Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

Adam Smith was right about free trade, but he didn’t factor in national security

by Pat Murphy | Apr 7, 2026

Trade makes us richer, but relying too much on other countries can backfire

Schools are teaching reading wrong and our kids are falling behind

by Michael Zwaagstra | Apr 7, 2026
Stephen Lewis mastered the art of political civility

by Michael Taube | Apr 7, 2026
MPs who switch parties should defend their decision in a byelection

by Gerry Bowler | Apr 6, 2026
Government grocery stores sound good until you do the math

by Sylvain Charlebois | Apr 2, 2026
Indigenous land deals could mark the end of property rights in BC

by Brian Giesbrecht | Apr 2, 2026

Victor Borge made classical music funny and accessible

by Michael Taube

We’re letting one of the most original comedy musical performers ever quietly fade away

Carney’s Emergencies Act appeal traps the Supreme Court in a credibility crisis

by Marco Navarro-Genie

The appeal forces the Supreme Court to rule on a case tied to Chief Justice Wagner’s past public condemnation of the trucker’s protests

There is no excuse for Saskatchewan’s reckless borrowing

by Gage Haubrich

Spending is rising, debt is growing and the government has no plan to control it

Canada built a fair society based on merit. Why are we abandoning it?

The rise of DEI is undermining the foundation Canada was built on: the simple idea that people succeed on merit and effort

Some Canadians are going into debt just to eat

by Sylvain Charlebois

Some Canadians are relying on debt to manage the high cost of food

Strange but true: Karl Marx’s grave is more expensive to see than Adam Smith’s

by Michael Taube

You pay £10 to see Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetary, but Adam Smith’s grave is free. The irony is hard to ignore

Alberta just killed the last illusion of fiscal restraint in Canada

by Jay Goldberg

The last province known for fiscal discipline is now spending like Ottawa

Canada is sleepwalking into soft despotism

by Gerry Bowler

Democracy doesn’t disappear. Citizens just stop showing up and government is left to the elites

Ottawa’s Industrial Carbon Tax is crushing Canada’s productivity

by Joseph Fournier

Higher industrial energy costs are driving up prices, cutting investment and weakening the very sectors Canada depends on for growth

Picking fights with Trump could leave Canada in the dark

by Joseph Quesnel

A political dispute could put both the power supply and billions in provincial revenue at risk

Ottawa cut the carbon tax but your grocery bill didn’t get the memo

by Sylvain Charlebois

The consumer carbon tax is gone but industrial carbon pricing isn’t. You pay it every time you buy food

In Canada, deficit spending keeps winning elections

No matter the party, governments run deficits because spending wins votes

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