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Editorial

Ottawa’s civil service needs a Chrétien-style reset

Posted on October 23, 2025

They say bureaucracy grows to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. That certainly seems to be Ottawa’s motto these days, with the number of… Read More »

Pipeline politics won’t save us from Trump’s economic threats

Posted on October 16, 2025

The federal and provincial governments are scrambling to shield Canada’s economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade tantrum. But that effort is being hijacked… Read More »

Canadians need fact-based, fact-checked information

Posted on October 14, 2025

In their 2018 book Truth Decay, Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael D. Rich of the RAND Corporation, wrote about the role news publishers and broadcasters play… Read More »

Canada Post is broken beyond repair

Posted on October 2, 2025

Canada Post is broken. With billions in losses, declining relevance and taxpayer bailouts keeping it afloat, the time has come for serious reform. Germany faced… Read More »

Want to pay less tax? Move to Alberta

Posted on September 26, 2025

Alberta is the only province in Canada without a provincial sales tax. It’s the city on the hill for taxpayers—shining bright while everyone else stumbles… Read More »

Canada’s small businesses are paying for Trump’s trade tantrum

Posted on September 18, 2025

• Border crackdown on small parcels is hammering Canadian sellers Here’s a true story. It happens to come from my family a few generations back,… Read More »

Carney’s tariff blunder cost you at the checkout

Posted on September 11, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to roll back most counter-tariffs on Sept. 1 is more than welcome relief at the checkout. It’s an admission the… Read More »

Trump’s plan to revive U.S. factories is doomed to fail

Posted on September 4, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs won’t deliver the jobs he promised. The factories needed to replace imports will take years to build and America lacks… Read More »

Canada’s chance to shine is slipping away

Posted on August 21, 2025

Canada Day felt different this year. With wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, shifting geopolitical fault lines, and unstable leadership in the West,… Read More »

Want better education? Start by trusting parents

Posted on August 7, 2025

Canada’s education system is failing too many students—not just because of declining test scores or pandemic disruptions. At the heart of the problem is a… Read More »

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