United Conservative Party members rally around Danielle Smith
KERRY DIOTTE: The two factions within the party are starting to get along
Tag: Federal-provincial relations
Alberta still pulling its economic weight despite hard times
EYE ON ALBERTA: Although its economy is taking a beating, the chances of it receiving equalization payments enjoyed by other disadvantaged provinces is nil (FREE)
Alberta can forget becoming the 51st American state
MARCO NAVARRO-GENIE: Joe Biden’s affinity for a Green New Deal and a great reset shows the same hostility for hydrocarbon energy that Trudeau does (FREE)
Let Quebecers decide the fate of a national pipeline
JOSEPH QUESNEL: Confederation was designed as an economic union from sea to sea, linked by infrastructure that crosses provincial borders (FREE membership content)
Keep federal government from messing with education
JASON CLEMENS and TEGAN HILL: Canada’s kindergarten-to-Grade 12 system flourishes because it’s controlled by the provinces, which often show great innovation and creativity
More money won’t necessarily solve health care problems
Instead of asking for more money and all the strings that come attached, the provinces should ask for more freedom to try new delivery models
Alberta’s UCP needs the feds to get Trans Mountain done
DOUG FIRBY: It was actually the federal Liberals and Alberta’s previous NDP government that did the heavy lifting needed to get the project started
Canadian capital markets thrive without national regulator
FERGUS HODGSON: Centralization undermines bottom-up co-ordination already underway between the provinces and territories
We shouldn’t be surprised by Trudeau-Ford meeting
MICHAEL TAUBE: The prime minister, Ontario premier and their advisers realize the lines of communication must stay open for the good of the country (PREMIUM content/Not yet a PREMIUM member? $19)
Internal trade barriers cripple Canada
The good news is the Constitution guarantees free trade among provinces. But do federal officials have the political will?
Subsidies undermine the media and provinces
MARCO NAVARRO-GENIE: Regional reporting may come to suffer blindness similar to that in some Central Canadian media, to the disadvantage of provinces (FREE membership content)
If P.E.I. goes Green, Trudeau could be singing the blues
MICHAEL TAUBE: Canadians are gradually accepting Green politicians as worthy of support. That will drain yet more support from the federal Liberals ($)
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