Jan 26 2023 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has suddenly and dramatically moved off her scorched earth stance against the Trudeau Liberal’s Just Transition plan to radically change the Canadian economy in the name of slashing carbon emissions. In a new letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Smith invites Trudeau to meet in February with the goal of negotiating […]
Jan 16 2023 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — The staggering scope of change that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals intend to impose on Canadians with their Just Transition program is made clear in a newly-released government document. Such is the magnitude of the proposed change that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she “felt sick” reading it. The document — uncovered by a freedom of information […]
Apr 13 2022 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — Pierre Poilievre delivered a winning pitch to young Canadians on Monday: It’s time that government got out of the way of you owning your own home. Poilievre, the frontrunner in the race to be new leader of the federal Conservatives, threw down his gloves and started to throw punches at one ugly opponent: bloated, inflated […]
Mar 30 2022 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — In this tense moment, as we limp from the crisis of COVID to the woe of land war in Europe, let us first try to be fair to Justin Trudeau. The prime minister has now proposed a new direction on energy policy. Of particular concern is his government’s call for a 42 per cent emissions […]
Dec 31 2021 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — A botched job by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has served up a brilliant opportunity for the Conservatives. Will they take advantage? Or will they keep on dithering and dallying, impressing no one, certainly not any moderate swing voters?
Dec 29 2021 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — According to the federal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “just transition” is a fair and caring program that will kindly shepherd oil and gas workers through a difficult time. According to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, the federal program is bonkers.
Jan 28 2021 — David Staples — Postmedia — U.S. President Joe Biden shut down Keystone on his first day on the job, a rude message for Canadians but one that we can turn to our advantage. We are a bit player in their national drama, the Biden administration is reminding us. We’re to be ignored and discriminated against as Washington sees fit.
Sep 25 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — The biggest threat to Alberta’s prosperity is almost certainly Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ever-increasing number of policies that hammer Canada’s oil, gas and petrochemical sectors. This includes new hammers found in Wednesday’s throne speech, such as a coming fuel tax, a planned ban on single-use plastic and a major tax cut — […]
Apr 17 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — Are you also thinking it will soon be time to leave the confines of home and go out to work? Are you keen to see a detailed plan with clear relaunch deadlines for businesses and schools from Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta’s chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw?
Mar 28 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — When the COVID-19 crises first hit in late January, Ottawa MPs of all political stripes weren’t satisfied with the federal government’s assurances that Canada had the problem under control. For the next two months, until major changes were at last made to our border policy in late March, the MPs dug into that policy, asking […]
Jan 31 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — Canada will have a national unity crisis if the Trudeau Liberals reject Teck Resources Ltd.’s Frontier oilsands mine. Either that or the federal cabinet will soon approve Teck and we’ll have a win-win for Ottawa and Alberta. I’m liking the sound of win-win myself. That’s why I’m paying close attention to a solution to deal […]
Jan 22 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — The Trudeau Liberals will engage in a historic slap down of Canada’s Indigenous people if they rule against the Teck Frontier oilsands project. Teck negotiated for years with the 14 Indigenous groups that will live next door to the gargantuan $20.6-billion Frontier project. The company came to economic opportunity and environmental stewardship agreements with 14 […]
Jan 8 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — Alberta’s pipelines are about to get hit with a double regulatory whammy from Justin Trudeau in Ottawa and Donald Trump in Washington. Nonetheless, the Canadian pipeline industry is still cautiously optimistic about success in the coming decade. Its more positive outlook may well be the right mindset for success but that doesn’t mean more hardship […]
Jan 4 2020 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — The most important development of 2019 that got the least amount of attention from the Canadian news media? The “dog bites man” story of Canadian conservative leaders coming up with the best, boldest and most visionary plan to combat climate change this country has ever seen. The plan is pushed by a group of Canada’s […]
Dec 20 2019 — David Staples — Edmonton Journal — There is a brilliant way to build Canada with cleaner energy and higher levels of prosperity. Sadly, it’s not the way that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposes, with his revolutionary shift to renewable energy from oil and gas. Trudeau’s way has been tried at huge expense in places like California and Germany but has done […]