime minister likely knows this.
Trump goes after late-night comedy, and it’s not funny
One by one, individual by individual, and institution by institution, the man who once promised to protect free speech is systematically burning it down.
Carney still has to tell us what kind of economy he’s trying to create
What we need from the Carney government is a clear strategy to build up investments by the public and private sectors in the economy of the future, one based on increased investment in intangible assets and one where a large share of these assets is owned and controlled by Canadian corporations.
