4 h. 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.”

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45 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Donald Trump's latest tariffs threats a reflection of his delusion

In his own mind, Trump knows everything about everything. He cannot hear the truth from anyone else because he is deafened by the sound of his own voice filling his ears.

Economics

51 h. 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.

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3 d. 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

5 d. ago IS TRUMP A HIDDEN GENIUS? Or is he a flaky, impulsive leader who wants attention

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnist Lorne Gunter says he wants people to stop trying to convince him that Trump is smarter than all of us. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

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6 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council throwing good money after bad

Here’s an idea for city council: Council’s executive committee voted Wednesday to recommend to the entire council that they extend the Downtown community revitalization levy (CRL) by a further 10 years to keep all that fabulous revitalization momentum going. (I’m being facetious.) But the CRL for Downtown was put in place in 2015 and can […]

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7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Canada the 51st state? Never! And Trudeau should know better

Justin Trudeau told reporters Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s goal “is to destroy the Canadian economy so he can try to annex the country.” The prime minister is channelling his inner drama teacher again. That’s over the top. And it’s strategically foolish to so badly misinterpret your adversary’s goal. But it’s consistent with earlier […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Best response to U.S. tariffs is building a cross

Good Lord, it took the worst U.S. president I can remember to make me agree with the worst Canadian prime minister ever. After Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods (10 per cent on energy) beginning Tuesday, Trudeau responded by imposed 25 per cent tariffs on about […]

Economics

9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Cutting off oil and other exports to U.S. is a good back

Let’s keep the oil cutoff in our back pockets for a month or two to see how all of this shakes out.

Economics

1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Does the PM understand the financial strain of Canadians? Don't count on it

Can you guess how much Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bills Canadians every year for groceries at his home at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa? And you don’t have to include what it costs when he’s having an official dinner for the Sultan of Brunei or the Prime Minister of Norway. State dinners are covered by taxpayers […]

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta budget not bad, but it's not great, either

Almost exactly one year ago today, when UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner brought down his previous budget, I wrote that Budget 2024 was “not bad, but not great either.” Looking at Horner’s 2025 budget, I could probably just cut-and-paste last year’s column into this space and take the rest of the day off. Last year’s […]

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Guthrie's departure from cabinet a case of deja vu

Peter Guthrie, the provincial infrastructure minister who resigned Tuesday in protest over his concerns about the Smith government’s contract-awarding process, was also among the earliest UCP MLAs to stick the shiv in former Premier Jason Kenney, too. It’s a bit of a habit for him. Back in late 2021, with the UCP and the province […]

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Burning questions as Alberta legislature set to resume

How large will the deficit be in Budget 2025, which will be brought down this Thursday by Finance Minister Nate Horner? When will we see an independent, third-party inquiry into the AHS contract allegations? And where is NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi?

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2 w. ago Letters Tuesday February 25, 2025: ‘Trudeau’s train isn’t for the people, it’s for him.’

MORE HIGH-SPEED SPENDING Re: Lame-duck PM can’t get off Liberal spending train, Lorne Gunter column, Feb. 23 So here is yet another expense that’s going to cost Canadians billions of tax dollars while our health care, education and military continue to crumble. The Liberals refuse to deal with issues they themselves have caused — massive […]

Politics

2 w. ago Trump orders tariffs on digital service tax countries, including Canada

Trump's order directs his administration to consider responsive actions like tariffs to 'combat' digital service taxes imposed on U.S. tech companies by foreign countries.

Economics

3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: AHS investigation needs to be independent, transparent

But why would Mentzelopoulos have been fired just two days before meeting with Auditor General Doug Wylie? And why would the AHS board have been dismissed, all of them, after they began pushing for Mentzelopoulos’s documents to be turned over to the RCMP?

Economics

3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Donald Trump's delusional trade policies were debunked 200 years ago

Stick around folks, in this column I’m going to explain 18th-century trade policy, with an emphasis on the theories of English economist David Ricardo (1772-1823). It’s gonna be awesome. American President Donald Trump is an 18th-century mercantilist, an adherent of trade theories that were debunked 200 years ago. Basically, Trump thinks that to preserve domestic […]

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