Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.

Prepare to get poorer

Most Canadians are supportive of decreasing pollution and GHG emissions. But not at the price of a lower standard of living. The inaccurate and unrealistic assumptions used to develop an emissions cap will deter investment.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.

Don't mistake Poilievre's big business broadsides for an anti-growth agenda

Prioritizing the interests of a small elite is part of how our country got into this mess. But casual watchers should not mistake Poilievre’s distaste for corporate Canada’s trendier priorities with a fundamental discomfort with free market capitalism. In fact, it’s the opposite. For Poilievre, fiscal conservatism and economic populism aren’t incompatible, they’re a match made in heaven.

In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, pensioners try to get a number to enter inside a bank in Athens. Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo.

How austerity saved Greece

Such as in Greece following the 2008 financial collapse, austerity programs are only necessary when governments make economic policy mistakes that can no longer be ignored.