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Terence Corcoran: Carney is wrong. Trump’s America is not a new normal

There are no convincing reasons to assume the U.S. is in a fundamental state of deterioration that cannot be reversed

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An American flag flies upside down as demonstrators attend the third national "No Kings" protest against Donald Trump on March 28, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Opinion: B.C.’s latest Indigenous lawsuit threatens freedom of contract

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Peter Best, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

The Ridley Island Industrial Site (at right), at the Port of Prince Rupert, will be ringed by a road, rail and utility corridor that links proposed terminal developments to existing rail and port infrastructure

Matthew Lau: How Doug Ford can get his popularity back

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Matthew Lau FP Comment

Ontario Premier Doug Ford during a panel discussion with other premiers at Canadian Chamber of Commerce event held at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa April 20, 2026

Opinion: Five ways the spring fiscal update disappointed

Kevin Lynch, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

Minister of Finance Francois-Philippe Champagne and Prime Minister Mark Carney meet before the spring economic update is delivered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 28.

Opinion: Ottawa's fiscal guardrail is driving us toward the cliff

Don Drummond, William Robson and Nicholas Dahir, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at a conference at Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Que. on April 29.

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Joe Oliver: Ottawa’s new Sovereign Dysfunctional Intrusion Fund

The Liberals' $25-billion 'sovereign wealth fund' proves Mark Carney thinks governments should allocate Canada's capital

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Terence Corcoran: Why we should invest more in the U.S. market

It's a strategy that has paid off big-time in the past

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Terence Corcoran 5 days ago FP Comment
Opinion: Is this the beginning of the end for net-zero banking?

In recent years, big-bank AGMs have been ideological horror shows. This year the mood was serious and the agendas were all-business

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Gina Pappano, Special to Financial Post 5 days ago FP Comment
William Watson — The Carney rule: If you find a dollar, spend it

Without booking some update spending into last fiscal year the government would have missed the deficit target it set just five months ago

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William Watson 6 days ago FP Comment
Philip Cross: Governments caused the surge in youth unemployment in Canada

A flood of immigration put downward pressure on wages but hikes in legal minimums prevented them from falling. The result was unemployment

Philip Cross 6 days ago FP Comment

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Terence Corcoran: Mark Carney's weak plan for a strong Canada

With his new sovereign wealth fund, the PM expands his efforts to turn Canada into a bastion of state-managed investment

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Terence Corcoran April 29, 2026 FP Comment
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Matthew Lau: Yes, CBC, you really are biased

Its leaders claim the broadcaster doesn't play ideological favourites. But on key issues like gender and Gaza the numbers say otherwise

Matthew Lau April 29, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Automatic tax filing will need more work

Those who most need tax credits are vulnerable low-income Canadians who don't file at all. CRA needs ways to find them

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Alex Laurin, Special to Financial Post April 29, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Carney’s fiscal update continues Trudeau-era approach to federal finances

On the campaign trail Carney promised to address Canada's fiscal woes. But taxes, debts and deficits will stay high for the next five years

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Jake Fuss and Grady Munro, Special to Financial Post April 28, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: Not another Liberal slush fund!

There's a long, sorry history of public-private investment funds in Canada. They don't end up satisfying either partner

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Jack M. Mintz April 28, 2026 FP Comment

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William Watson: Why price discrimination shouldn't bother you

Different prices for the same goods or services lead to more transactions and if that doesn't make people better off, they don't do it

William Watson April 28, 2026 FP Comment
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Joe Oliver: A year in, it’s time for Carney to start delivering

Canadians seem mainly content with 12 months of promising but the honeymoon will continue only if accomplishments start accumulating

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Joe Oliver April 28, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: We spend billions to recruit tradespeople then abandon them at the finish line

Half of all candidates fail their Red Seal certification exam on the first try. Unlike for professions, there's no real exam prep

Will Nemo Summer, Special to Financial Post April 28, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: End DEI targets in federal research funding

The provinces, which regulate and fund universities, should step up to make sure grants and new positions are allocated solely on merit

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Jack M. Mintz April 24, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: The numbers on the oil-price windfall

