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There's a level of irony in the deep admiration so many Alberta separatists harbour for our neighbour to the south. After all, there is no legal process for an American state to separate from the U.S. and, thus, such a movement could not exist there. Of course, the United States underwent a far messier and bloodier process before concluding that...
Two days after Pierre Poilievre made the case for freer trade to Americans, on the Fox Business network, Donald Trump is suddenly upbeat about the prospect of a deal with Canada.
Canadians surely don’t begrudge our elected leaders — including even the prime minister — some time off now and then. A summer vacation, or at least some down time with family, is not something that would be controversial or of concern to most Canadian voters. However, the when and where do matter. This prime minister, who has shown a surprising...
It should come as no surprise that Canada's prime minister would go to bat for national unity, but it remains unclear exactly how Mark Carney's determination will manifest itself in Alberta. At his end-of-sitting news conference last week, Carney vowed to make the case for Canada and use the summer months to convince Albertans that things are improving, and that...
The stakes have been raised ahead of Alberta’s scheduled referendum, as the ballot will now include a question on the province’s relationship with Canada and future in Confederation. In this interview with Rob Breakenridge, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends her decision to put this question on the ballot as well as her efforts to make the case for Canada and...
As Albertans await some clarity from the premier as to whether she’s prepared to champion the cause of Confederation or take on the separatists in any meaningful sense, it falls to others to take up the mantle of national unity.
Premier Danielle Smith’s antics earlier this year didn’t exactly help the Conservative election cause, so perhaps it’s unreasonable to expect federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to be doing her any favours right now. Article content Still, it’s incumbent on Poilievre to tread lightly when it comes to potentially undermining the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that Smith signed with Prime Minister...
The battle with the Trudeau Liberals has been so politically lucrative that the UCP has become addicted to it
There’s no question that last week was an objectively terrible one for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party that he continues to lead — for now. Eight days ago, the Liberals suffered a humiliating defeat to the Conservatives in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s — a riding the Liberals held for more than 30 years and had won...