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Matthew Lau: Why are food prices so high? Ottawa, investigate thyself

The Competition Bureau wants to know why food prices keep rising. It should start with policies that raise costs and restrict supply

Matthew Lau FP Comment

A person shops at a grocery store in Montreal, Que.

Joe Oliver: Active management costs Canadian pensioners big time

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Joe Oliver FP Comment

Because of the need for liability matching and risk diversification, pension portfolios will never be entirely invested in public equities, writes Joe Oliver.

Opinion: Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington

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Martin Eichenbaum, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

The Canadian flag and United States of America dollar, Wednesday March 5, 2025

Jack Mintz: America's G7 partners need to up their game

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Jack M. Mintz FP Comment

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, US President Donald Trump, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz walk to their positions before a family photograph during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026.

William Watson: Hello, Canada. We’ll survive without HNIC on CBC

William Watson FP Comment

One of two new studio sets that have multiple spots within for shooting. Sportsnet has built a new set for their hockey coverage, including a new set for Hockey Night in Canada. in Toronto. October 6, 2021

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William Watson: Universities should not do pro sports

More high-profile U.S. universities are paying their intercollegiate athletes. Canadian schools shouldn't copy that trend

William Watson 3 days ago FP Comment
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Opinion: Let’s not start regulating caffeine

Quebec's ban on selling energy drinks to people under 16, which covers only 11 per cent of consumption, won't be the last caffeine law

David Clement, Special to Financial Post 5 days ago FP Comment
Bjorn Lomborg: The WHO’s climate prescription is bad medicine

Heat deaths are up, though mainly because old people are a much larger share of the population, while deaths from the cold are way down

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Bjorn Lomborg, Special to Financial Post 6 days ago FP Comment
Opinion: We should ease back on housing support

As governments have poured money and tax benefits into housing, other investment sectors have languished. Policy needs to rejig the balance

David-Alexandre Brassard, Special to Financial Post 6 days ago FP Comment
Opinion: If everyone loves internal trade, what's the holdup?

In the face of the Trump tariffs, everybody in Canada favours more internal trade. Trouble is, everybody also favours their own exemptions

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Miguel Ouellette, Special to Financial Post June 16, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Will we see you in September, gas tax?

In April, Ottawa temporarily suspended the gas tax. In 1973, a temporary freeze on oil prices led to a decade of price regulation

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Robert Skinner, Special to Financial Post June 16, 2026 FP Comment
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Joe Oliver: Carney getting performative is raising public skepticism

The prime minister seems unwilling to back up soothing talk on pipelines and antisemitism with real action that would make a difference

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Joe Oliver June 12, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: There are reasons Canadians have flocked to Alberta and B.C.

Over the past 30 years Alberta has gained more than half a million people from other provinces. That's an advantage it should want to keep

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Jack M. Mintz June 12, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Bank governor Carney aced ‘forward guidance.’ Not PM Carney

The key to good guidance is to be clear in what you promise and then follow through on it. Mark Carney is challenged by both

Kevin Lynch, Special to Financial Post June 12, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: It’s amazing they haven’t tried to ban hockey yet

One of the world's most touchy-feely countries has one of the world's most violent national sports. How long will that last?

William Watson June 11, 2026 FP Comment

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William Watson: Enough with the numerical targets already!

The Carney Liberals want to double this or triple that by 2030 or 2035 or 2050. A policy of calculating benefits and costs would be better

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William Watson June 13, 2026 FP Comment
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Gwyn Morgan: Apply some intelligence. AI won’t kill all jobs

The science fiction is scary but jobs that require a physical presence, including the trades, are likely to prosper in the new labour world

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Gwyn Morgan, Special to Financial Post June 13, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Ontario shouldn't bail out condo developers

The Ford government plans to buy $300-million worth of unsold condos for conversion to rentals, rewarding bad decision-making and execution

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Austin Thompson, Special to Financial Post June 11, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: Carney and Trump lead the G7 into modern statism

Pursuing a new consensus based on accelerating industrial strategies, state interventions and deficit funding

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Terence Corcoran June 10, 2026 FP Comment
Philip Cross: Recession debate ignores Canada’s real economic problem

What happens to the economy in the short run is important, but dwelling on it distracts from the real problem: its lack of growth over the past decade

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Philip Cross June 10, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: Our time-killing micro-productivity crisis

Modern life is full of tiny frustrations and complications that steal our attention, creativity and productivity a few minutes at a time

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Peter Shawn Taylor, Special to Financial Post June 9, 2026 FP Comment
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Matthew Lau: Enough with all the national strategies and plans!