Consumers are hurting but governments and the industry have the problem of what to do with new revenues. Their actions will be telling

Kate Koplovich, Special to Financial Post April 24, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Canada’s hydro power problem is all the barriers blocking it

We have many potential sites but costly overlapping approvals take too long and financing doesn't recognize how long-lived the assets are

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Lorena Patterson, Special to Financial Post April 24, 2026 FP Comment
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William Watson: Foreign investment isn't key. Business investment is

What matters for productivity, output and growth is giving workers more capital. It doesn't especially matter where that capital comes from

William Watson April 23, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: It’s go-time for the would-be energy superpower

Mark Carney tacked on resource policy when the political winds shifted. Will he carry through or just tack back if they shift again?

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David Detomasi, Special to Financial Post April 23, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Hands off my online surveillance pricing!

Proposed bans on algorithmic pricing probably aren't workable and wouldn't address meaningful harms even if they were

Richard Ciano, Special to Financial Post April 23, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: A no-score game in the League of Market Freedom

But what’s next will change the economic playing field

Terence Corcoran April 22, 2026 FP Comment

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Matthew Lau: We should be free to choose in health care

Canadians should have access to any private options that people who work in health care are willing to supply

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Matthew Lau April 22, 2026 FP Comment
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Opinion: China-Canada food safety pact could be a killer of a deal

China's regulations look good on paper but the absence of an independent judiciary means the rules are sometimes applied inconsistently

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Patricia Adams, Special to Financial Post April 22, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Carney’s 'forward guidance' is mainly 'backward spinning'

Mark Carney's been a political rockstar for a little over a year. It's too soon for the greatest hits album his new video is

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William Watson April 21, 2026 FP Comment
Lawrence Solomon: Greens gave Iran the Hormuz stranglehold

If Europeans hadn't outlawed the fracking that has made the U.S. a net energy exporter, they would need much less Middle East oil and gas

Lawrence Solomon April 21, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Canada’s competitiveness should start in the classroom

Maybe entrepreneurship can't be taught but students can be made aware at a young age that a life of innovation and problem-solving is possible

Bill Roche, Special to Financial Post April 21, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Affordability is still a big problem despite Carney’s claims

Yes, indicators are moving in the right direction, but food and housing are still up and living standards are at best flat

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Grady Munro, Special to Financial Post April 20, 2026 FP Comment
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Terence Corcoran: Calling out corporate BS

The real impact of using buzzword jargon(y) language

Terence Corcoran April 17, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: Best way to keep Canadians from leaving? Make Canada better

Blocking Canadians from leaving or taxing them when they do are not how a free and democratic society should address economic discontent

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Jack M. Mintz April 17, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Politicians are no better investors than the rest of us

Analysis of Congressmen's stock-trading shows they underperform the market. So why do we let them run winner-picking industrial policies?

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William Watson April 16, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: With uncertainty rampant, exercise policy caution, IMF urges

Deficits and debts are dangerously high almost everywhere. Any fiscal relief for higher prices needs to be focused, modest and temporary

Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan, Special to Financial Post April 16, 2026 FP Comment

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Terence Corcoran: Carney flies to the moon on U.S. rockets

The new Liberal pragmatism is this: Anything is possible, regardless of principle

Terence Corcoran April 15, 2026 FP Comment
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Matthew Lau — Memo to Gen Z: Work from the office

Working from home may be comfortable and convenient but mentoring, guidance, instruction and example occur in the office. Don't stay away

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Matthew Lau April 15, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Canada needs a war on inflation

Hot wars elsewhere grab the headlines but inflation is a dangerous domestic foe that weakens our economy and divides us against each other

Ed Fast, Special to Financial Post April 15, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: The U.S.-Iran war by the numbers

The U.S. lost one person for every 1,000 sorties it flew against Iranian targets and its tolerance for POWs was zero. War is different now

William Watson April 14, 2026 FP Comment
Bjorn Lomborg: Focus on global growth and fighting poverty, not climate politics

The world’s poorest deserve better than virtue signalling from afar

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Bjorn Lomborg, Special to Financial Post April 14, 2026 FP Comment

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