Carney keeps teasing a new pipeline, but will he follow through?
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alta., July 4, 2025. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alta., July 4, 2025. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. There’s a trope in almost every holiday family movie. A workaholic father promises the world, swears that this year […]
Canadians will soon pay more interest on national debt than federal funds for health care and child care
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to children at a community centre in Ottawa, Oct. 10, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to children at a community centre in Ottawa, Oct. 10, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget is leaving some Canadian economists concerned about Canada’s mounting […]
Budget 2025: Carney got the right diagnosis, but wrong prescription for Canada’s economy
Prime Minister Mark Carney tours of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday Oct. 30, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney tours of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday Oct. 30, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his first federal budget […]
Alberta already tried Carney-style budgeting—it backfired
Prime Minister Mark Carney at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, May 13, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, May 13, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. When Mark Carney tables his first budget on Nov. 4, he’ll introduce a model of accounting borrowed from city halls across the country, […]
Canadian governments spent $158 billion on green economy but created only 68,000 jobs: report
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press. Green economy jobs created in the last 10 years cost Canadian governments an estimated $2.32 […]
Canada’s opposition parties need to think bigger, not smaller
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. There was a moment there where it seemed like maybe people were starting to get it. Or if they […]
‘Those costs are likely to grow’: How Pierre Poilievre’s budget letter signals a new deficit spending consensus
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent letter highlighting a $42 billion federal deficit benchmark for the upcoming November 4th budget. They argue that this position represents a fundamental shift where the Conservative Party has now accepted the former Trudeau government’s deficit spending levels as the new baseline, effectively abandoning […]
Majority of Canadians want the Alberta-B.C. pipeline; Optimism about the Carney government drops
A man wearing an “I love Canadian pipelines” shirt in Vancouver, June 18, 2019. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press. A man wearing an “I love Canadian pipelines” shirt in Vancouver, June 18, 2019. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press. _This is The Week in Polling, your Saturday dose of interesting numbers from top pollsters in Canada and around […]
Trevor Tombe: No, Canada didn’t give the U.S. a trillion-dollar gift—but there’s still reason to worry
Mark Carney as he speaks at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., March 26, 2025. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press. Mark Carney as he speaks at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., March 26, 2025. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press. Canada’s investments in the United States aren’t a “trillion-dollar gift.” They’re the natural result of deep, long-standing […]
David Eby is holding Canada back
Prime Minister Mark Carney and David Eby at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Sept. 17, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney and David Eby at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Sept. 17, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. He is the [Un-Friendly Giant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFeM43SAquk). B.C. Premier David Eby’s six-foot-seven frame looms over the Pacific Gateway, arms […]