The provinces can’t have it both ways: if they’re going to demand that Ottawa use its spending power, it will invariably come with strings attached. That’s even moreso the case now they’re up against a Liberal government that relishes its growing role as the chief financier to the provinces to drive its own political agenda.
Canada’s military credibility among our allies is declining. We must remedy our internal issues and arrest the country’s further slide towards irrelevance. But recent rumblings of increased defence spending are promising.
What makes Alberta’s 2023 election especially interesting, though, is how so much may depend on so few. Of the roughly two million votes that may be cast, the winner could be decided by a small handful—potentially a few hundred—in just a few critical ridings.
Notwithstanding America’s unique challenges with respect to gun violence, income inequality, and political polarization, it remains by far the world’s most dynamic, innovative, and productive economy. If it’s in decline as its critics claim, then most of the rest of the world slid into sclerosis and stagnation some time ago.
The issues of working people have not been given the same attention—from governments of all stripes—as those issues faced by business and academics. This needs to change because the future of conservatism is a working-class future.
Frank Lloyd Wright famously said that form and function are one. When it comes to the right wine for the right occasion, form flows into function and context matters more than anything else.
Now that China is the senior partner in its relationship with Russia—and Russia’s leading international backer—it is the only country that can guarantee the terms of any armistice or peace agreement.
The pre-ordained failure of government-mandated energy transitions has led some commentators to advocate de-growth and reduced consumption as an alternative. Yet, carbon fuels have improved human life in countless ways, from income per capita to life expectancy.
The enormity of the LNG problem necessitates bold solutions. Failure to act risks missing a valuable opportunity to boost GDP, advance Indigenous reconciliation, bolster international relations, and accelerate the global transition to lower carbon energy.
Let’s not make the perfect the enemy of the good. If you want to help the environment, focus on the low-hanging fruit like making it easier and cheaper for people to live lower-impact, urban lifestyles. Meet people where they’re at with policies today and persuade them to go further tomorrow.
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