Category: Politics

Politics

by Gerry Bowler | Mar 23, 2026

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

The record of foreign intervention is bleak. Political change lasts only when it is driven by the people who live there

Fees are climbing, debt is rising and results barely change. Ratepayers are paying more for a garbage system that shows little sign of improvement

Years of overspending have left Saskatchewan taxpayers paying hundreds of millions every year just to service the debt

The moment doctors can bill both the public and private systems, the public one starts to lose

Years of deficit spending are making it harder for Gen Z to build the kind of financial security earlier generations took for granted

Any softening toward China weakens the shield that protects our security and our economy

A decade of stalled pipelines and limited export capacity leaves Canada unable to respond

A Manitoba court case raises a simple question: should legal aid bankroll organizations that can afford their own lawyers?

Energy abundance is economic and geopolitical leverage

Prices may be slipping and interest rates easing, but homes remain far out of reach for many Canadians

Investors follow returns. When productivity lags and taxes bite, money finds a better home

We already saw what heavy-handed vaccine mandates did during COVID-19. Doing it again will only deepen the distrust