21 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney can't deliver strong economy with anti oil and gas stance

So, Prime Minister Mark Carney won’t repeal the federal Liberals’ Impact Assessment Act (IAA) if they are re-elected. That means two things: Carney’s not serious about diversifying Canada’s economy and making Canada less dependent on the U.S. And Carney’s pledge “to build one strong Canadian economy” is bogus. His vision of a unified national economy […]

Events

45 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney uses 'teachable moment' excuse to avoid strong action against rogue candidate

Liberal Leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney labelled Liberal candidate Paul Chiang’s call for other Chinese Canadians to turn in Joe Tay to Chinese authorities in Toronto a “teachable moment,” when announcing Monday he had no intension of firing Chiang as a candidate. Chiang, of course, has since withdrawn on his own. Apparently even he […]

Events

3 d. ago PM’S CREDIBILITY CHECK: Mark Carney is not exactly who he seems to be

WATCH as Postmedia political columnist Lorne Gunter says it would seem Liberal Leader Mark Carney takes a lot of credit for things he did or didn’t do. A National Post report alleges Carney may have plagiarized part of a thesis he wrote back in 1995 when at Oxford University. Plus his relationship with Brookfield Place and managing […]

Transport

6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney has a tendency to take credit where it's not due

If allegations of plagiarism against Prime Minister Mark Carney, as reported Friday by the National Post, turn out to be true, they would be more part of a pattern of behaviour by the new Liberal leader than an out-of-character anomaly. In his 1995 thesis at Oxford University, Carney seems to have lifted quotes from others’ […]

Economics

7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney must commit to tie federal transfers to Quebec to pipeline access

Quebec’s provincial government released its 2025-26 budget on Tuesday “Wow, Lorne, please tell us more!” OK, it might seem a bit of a stretch to start a column for Albertans with news about Quebec’s provincial budget, but the Quebec budget has implications for Alberta. Quebec’s spending plan for the year contains a record-high deficit of […]

Events

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Carney surrounded by same crew that created disastrous Trudeau Liberal policies

By the time many of your read this, Canada is expected to be into a federal election. And the front-runner is a man who has never been elected to public office and has never faced Parliament. He isn’t even an MP. And he is keen to call a general election because he doesn’t have to […]

Events

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Poilievre Conservatives were unprepared for Trump/Carney ground shift, but it's not too late to get serious

When Justin Trudeau was leader of the Liberal Party, and Donald Trump was just the obnoxious president Canadians were glad was not their country’s leader, the Conservative Party’s strategy seemed masterful: Do and say as little as possible until an election is called. Leave the Libs alone to self-destruct. But now that Mark Carney has […]

Events

2 w. ago Liberals can win with Trump’s foreign interference: Full Comment podcast

Canada’s crucial relationship with the United States is in its worst crisis ever. And Mark Carney’s first urgent trip as prime minister is to Europe. Brian Lilley talks with John Ivison and Lorne Gunter this week to assess Carney’s first curious moves as the newly selected Liberal leader. But while Carney’s already saddled with […]

Other

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Trump to blame if Carney and the Liberals win another election

On every major issue outside of Trump and the environment, Canadian voters favour Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, often by a wide margin

Politics

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: You couldn't trust Trudeau's green economy claims; Carney is the same, only sneakier

Here’s a good test for new Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is to be sworn in on Friday: Will he back off the Trudeau government’s emissions cap on the oil and gas industry? On Wednesday, the Parliamentary Budget Office released a report showing the cap will cost tens of thousands of jobs and billions in […]

Politics

3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Advantageous for Liberal Leader Mark Carney to call an election quickly

The Liberals will also jump early so Carney doesn’t have to govern long, doesn’t have to face weeks or months of withering questioning and criticism in the House of Commons.

Politics

3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney had an easy ride into role as Liberal leader and new PM

Very little effort was made to dig into his real record as central bank governor.

Politics