49 h. ago LILLEY: Mark Carney’s response to Canada’s economic challenges underwhelming

The PM could unite the country with truly nation building projects, but he's opting to play small ball instead

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4 d. ago LILLEY: Danielle Smith remains hopeful for Canada, and Alberta’s future

Danielle Smith is optimistic about the future of Alberta and Canada. That may come as a surprise to those media commentators in Eastern and Central Canada who have branded her a separatist or cast her as a traitor to the country. Sitting on the stage with Alberta’s Premier this past Saturday, Smith was selling a […]

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8 d. ago LILLEY: Carney offers some action, more promises as economy falters

The PM is offering some action but not going as fast as he promised to transform Canada's economy

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9 d. ago JAY GOLDBERG: On energy, Carney’s Liberals are all talk, no action

Good cop, bad cop.   That seems to be the routine that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals have settled into with British Columbia’s NDP government.    On the one hand, Carney and his ministers repeatedly come out and make statements in favour of developing Canada’s natural resources.    On the other hand, they keep giving provincial governments veto […]

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2 w. ago LILLEY: As Canada’s economy falters, we need action, not words from Carney

As news broke Friday morning that Canada’s economy was shrinking, perhaps headed for a recession, Mark Carney was boasting about the speed he was working at. Carney announced on social media that his government was creating the Major Projects Office and that it would be based out of Calgary. This office is the single point […]

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3 w. ago Letters August 23, 2025: ‘We have irritated Donald Trump, and that’s a good thing.’

BEEF STEW Excellent piece by Brian Lilley on why Canada wasn’t invited to the White House meeting (“Under Carney, Canada still doesn’t matter on international stage,” Aug. 18). I have my own thoughts on the subject. Donald Trump is in a major snit regarding Canada because, unlike most of the other European representatives at that […]

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3 w. ago Letters August 21, 2025: ‘Are Carney’s past business dealing haunting him?’

CARNEY CONFLICTED? Re: LILLEY: Carney silent as China blasts Canada’s canola industry, online, Aug. 14 Let’s put things in proper perspective. Mark Carney is ready to fight to keep supply management in any trade deal with the United States because it protects the dairy industry, especially in Quebec, but he remains silent with this China […]

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3 w. ago LILLEY: Under Carney, Canada still doesn’t matter on international stage

Canada was left out from the big summit in Washington.

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3 w. ago LILLEY: Here’s the legal reason the Air Canada strike will only end at the table

The days of governments being able to order an end to a strike are over.

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