43 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Poll shows fear a major motivator steering Canada toward disastrous fourth Liberal term

This week, Postmedia and the pollsters Leger released the most disturbing poll of the federal campaign so far. No, not one showing the Liberals under Mark Carney with a double-digit lead. I never believed those polls anyway. I believe the Liberals are ahead, for now. And so long as the Liberals can keep distracting voters […]

Politics

5 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Poilievre's plan to impose true life sentences a legitimate use of notwithstanding clause

The pearl clutchers are at it again. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised Monday that, if elected, he and his government would use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to allow people who commit multiple murders to be imprisoned for life without possibility of parole. At present, the longest sentence a Canadian murderer can receive is 25 years […]

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5 d. ago New poll shows Liberals riding ‘fear’ vote, Tories winning ‘hope,’ as gap narrows slightly

Just three in 10 who planned to support the Liberals said hope was driving them to the polls

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6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney contradicts himself on the pipelines question

“We have to choose a few projects, a few big projects, not necessarily pipelines, but maybe pipelines. We'll see.”

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals capitalize on older voters' fear of change, disruption

With just two weeks to go before federal election day, this appears to have become a campaign between the past and the future. The Liberals represent the past. They appear likely to win because voters 55 and older will vote disproportionately for Mark Carney and his party. This week’s debates may be a turning point […]

Economics

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Carney pauses Liberal campaign to avoid tough questions

On Thursday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney announced he was pausing his campaign for the third time so he could deal with the Trump trade tariffs. But Trump’s tariffs are the campaign. Without the chaos created by the deranged trade policies of the Madman of Washington, the Libs would still be a distant second in voter […]

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Voters' faith in Grits for resource development is staggeringly foolish

Of course, I’ve noticed the huge crowds Pierre Poilievre has been attracting to his rallies. They are the biggest campaign rallies for any Canadian politician in more than 50 years. Perhaps ironically, the only rallies as large or larger were those held by Pierre Trudeau’s in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. The big difference […]

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1 week ago LIBERAL COPYCATS: Using the Conservative playbook to their advantage?

WATCH as Postmedia political columnist Lorne Gunter says the Liberals are now stealing the Conservative playbook and sounding more like the Conservatives, utilizing their ideas in hopes of winning the upcoming election. One of the major issues is pipelines and delivering oil to Ontario and Quebec. But will they follow through with the ideas? What do […]

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Carney Libs could never deliver on policies stolen from Conservatives

Mark Carney is stealing Conservative campaign promises, which isn’t by itself a bad thing because theirs are better than his. Lower taxes, less government spending and fewer bureaucrats, more affordable housing, quicker approval of major projects, better national defence, pipelines east and west; all of those are commendable. (The only Conservative policy missing is lower […]

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Mark Carney shows Liberal arrogance with comments on Danielle Smith

“We’re sending Doug Ford on to Fox News to show them that we’re not messing around up here,” Carney said to cheering Liberals.

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1 week ago BAD MEDICINE: Trump’s tariffs wipe out $7 trillion as he watches golf

WATCH as Postmedia political columnist Lorne Gunter says Donald Trump’s tariff have now wiped out $7 trillion and has the stock market in a continual free fall with people, small businesses and large corporations losing everything. And while the world’s economy burns, Trump fiddles about watching the LIV Golf tournament at the Trump National Doral G.C. over […]

Economics

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: CBC pledge shows Carney government would compound Trudeau Liberals economic damage

If you want an indication of how little things would change with a Carney government (versus a Trudeau one), just look at a promise new Liberal leader Mark Carney made about CBC funding during a French-language interview in Montreal on Friday. You may be sitting at home thinking you should vote Liberal on April 28 […]

Politics

2 w. ago CARNEY’S CBC PROMISE: Broadcaster will get a raise and be entrenched in law

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnist Lorne Gunter says Carney is just like Trudeau when it comes to the CBC. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Smith needs to let Alberta's collective outrage set the autonomy agenda

According to calculations by Vancouver’s Fraser Institute, between 2007 and 2022 Alberta and Albertans sent $245 billion more to the federal government than the federal government sent back to this province in the form of pensions and social payments, unemployment benefits, research grants, health care contributions, affordable housing construction and so on. Some of that […]

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2 w. 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 […]

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2 w. 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 […]

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta Premier Smith's trip to Florida aligns with Team Canada approach

After her chat Ben Shapiro devoted his entire show the next day to the folly of tariffs as a trade strategy.

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2 w. 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

3 w. 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

3 w. 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 […]

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