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Canada needs a true National Energy Program

It’s time for the Liberals to build another national energy program. Done properly, this one can enhance national unity rather than undermining it.
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  • Max Fawcett
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  • Politics
May 1st 2025

The case for the Conservatives to let Poilievre stay

Should the Conservatives stick with their defeated leader, they could forgo a brutal struggle of a leadership contest that would exacerbate the ideological rift within the party.
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  • David Moscrop
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  • Politics
May 1st 2025

Mark Carney needs to depolarize our politics

Under a more proportional system, both parties would be incentivized to compete more aggressively in all parts of the country — and rewarded for efforts aimed at building bridges rather than burning them.
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  • Max Fawcett
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  • Politics
April 30th 2025

Sun sets on Pierre Poilievre's campaign

By the time Pierre Poilievre came out to deliver his remarks, he faced the smallest crowd he’d addressed since the start of the campaign — perhaps since he became leader of the federal Conservatives. His smile, never the most genuine in Canadian politics, seemed particularly forced as he delivered his shortest address of this election.
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  • Arno Kopecky
  • Opinion
April 28th 2025
A coral reef.

As towns burn and reefs bleach, whither are we bound?

Whether it’s the loss of tropical reefs or ice, towns or forests, it all comes back to the burning of oil, gas and coal.
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  • Chris Hatch
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  • Politics
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
April 28th 2025

Will Mark Carney do the right thing for Canada?

Our winner-take-all voting system leaves the governing party, elected with 40 per cent support or less, free to ignore ridings in areas where they have little support ― and they usually do.
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  • Gisela Ruckert
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 28th 2025

Pierre Poilievre's dystopian desperation

The Policy Horizons report was meant as a public policy thought exercise, not a piece of political ammunition. But in turning it into one, Pierre Poilievre confirmed one of its biggest fears: the declining imperatives of truth and accuracy.
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  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 25th 2025

Gambling our future over the climate crisis

We need to realize that the chance of winning anything in the climate denial game with far-right-wing governments is vanishingly small.
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  • Richard van der Jagt
  • Geoff Strong
  • Opinion
April 25th 2025

Alberta: We have a revenue problem

Who do we think is going to buy our expensive, carbon-intensive oil?
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  • Stephen Legault
  • Opinion
  • Energy
April 24th 2025

If we’re in an economic war, why aren’t we talking about war taxes?

Social solidarity requires fair taxation and shared sacrifice.
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  • Seth Klein
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 24th 2025

Poilievre’s tax referendum gimmick shows he’s not serious about governing

The Conservative Party's platform contains a pledge to pass a "Taxpayer Protection Act" that, among other things, would force the government to hold a referendum before imposing any new taxes. It's a foolish ploy.
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  • David Moscrop
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 24th 2025

From handguns to 'warrior spirit': Poilievre’s platform echoes Trump-era politics

As some of the values we once shared with the US erode — respect for law, pride in an ethical military, concern for the environment and protection of free speech — we must push back against this spillover effect.
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  • Adrienne Tanner
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April 23rd 2025

Mark Carney should axe the emissions cap

Mark Carney is poised to win the most seats in Alberta and Saskatchewan of any Liberal leader in 50 years. If he wants to double down on that strength, and nip any threat of a national unity crisis in the bud, he should eliminate the oil and gas emissions cap — and replace it with something better.
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  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 23rd 2025

LNG is no answer to the existential threat of Trump

Arguments in defense of LNG will be said in many different ways, but the talking points — perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry — have remained the same for decades.
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  • Sven Biggs
  • Opinion
  • Energy
April 23rd 2025

Pierre Poilievre is a victim of his own successes

Pierre Poilievre has long been defined by his willingness to attack, and it’s what brought him to the brink of the biggest political victory of his life. It’s also what might keep him from actually achieving it. 
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  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
April 22nd 2025

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