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Continue Reading →: The Separation Meme That Gets the Constitution Wrong
The Separation Meme That Gets the Constitution Wrong
An anonymous infographic claims Alberta separation is constitutionally illegitimate because treaties and Confederation came first. This brief argues otherwise: Canada’s Constitution permits secession negotiations, treaties include land cession clauses, and constitutional arrangements have repeatedly changed through negotiation and democratic consent.
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Continue Reading →: The Grocery Greed Myth
The Grocery Greed Myth
“It’s not okay that our biggest grocery stores are making record profits while Canadians are struggling to put food on […]
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Continue Reading →: Inclusion and Disorder: Unlearned Lessons from Palestinian Protests
Inclusion and Disorder: Unlearned Lessons from Palestinian Protests
Canada’s obsession with “inclusion” has eroded civic discipline and blurred the line between free speech and coercion. Sweden, once equally naive, regained balance by restoring boundaries between citizenship, responsibility, and national coherence.
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Continue Reading →: Break the Fences, Keep the Frontier
Break the Fences, Keep the Frontier
Alberta leads Canada in prosperity by dismantling barriers, but old guilds and new obstacles—subsidies, DEI mandates, and debanking—threaten progress. To remain the frontier, Alberta must keep tearing down walls and driving economic freedom forward.
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Continue Reading →: Canada’s Elite Mock Alberta, While the U-Hauls Keep Coming
Canada’s Elite Mock Alberta, While the U-Hauls Keep Coming
Alberta is mocked as Canada’s land of hicks and hydrocarbon heretics. But migration data since COVID tells another story: Canadians […]
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Continue Reading →: Jobs South, Politics North: The Crown Royal Lesson
Jobs South, Politics North: The Crown Royal Lesson
This Crown Royal decision rhymes with another headline you may remember: Brookfield Asset Management’s move to re-domicile a subsidiary in New York.
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Continue Reading →: Good Sense Beats Team Canada’s Hysteria
Good Sense Beats Team Canada’s Hysteria
In the tariff crisis of 2025, Canada tested its mettle, and the result was revealing. At the center stood Premier Danielle Smith, who chose steady, substantive leadership over juvenile posturing and theatrical bravado. Ottawa’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi indulged in overly-inflated martial rhetoric and fear-driven posturing.
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Continue Reading →: Your Money, Their Rules: The Rise of Debanking
Your Money, Their Rules: The Rise of Debanking
Ezra Levant kindly invited me to talk about the debanking issue this week. [The interview is available here →]. Debanking […]
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Continue Reading →: Albertans Must Guard What Ottawa and B.C. Abandon
Albertans Must Guard What Ottawa and B.C. Abandon
In Canada, property rights rest on sand. The Charter omits them, the courts neglect them, and the political class scarcely […]
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Continue Reading →: Government is Addicted to Your Obedience: Why Citizens Must Reject Bans
Government is Addicted to Your Obedience: Why Citizens Must Reject Bans
When Susan Holt, Premier of New Brunswick, explained why New Brunswickers couldn’t go for a walk in the woods, she […]