1+ week, 3+ day ago   (665+ words) With Trump’s trade war raging, you can be forgiven if major developments in other areas of policy have faded from memory. But in the last 10 months or so, we’ve seen many interesting developments in the saga of Alberta’s oilsands. But…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1681+ words) Gas prices are going up, and the federal government’s gas tax holiday isn’t going to solve the problem. With gasoline already pushing toward record levels and diesel prices surging, Dan McTeague explains what’s really driving prices at the pump, from…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1627+ words) High taxes, costly regulations and internal trade barriers are damaging our economy without any help from Trump Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called Donald Trump’s tariffs “immoral” after Canadian trade talks with the United States fell apart. That’s quite a charge…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1591+ words) Status as of September 2026 For several years, the federal government of Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Quebec Premier François Legault promoted Canada as the future centre of North America’s electric-vehicle industry. But those numbers require context. Much of…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1349+ words) Apart from the challenges posed by protectionist U.S. trade policies, Canada’s economy is also being hobbled by an unprecedented domestic investment gap, which reflects the cumulative impact of years of growth-inhibiting taxes, cumbersome government regulations and persistent infrastructure bottlenecks. Natural resource…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1721+ words) According to the Prime Minister, this move will “lower costs at the pump” and put “more money in your pocket,” and that’s true as far as it goes. Here’s the problem: it doesn’t go very far at all. As you’ve…...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1665+ words) “In the 1930s, the Canadian government attempted to combat US protectionism by imposing its own tariffs,” explains Vincent Geloso, senior economist at the MEI and author of the publication. “The result was to deepen the Great Depression in Canada, without changing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1601+ words) President Donald Trump promoted his agreement for access to 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil as “the biggest oil deal in world history.” Inside Venezuela, however, the arrangement is generating anger from an unusually broad range of voices, including democratic opposition…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1421+ words) In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that “Canada is ripping the US off for about $60 billion every year.” US$60 billion is roughly the size of the merchandise trade deficit between the two countries in 2025. He also said…...