5 h. ago TERRAZZANO: Creative accounting for Mark Carney in five easy steps

WARNING: This advice for creative government accounting is both satirical and based on real-world events.   DISCLAIMER: See fine print regarding side effects.    Step one: Balance half the budget   Cutting $78 billion from the budget is hard. And caucus gets whiny about cuts to pet projects.    So, here’s a simple solution: Split the budget and only […]

Economics

29 h. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney almost gives B.C. dangerous leverage over national pipeline

Prime Minister Mark Carney came dangerously close to handing British Columbia a de facto veto over a national pipeline and calling it “co-operative federalism.” Canada urgently needs a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast. This pipeline would play a crucial role in diversifying Canada’s economy by giving Canada access to Asian buyers […]

Society

35 h. ago Carney ‘will have to answer’ questions after tax credit flip

A British Columbia Liberal MP said Prime Minister Mark Carney "will have to answer" questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits in Alberta energy deal.

Economics

3 d. ago Michael Taube: Mark Carney should opt for civility over snide remarks

Attacking opponents and critics by appealing to the lowest common denominator isn’t something to be admired or emulated

Transport

4 d. ago Letters: Danielle Smith swayed by smooth talking Mark Carney

Will city council manage to reduce the tax hike? Vote in our daily poll! I think Danielle Smith is being played by Carney’s B.S. just like she was by Jim Prentice’s BS. Two smooth talkers. Curtis Radcliffe (The proof is in the pudding.) Radicals I have never been a fan of radical left opinions. I […]

Transport

4 d. ago Energy regulator cancels New Brunswick gas price cuts promised by Liberal government

Premier Susan Holt had campaigned in the 2024 election to eliminate the portion of the carbon adjuster tax on diesel and gas to help with the high cost of living.

Politics

7 d. ago Smith says future of industrial carbon tax should be at level ‘industry can afford’

Smith made the comments fresh off the signing of a new energy and pipeline deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney

Economics

7 d. ago Bell: Smith gets pipeline pact with Carney, now she must sell it to Albertans

Premier Danielle Smith is spreading the good news of a win for Alberta, will most Albertans share Smith's sentiments?

Economics

8 d. ago OPINION: Mark Carney’s budget deficit looms large in Canadian history

It's almost double what the Justin Trudeau government planned to run this year.

Transport

8 d. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney can’t punt on Canada Post any longer

Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions in bailouts unless the government acts fast.

Transport

8 d. ago Bell: Pipeline deal with Smith, Poilievre Conservatives think Carney is full of it

Smith-Carney pipeline pact to be signed Thursday in Calgary but will Alberta score the desired pipeline?

Transport

9 d. ago OPINION: Mark Carney must reveal cost of his industrial carbon tax

Federal budget's approximately 500 pages long, but doesn’t specify cost of prime minister's new pet project

Economics

9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Despite MOU, Carney sets up West Coast pipeline push to fail

There is every indication that Carney is as anti-oil as his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, despite all his talk of building an energy superpower

Events

1 week ago Gas prices in London: Why they seem high and how you can save a little

Despite the federal government’s removal of the consumer carbon tax in April, filling up a vehicle at the gas pump isn’t exactly cost-friendly in London. Recently, drivers who’ve filled up in the morning or daytime may have paid about $1.40 per litre. But why are gasoline prices so high at the pumps? LFP reporter Brian […]

Economics

1 week ago Bell: Go time! Danielle Smith and Mark Carney agree to a pipeline deal

Alberta and Ottawa agree to a deal outlining a path to a new pipeline

Transport

1 week ago TERRAZZANO: Prime Minister Mark Carney shouldn’t let the CRA fail upwards

When you’re lucky enough to get a CRA bureaucrat on the phone, they’re most likely to give you the wrong personal tax information.

Politics

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney's major projects more PR than 'nation building'

Since none of the 10 projects Carney has announced has a similar capacity to expand GDP and raise government revenues, it’s a puzzle why a pipeline has not been announced

Politics

3 w. ago Bell: Danielle Smith can smell victory for Alberta and the oilpatch

Could there be peace between Alberta and the Liberal government in Ottawa? Premier Danielle Smith says Yes

Other

3 w. ago Bell: Alberta gets diddly squat from Carney, Danielle Smith soldiers on

Pipelines? Ditching anti-Alberta and anti-oilpatch federal laws? Carney lets Albertans stew in our own outrage

Events

3 w. ago Bell: Poilievre punches back hard in Calgary — smacks Carney, the CBC and CTV

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is standing firm and fighting back. Hard

Culture