Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

Alberta deserves a better deal from the rest of Canada

by Lennie Kaplan | Aug 5, 2026

Over the next 30 years, Albertans will contribute an estimated $605.9 billion more to the country than they receive

Supply management was meant to save Canadian dairy

by Sylvain Charlebois | Aug 5, 2026
Ottawa prioritized immigration processing over public safety

by Riley Donovan | Aug 5, 2026
China’s changing energy habits are reshaping global oil markets

by Rashid Husain Syed | Aug 4, 2026
Canada is fighting organized crime the wrong way

by Scott McGregor | Aug 4, 2026
Manitoba is profiting from inflation to squeeze taxpayers’ wallets

by Gage Haubrich | Aug 3, 2026

Our obsession with soaking the rich is a mathematical dead end

Canada has one of the world’s most progressive tax systems. The top fifth of earners already pay two-thirds of all income taxes

The road to disaster is often paved by experts

by Pat Murphy

Economist Walt Rostow believed he could engineer history. History had other plans

The road to disaster is often paved by experts

by Pat Murphy

Economist Walt Rostow believed he could engineer history. History had other plans

Carney and Eby’s condo bailout is crony capitalism

by Marco Navarro-Genie

Your tax dollars are being used to rescue wealthy developers from the consequences of their own market failures

Trade deals signed under pressure rarely last

by Marc Lee

The latest U.S. tariffs show why waiting may be Canada’s strongest bargaining tool

Canada already has two-tier health care. Politicians just won’t admit it

by Conrad Eder

The well-connected find ways to jump the queue while everyone else waits months for treatment

Alberta is betting billions on an unpredictable AI future

by Doug Firby

The province is making a multibillion-dollar wager that demand for massive AI data centres will keep growing

The next oil shock could hit even harder

by Rashid Husain Syed

Oil reserves have plummeted to historic lows following recent Middle East supply shocks, leaving global crude markets dangerously exposed to new crises

Government housing policies are killing the Canadian dream

by David Leis

Canada’s housing crisis wasn’t inevitable. It was built one government decision at a time

Political posturing won’t stop Trump’s tariffs

by Sylvain Charlebois

Ottawa has confused public messaging with effective trade negotiation

Ottawa’s industrial policy comes at the Prairies’ expense

by Marco Navarro-Genie

Prairie farmers are forced to foot the bill for the industrial failures in Central Canada

Iran may have won the battle over Hormuz but lost the war

by Rashid Husain Syed

The unintended consequence of Iran’s threat to the Strait of Hormuz may be the permanent erosion of its greatest strategic advantage