16 h. ago Lorne Gunter: UCP receipt policy a blow to government transparency

On August 18, 2021, Aderoju Alao paid $154.54 — including a tourism levy, the GST and a destination marketing fee — for one night’s stay at the Four Points Hotel in Grande Prairie. At the time, Alao was a ministerial assistant to then-advanced education minister Demetrios Nicolaides and she was accompanying the minister on a […]

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40 h. ago Lorne Gunter: ‘Progressive’ Edmonton council too obsessed with woke projects to take care of the basics

Surely it can’t be that complicated. Every winter in Edmonton, it snows. (Some years a lot.) The snow clogs the streets. The city plows the snow. Edmontonians drive on the streets. Or, at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. The city has had official snow-clearing plans for nearly 70 years. You would think by […]

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64 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Pure folly for Liberals to try and force electric vehicles on Canadians

I cannot imagine in a free and democratic society what justifies a government ordering consumers to buy a particular kind of car.

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3 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Lower fees the key to healthy housing construction numbers in Alberta

The cost of buying a home in Alberta is lower, in part, because our municipalities charge lower development fees than comparable cities in other provinces.

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6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Canada still hasn't seen Carney's promised leadership

The chances of Canada convincing Donald Trump’s White House to reverse his tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods seems remote. There’s a possibility cases working their way through the U.S. courts will — maybe within the next six to 12 months — find Trump has overstepped his authority to impose tariffs and reverse […]

Politics

7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council's ‘progressive’ infill policy an attack on existing homeowners

Here’s a suggestion for any city councillor who supported the current infill bylaw that permits eight-plexes to be built on any 50-foot lot where once only a single-family house stood: When you have eight-unit apartments or row houses on either side of your own home, come back and we’ll talk. You should have to live […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Milner Library forcing librarians to double as social workers

When the Downtown Stanley A. Milner public library reopened in the fall of 2020 after a four-year, $84-million renovation, Pilar Martinez, the CEO of Edmonton’s public libraries beamed “We anticipate Edmontonians will be pleasantly surprised and thrilled when they see our revitalized library and all that it offers. Our revitalized building will completely redefine how […]

Society

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton crime spree another example of bad person out on bail

Desjarlais had been released on bail just 13 days earlier, on July 4, while awaiting trial for another serious traffic accident.

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3 w. ago WIENS: Defending Canadian dairy farms is worth taking a stand 

With the increasing volatility in global supply chains, there’s never been a better time to defend Canada’s food security and sovereignty. Unfortunately, in his editorial opinion column, Postmedia’s Lorne Gunter feeds into a misleading narrative about the dairy trade with the United States and disregards the strength and stability supply management delivers for Canadians. Under […]

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4 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Cartmell tries too hard to take every side in an argument at city hall

He wants so much to be respected by all sides — to be the consensus builder — that he’s been reluctant to take stances.

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4 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney's need to cut spending should focus on bloated public service

Under the Trudeau government, the federal civil service grew by nearly 100,000 employees, or just about 40 per cent, at a time when the national population grew about 16 per cent.

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