Why Mark Carney Suddenly Loves Pipelines Again

For nearly a decade, Canada was told pipelines were the moral equivalent of clubbing a baby seal while dumping crude oil directly into Greta Thunberg’s flower garden. Northern Gateway? Gone.Energy East? Vaporized.Anything that connected Alberta to a coast? Forget it. And through all of this, one voice hovered over Ottawa like a beige cardigan at […]
The Fentanyl Crisis Canada Pretends Isn’t Coming Through the Front Door

For years, Canadians have been told the same story about the toxic drug crisis: this is about “stigma,” “harm reduction,” and “meeting people where they’re at.” All of that might sound compassionate. None of it answers a basic question: Why are the chemicals to make fentanyl still flowing into Canada in the first place? While […]
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A Man With No Plan: How Ottawa Let Canada’s Lumber Towns Fall Apart

The Prime Minister keeps insisting he’s “a man with a plan.” That’s the pitch. The reality looks nothing like that. In Question Period, Todd Doherty spelled it out: communities across this country are being gutted while Ottawa pretends everything is under control. Canada’s softwood lumber industry isn’t a side project. In 2023, we exported $7.4 […]