Allan Woods

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Alberta independence advocates reportedly want U.S. to ‘bankroll’ province if referendum on separation succeeds

Advocates will be seeking a $500-billion credit facility to “bankroll the province” if an independence referendum succeeds, The Financial Times reports. United States government officials have held talks on three separate occasions with organizers of an Alberta separatist movement, according to reports. The information, which was published in the Edmonton Journal and the Financial Times, comes at a time of...

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It’s impossible to undo all the damage Trump has wrought to Canada-U.S. relations, says ex-UN ambassador Bob Rae

It’s a tough conclusion that Bob Rae draws from a lifetime in politics, one he began as as a New Democrat in Ottawa and at Queen’s Park and recently ended as Canada’s newest former ambassador to the United Nations. Can the country’s relationship with the United States be repaired by a change of heart, a change of tariff policy or...

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As Trump takes a tougher stance on Russia and Putin, Stephen Harper offers up words of wisdom on dealing with ‘evil man’

“Vladimir Putin is an enemy of the United States. He lives, eats and breathes to dismantle American power in the world,” Harper said Monday. There’s no reason to think that Donald Trump listens to former prime minister Stephen Harper. But if he did, the U.S. president would hear the four favourite words of former world leaders: “I told you so.”...

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Mark Carney wants to use AI to supercharge Canada’s economy. It’s just not clear how

The Pope prays about it. Companies around the world are betting on it. And the occupant of a newly created federal ministry with few precedents in the world has been tasked with harnessing it.

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‘To fundamentally destroy Canada as a country’: Why Canadians must brace for U.S. interference in the upcoming federal election

Whatever he is doing — whether it be on impulse or a game of “5D chess” — U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions appear to be part of a plan to keep Canada off balance and under America’s thumb. There was once an American president who loved tariffs, sought to negotiate the lay of the Canada-U.S. border and had a beef...

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He’s accused of corruption and war crimes. How Benjamin Netanyahu is side-stepping a political reckoning

A surprising thing happened in the lead-up to the one-year anniversary of the war between Israel and Hamas. The political fortunes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a man accused domestically of corruption and internationally of war crimes, have turned from pitiful to promising.