Category: Viewpoint

Viewpoint

by Gage Haubrich | Mar 26, 2026

Spending is rising, debt is growing and the government has no plan to control it

Higher industrial energy costs are driving up prices, cutting investment and weakening the very sectors Canada depends on for growth

A political dispute could put both the power supply and billions in provincial revenue at risk

The consumer carbon tax is gone but industrial carbon pricing isn’t. You pay it every time you buy food

No matter the party, governments run deficits because spending wins votes

The world knows otherwise. Canada has the oil but years of political obstruction keep it from reaching markets

Entrepreneurs don’t wait for permission. They see a problem and start fixing it

The record of foreign intervention is bleak. Political change lasts only when it is driven by the people who live there

The rise of the pajama grocery run reflects how inflation and convenience are changing consumer shopping behaviour

Fees are climbing, debt is rising and results barely change. Ratepayers are paying more for a garbage system that shows little sign of improvement

Years of overspending have left Saskatchewan taxpayers paying hundreds of millions every year just to service the debt

The moment doctors can bill both the public and private systems, the public one starts to lose

Years of deficit spending are making it harder for Gen Z to build the kind of financial security earlier generations took for granted