Mr. Moe’s Saskatchewan hasn’t necessarily replaced Alberta as Ottawa’s main opponent, says Marco Navarro-Génie, president of the Alberta-based Haultain Research Institute think tank. The two provinces are partners in many ways, he said. But Saskatchewan’s premier is better positioned than Ms. Smith to take some fights further, for example when it comes to the topic…

Haultain President talks to ET about the politics of vaccine transplant policy. Ideally, the doctor-patient relationship should set the tone, but colleges of physicians and medical bureaucrats crossed the line forcing vaxx orthodoxy: “Science is not black and white,” Navarro-Genie said. “Science is essentially a consensus that goes back and forth between scientists. But [people]…

Marco Navarro-Génie, president of the Haultain Research Institute, says there’s been a lot of speculation about the prime minister’s marriage and people will be forming their own opinion. But, absent any further details about the separation, while for some the latest development may lead to a less favourable view of the prime minister, for others…

Haultain’s President Marco Navarro-Genie comments on the appointment of Trudeau’s new minister of justice, and the effect the new minister might have on crime: “And even trying to influence the perception that crime is rising will prove complicated, he says. “Because whatever gimmicks governments come up with to change the perception about crime, crime keeps…

“It’s hard to imagine the country could be more divided than it is already,” he said, but added: “It has a significant potential for heating things up. And in making that gulf, that divide, a little bit wider.”

Haultain Research President Marco Navarro-Genie comments for the Epoch Times on the controversy regarding Alberta Health Services re-hiring Deena Hinshaw: “I have often thought … even pre-pandemic, that the Alberta Health Services often behaves as though it is an independent entity,” Navarro-Genie said. “And so I wasn’t all that surprised that someone would swing around…

Haultain Research President Marco Navarro-Genie comments for the Epoch Times on the upcoming Alberta provincial election. Will the NDP return? “Polls have been abysmally wrong in the last decade. NDP supporters are more likely to respond to polls, more likely to be younger voters, and less likely to show up to vote,” Navarro-Genie told The…

Marco Navarro-Génie, president of the Haultain Institute think tank, says that for many in the province, the Kenney UCP government’s key accomplishments were pushing for more fiscal restraint and red-tape cutting initiatives, standing up for Alberta’s oil and gas sector, and fighting addiction with treatment-based approaches.

An excerpt from the seventh chapter of our book, Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic, was kindly published in The Epoch Times on March 4, 2023. “We consider the evidence for, and consequences of, government-induced fear leading to lack of trust. The outcome was not what the authorities intended. Their game plan…

“If you ask an Albertan on the streets what they think of the RCMP—should the RCMP be kept or sent packing—the answer will give you an almost clear indication of how they’re going to vote in the next election.”

In China and other communist countries, terms reflecting Marxism’s class struggle are entrenched in all aspects of society, with keywords like “people’s” and “revolutionary” added to wording used by many government bodies and entities. The same is seen in leftist theocracies like that of Iran, which, besides religious terms, espouse the notion of “protecting the…

Haultain Research President Marco Navarro-Genie comments on the Danielle Smith reviving the United Conservative Party of Alberta to win elections again.

Haultain Research President Marco Navarro-Genie comments for the Epoch Times on how the presence of Pierre Poilievre in Opposition is likely to affect the federal political dynamic.

Marco Navarro-Génie, president of the Haultain Research Institute, says Poilievre has “demonstrated a significant amount of talent, but there may be others who have not been very visible, who might throw their hat into a possible race and show possibilities and talent.” With the Conservatives choosing to replace their leader and with the government only…

Haultain Institute president Marco Navarro-Genie comments for the Epoch Times on Alberta’s political leadership. Premier Jason Kenney’s reactions to the COVID-19 event dilapidated so much political capital in such a short period of time.“There was an enormous enthusiasm in the movement because here is a guy of principle, a guy who is intellectually capable, who…