Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

by Joseph Fournier | Mar 23, 2026

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

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

The rise of the pajama grocery run reflects how inflation and convenience are changing consumer shopping behaviour

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

Iran spent decades provoking the world. Eventually, someone was going to punch back

Britain has survived royal scandals before, but the Crown’s days in Canada are fading

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

Power demand rises, water use climbs and the jobs often disappear once the construction phase ends