14 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Fate of programs like CSC true a barometer of Carney's budget

I’m sure you’re all super impressed by the work being done in your communities by the legions of young volunteers working for the Canada Service Corps. What!? You say you’ve never heard of the Canada Service Corps (CSC)? Welcome to the club. Almost no Canadian has heard of it, even though the program has blown […]

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38 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Despite Smith's optimism, can't trust Carney on issues around oil 

The federal Liberals still hate Alberta oil. On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney released his list of five national-priority projects. There is no pipeline in the bunch. Carney also released a list of projects to be considered for the next round of approvals. Again, no pipeline. There is nothing wrong with any of the projects […]

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3 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Ideology killing Canada's home construction numbers

On Tuesday, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released statistics on housing starts for the first half of the year in seven major Canadian cities. The federal housing agency also projected the number of new housing unit starts (apartments, condos, row houses and single-family detached houses) that will be achieved across the country in […]

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4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta teachers deserve respect, but union moving the goalpoasts

The Alberta Teachers’ Association has refused to talk to provincial negotiators since last Friday

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4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta teachers deserve respect, but union moving the goalposts

The Alberta Teachers’ Association has refused to talk to provincial negotiators since last Friday

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7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Federal Liberals hint at austerity, but don't count on it

For more than a week now, Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne have been preparing Canadians for an “austerity budget,” and perhaps even public-service layoffs. Although while talking to reporters this week, Champagne was less committal. He spoke only of “adjustments” to the 440,000 federal civil service. An adjustment can be […]

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7 d. ago Let the Canada Disability Benefit reach those who need it most in Alberta

Alberta stands alone in its decision to treat the Canada Disability Benefit as non-exempt income. We are currently the only province in Canada that has decided to claw back the benefit from recipients of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped. While other provinces are allowing people with disabilities to receive the full benefit, Alberta […]

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8 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Judges trample on homeowners' right to defend themselves

Ask for a trial by jury, not by judge alone. That was once standard advice (and still is) if you found yourself charged with assault or murder after defending your family, your home or your property against an intruder. Juries don’t tend to second guess whether a homeowner used appropriate force to subdue a burglar […]

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9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Bloody weekend in Edmonton heightens calls for bail reform

On Tuesday, Edmonton mayoral candidate Rahim Jaffer issued an open letter calling on big-city mayors across the country to band together and demand the Carney government bring in meaningful bail reforms, not the piddly, window-dressing reforms introduced by the Trudeau Liberals last year. “We’ve seen police in particular find it very hard to do their […]

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9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton council's twisted vision favours brutal infill over Blatchford, Expolands opportunities

Here’s a little idea for city council and the administration: Develop Blatchford and the Exhibition Lands (Expolands) to their full capacity for residential housing before allowing further infill destruction of neighbourhoods such as Crestwood, Glenora and Garneau. Last week, council approved a master plan for the new fan park east of Rogers Place that included […]

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1 week ago Letters September 3, 2025: ‘Quebec has had it too easy for too long’

  TIME TO MAKE QUEBEC PAY Re: Carney’s deference to Quebec undercuts LNG announcement, Lorne Gunter column, Aug. 27 In Ontario, the world revolves around Toronto, and in Canada the world revolves around Quebec. Enough is enough. There’s a very simple solution for this: If Quebec doesn’t want to be a contributing province within Canada, […]

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Very bad optics for province to claw back disability benefit and fund fan park

Why can’t politicians understand that the tax money they spend comes from the same, one source — you and me?

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Boosting pipeline capacity looks like low priority for Liberals

If the Carney Liberals were truly serious about turning our country into an energy superpower, they would jump at the chance to “optimize” Trans Mountain’s capacity.

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2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney's deference to Quebec undercuts LNG announcement

The Carney government’s trade policy so far makes for good political theatre, but is it good for the economy? Is it enough? Yes and no. The Carney Liberals are more likely to grow Canada’s economy than the Trudeau Liberals did, but that’s a very low bar. The lowest. Besides, the Carney government is still Liberal. […]

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3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Want to cut federal operating expenses? Start with the civil service

Here’s a staggering statistic for you: Nearly 40 per cent of the federal civil service (147,000 of 373,000 federal bureaucrats) made in excess of $100,000 in 2024. The average Canadian made just shy of $68,000. And that sum doesn’t include the bureaucrats’ retroactive pay raises paid out last year. Nor does it include their very […]

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4 w. 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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