Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith's government has decided to smother every aspect of Ottawa's relationship with her province in red tape and gatekeeping, including the funding of individual post-secondary research grants. And you thought Jason Kenney was bad.

Tom Kmiec criticized the sharp increase in temporary residents in Canada, as a large number of potential immigrants compete for few permanent resident opportunities. 

It's just the latest example of a deepening fissure between Smith's United Conservative Party government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced legislation to gatekeep and if necessary veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government.

Pierre Poilievre and the provincial premiers are spoiling for yet another fight over the carbon tax — this time in a nationally televised meeting. Here's why Justin Trudeau should give it to them, and how he can beat them at their own game.

Step aside, Danielle Smith. Move over, Scott Moe. Whether it's on housing or education, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking his know-nothing brand of politics to new depths lately — and reclaiming the title of Canada's worst premier.

Police say a carbon-levy protest in the Crowsnest Pass on Monday led to a multi-vehicle crash after five large farm tractors refused to stop for police.

Inflation is on track to end 2024 below two per cent, and interest rate cuts are almost surely on their way sooner than that. So why do the provinces keep doing things that drive up the cost of living — and will Pierre Poilievre ever call them out?

Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back on Wednesday on growing demands from premiers to dump the planned April 1 hike to the consumer carbon levy, saying leaders must tackle both affordability and climate change.

The former mayor of Calgary is now officially part of the race to replace Rachel Notley as Alberta NDP leader. In the process, he's challenging the very nature of the party — and its inclination towards choosing principles over power.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today.

Health care and education came out ahead on Thursday in a generally restrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke.

In Danielle Smith's Alberta, wind and solar are buried under mountains of red tape and regulation while oil, gas, and coal mining get a free pass. Even Don Quixote would have a hard time tilting at windmills this shamelessly.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is replacing a renewable energy development moratorium with what appears to be a de facto ban, turning the province into one of the few jurisdictions on Earth frustrating the growth of clean, cheap power.