Last week Ottawa announced new strategic plans for AI, forestry and eye care, which means these sectors are all about to be in big trouble

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Matthew Lau June 9, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: How big is your total government credit card debt?

Are you ready for it? About $240,000 for a family of four

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Terence Corcoran June 5, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: Tactics divide Albertans on 'stay' or 'leave'

Both sides rely on hope, with stayers hoping for federal policy changes and leavers hoping for prosperity without strife

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Jack M. Mintz June 5, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Hubris meets humbug with government AI 'strategy'

We need neutral policies that assume nothing in detail about how the future will look. Because the human condition is that we don't know

William Watson June 4, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: ‘Streamlined’ development rules seem more complex than ever

Last year we got the Building Canada Act. Now it's Getting Major Projects Built in Canada. You can't tell the processes without a program

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George Vegh and Kate Koplovich, Special to Financial Post June 6, 2026 FP Comment
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Opinion: Canada’s EV pivot from superproducer to superconsumer

Changes in the economics of EVs have doomed Canada's dreams of being a major producer. But never fear: China is here with cheap EVs aplenty

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Kenneth Green, Special to Financial Post June 4, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Six degrees of separation anxiety

There's lots to worry about in an Alberta referendum. As Quebec's two votes and Brexit demonstrate, unknown unknowns lie in wait for us

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William Watson June 6, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: For PM Mark Carney, PM stands for PragMatist

Does the prime minister support fossil fuels and/or carbon reduction? Yes. Closer ties with U.S. or less? Yes

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Terence Corcoran June 3, 2026 FP Comment
Matthew Lau: Keep out of Tim Hortons' hiring choices

Business satisfies social obligations by providing the best products at the lowest prices. It should stick to that

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Matthew Lau June 2, 2026 FP Comment

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Opinion: In Nova Scotia, governments are getting mining-friendlier

After years of stop-go signals federal and provincial officials are now making approvals easier on the ground

Dawson Brisco and John Budreski, Special to Financial Post June 2, 2026 FP Comment
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Terence Corcoran: The Pope on AI 'slavery' versus liberation

New book indirectly challenges Pope Leo's fearful authoritarian approach to new technology

Terence Corcoran May 29, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: Rising government debt will hit Canada, too

Defence needs and demographics mean that without deficit discipline, government debt will keep rising, which it cannot do forever

Jack M. Mintz May 29, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Capacity, not market power, is grain transport’s big problem

Limits on what rail companies can earn from hauling grain may protect shippers but discourage long-term investment in carrying capacity

Mary-Jane Bennett, Special to Financial Post May 29, 2026 FP Comment
Terence Corcoran: Biting the Invisible Hand once again

Peter Foster’s insightful book on the intellectual and political conflict over Adam Smith’s ideas goes international with Italian translation

Terence Corcoran May 29, 2026 FP Comment

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William Watson: Is 'wed thy neighbour' a problem for policy?

A U.S. study finds people tend to marry people who live close by and are from the same race and income group

William Watson May 28, 2026 FP Comment
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Opinion: Stop force-feeding Canadians’ viewing choices

The CRTC's tripling of the CanCon tax for streaming services couldn't come at a worse time but wouldn't be good policy at any time

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David Clement, Special to Financial Post May 28, 2026 FP Comment
Bjorn Lomborg: Al Gore’s inaccurate untruths distorted policy

Climate alarmism raised awareness but it skewed policy toward expansive emissions reductions rather than research into cheap clean energy

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Bjorn Lomborg, Special to Financial Post May 27, 2026 FP Comment
Matthew Lau: Biased science reports fuelled climate alarm

First the UN tilted its synopsis of 'the science' and then the media picked the juiciest bits from that. No wonder policy turned deep green

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Matthew Lau May 27, 2026 FP Comment
Joe Oliver: We can’t afford a $20-billion Pathway to nowhere

That's too much for a project whose only real purpose is political cover for a prime minister whose caucus is divided on pipelines

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Joe Oliver May 27, 2026 FP Comment

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