64 m. ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends $4.8M office budget increase

Premier Danielle Smith appeared at a legislative committee meeting Tuesday to take budgetary questions from Opposition NDP members.

Economics

7 h. ago David Staples: Danielle Smith will fail Canadians if she cancels event with Ben Shapiro

Smith's ongoing hearts-and-minds campaign to win over Americans is in the interest of every Canadian.

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50 h. ago Premier Danielle Smith defends Florida speaking trip as anti

But Lori Williams, a political science professor at Mount Royal University, is skeptical about Smith’s claim that Ben Shapiro has influence with Donald Trump

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3 d. ago Danielle Smith not sold on killing carbon tax, calls for industrial levy plan

Smith says the real test of the new federal government will be how it levies carbon pricing on industrial polluters

Economics

3 d. ago Danielle Smith not convinced by Carney on killing carbon tax, waiting to see industrial plan

Smith says the real test of the new prime minister will be how high his carbon taxes go on industries

Economics

3 d. ago Premier Smith not sold on killing of consumer carbon tax, wants industrial levy plan

Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn't phased by the new prime minister's move to kill the consumer carbon levy.

Economics

4 d. ago Bell: Premier Danielle Smith isn't buying what Prime Minister Mark Carney is selling

'We need an election to get some clarity on just how badly he's going to punish the oil and gas sector,' says Premier Danielle Smith of Prime Minister Mark Carney

Politics

4 d. ago Opinion: Danielle Smith needs to pick Team Canada over Team MAGA

Whose side is Premier Danielle Smith really on — ours or U.S. President Donald Trump’s? It’s a question many Albertans are asking in light of our premier’s response to the unprecedented economic warfare launched against our country by Trump. He says he wants to make us the 51st state. He says he’ll continue inflicting economic pain […]

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4 d. ago David Staples: No carbon tax, no worries, Guilbeault says, as Liberals have 100 anti

"That gives us three times more emissions reduction (than the consumer carbon tax), so make sure big polluters do their fair share when it comes to reducing emissions."

Economics

4 d. ago Meet the candidates who want to oust Steven Guilbeault from Parliament

Contrary to the criticism levelled at him by Danielle Smith, Guilbeault is not criticized in Montreal for his overzealousness, but rather for his lack of results on environmental issues

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5 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith's approach to combating tariffs just as legitimate as Ford's

Smith tweeted Tuesday, “literally everyone we speak with wants to de-escalate this trade dispute, work through and resolve outstanding trade irritants and get back to building a mutually beneficial trade relationship.”

Economics

5 d. ago Varcoe: Danielle Smith wants Canada to play 'long game' on U.S. tariffs, touts energy co

"We therefore need to avoid escalation, play the long game and focus on getting to a mutually beneficial trade resolution with our American neighbours"

Economics

6 d. ago Bell: Smith tells Canada hands off Alberta oil, while Ford no hero

Premier Danielle Smith resists more calls for a tax on U.S.-bound Alberta oil and gas but for how long as the pressure goes up?

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6 d. ago David Staples: Mark Carney's new economic promises go against everything he values

Where will it put Canada if we follow Carney, if we swim against the new tide of world economic trends?

Transport

7 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith furious with Doug Ford, Team Canada set to meet

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith set to square off at Team Canada meeting over how to fight President Trump

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7 d. ago Alberta government says premier in talks with potential overseas heavy oil buyer

Province did not identify the company or say what part of the world it is based in

Politics

7 d. ago Canadian governments fail to stop money laundering because they want the cash, says law prof

Douglas Todd: "Once it is in the system, dirty money behaves just like clean money,” says law professor Sanaa Ahmed. Governments quietly rely on it to prop up the domestic economy.

Politics

7 d. ago Keith Gerein: Investment deal with Oilers and the province is not yet 'ruthlessly fair' for Edmonton

Premier Danielle Smith told a news conference last week that she is committed to investments in Edmonton that are “ruthlessly fair” to what is being spent in Calgary. I confess I found the phrasing curious, given that the preponderance of evidence in recent years presents a case more for the “ruthless” part, not so much the […]

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8 d. ago Bell: Alberta's Premier Smith drops a bomb on Doug Ford and Team Canada

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tells Ontario Premier Doug Ford to take a hike over a tax on oil and gas bound for the U.S.

Events

8 d. ago Ford urges Smith to use oil export tax ‘trump card’ against U.S.: ‘They will lose their minds’

'You want to talk about a trump card? That will instantly change the game, instantly, when the Americans – and I know the Americans – all of a sudden their gas prices go up.'

Economics