1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1655+ words) The federal government’s Alto high-speed rail line, proposed to connect Toronto and Quebec City through Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Laval and Trois-Rivières, remains in the early stages of planning. But one issue should already concern taxpayers: the projected $60-billion-to-$90-billion cost…...

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, 16+ 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, 5+ 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, 5+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1594+ words) Two advocacy groups have brought the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s connections to a Biden-era net zero program to the department’s attention in a letter, while the groups also released a report detailing how the net zero program forces ESG policies onto…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) According to a recent announcement by Premier Holt, her government will review New Brunswick’s moratorium on natural gas development, which includes the recovery method of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking), a widely-used process used to recover natural gas. This…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1574+ words) “Canada has a tremendous opportunity to be the world’s leading energy superpower, in both clean and conventional energy.” Prime Minister Mark Carney, April 2025. Energy superpower …a lofty goal for Canada. But is it no more than a political slogan, a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1259+ words) In Toronto’s municipal election campaign ahead of the October vote, the high and increasing cost of city hall should be a major issue. Since becoming mayor in 2023, Olivia Chow has raised property taxes by 19.6 per cent and made both the…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1208+ words) The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to cut its fuel tax in the wake of the updated budget numbers showing a projected $2-billion surplus. “Albertans are fighting to afford basics like food, homes and fuel and…...