Trevor Tombe

If we’re going to ask future generations to carry this weight on our behalf, they deserve to know who put it on their shoulders in the first place, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

If the Alberta premier shows up to the next Council of the Federation demanding changes to the Constitution, he’s going to get laughed out of the room by the other premiers, writes columnistMax Fawcett.

Alberta’s COVID-19-era budget made a hard landing on Thursday, February 25, 2021, with an $18.2-billion deficit but also a promise that good times will return.

On Thursday, February 25, 2021, it’s budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year’s projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days.

The double blow of collapsing oil prices and the COVID-19 crisis has pushed Alberta into a historic deficit of $24.2 billion — more than triple what the United Conservative government projected in its February budget.

The so-called "resistance" force of Conservative premiers waging war against the carbon tax implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began showing cracks on on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, following the Liberals' re-election.

The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate.

Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa's climate change plan on Monday, January 21, 2019, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession — a claim disputed by experts and the federal government.