‘A united Canada’
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‘A united Canada’

Federal-provincial relations are testy even in the best of times, but these are not the best of times. Pandemic, war, inflation and global supply-chain disruptions have affected us all, and it is scarcely surprising that they would also affect Canada’s federal system, as a new threat to national unity has recently demonstrated. In early 1830s…

Alberta: Escaping the tyranny of fossil fuel dependency
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Alberta: Escaping the tyranny of fossil fuel dependency

The overriding question for Alberta seems to be: what is the place of fossil fuels – with their promise of generating jobs, economic growth and wealth – in a world facing climate disaster? The real question Parliament needs to address is why Alberta, and the entire country for that matter, is trapped in the tyranny…