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Opinion: Mark Carney deserves health-care praise

Like many European nations, Alberta is going to allow people to buy health care in-province. So far the prime minister has not objected

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Colin Craig, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

Prime Minister Mark Carney marches in the Toronto Pride Parade along Yonge Street. Toronto, Ont, June 28, 2026.

Matthew Lau: Happy Birthday to two great free-market economists

Matthew Lau FP Comment

Despite retiring from writing a weekly column nearly a decade ago at the age of 86, Thomas Sowell has continued contributing his ideas and insights even in his 96th year.

William Watson: Our discontent is about freedom

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William Watson FP Comment

A Canadian flag is held by a lone tether as it blows in a cool breeze in Dartmouth Wednesday February 5, 2025.

Opinion: Our capital markets need to start looking for Canadian SpaceXs

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Adam Froman, Special to Financial Post FP Comment

SpaceX advertisements are seen on a digital billboard at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to celebrate the launch of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) in New York on June 12, 2026.

Jack Mintz: Canada's carbon policies offset Alberta’s tax advantage

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Jack M. Mintz FP Comment

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shake hands in Calgary on May 15, before signing an agreement on oil pipeline approvals and carbon pricing.

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Opinion: Carney should reject top-down big government and pivot to sound policy

The prime minister needs to spend more time in the country and stop trying to micro-manage the economy

Peter Brown, Special to Financial Post 6 days ago FP Comment
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William Watson: Stop spinning us with our own money

Of all the wasteful forms of government spending the very worst are the TV ads in which governments tell us what great jobs they're doing

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William Watson June 25, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: We tariff ourselves more than Trump does

Interprovincial trade barriers are equivalent to a nine per cent tariff on our own goods and services. That's higher than the Trump tariffs

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Koyna Gupta, Special to Financial Post 6 days ago FP Comment
Opinion: How do we deepen our U.S. trade but diversify, as well?

China is the most likely diversification target but developing that relationship will cause complications in our trade with the Americans

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Steven Globerman and Jock Finlayson, Special to Financial Post June 24, 2026 FP Comment
Philip Cross: Bank of Canada unapologetic about inflation miss

The bank's failure to control prices means Canadians spend more of their budgets on food, shelter, health care and gas

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Philip Cross June 24, 2026 FP Comment

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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

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Matthew Lau June 23, 2026 FP Comment
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Joe Oliver: Active management costs Canadian pensioners big time

Buying indexes instead would reduce costs and, judging by the numbers, increase accumulated returns by hundreds of billions of dollars

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Joe Oliver June 23, 2026 FP Comment
Opinion: Canada’s debt crisis will come from Washington

Our public debts are high but manageable. Americans' are high and growing unsustainably. A U.S. crisis could hit us hard

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Martin Eichenbaum, Special to Financial Post June 19, 2026 FP Comment
Jack Mintz: America's G7 partners need to up their game

In the 1970s the G7 countries produced almost two-thirds of world GDP. Their share has fallen sharply as has their influence

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Jack M. Mintz June 19, 2026 FP Comment
William Watson: Hello, Canada. We’ll survive without HNIC on CBC

People who want to watch hockey still can. Those who don't won't have to pay taxes to help CBC buy the rights to it

William Watson June 18, 2026 FP Comment

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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 June 20, 2026 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 June 18, 2026 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 June 17, 2026 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 June 17, 2026 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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