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The Thursday Question 3:30: Interest, pride and separation (opens the original)
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The University of Calgary is slated to release its report on estimating the costs of Alberta separation soon.I have stated for the record the reasons for thinking the U of C is unwise to put its institutional name to this report. The report was commissioned by the Government of Alberta, but the Premier put the price of separation at $400 billion before … Read more
The Thursday Question 3:29: 650 days (opens the original)
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By my count, tomorrow will be the 650th day since Justin Trudeau dined with Donald Trump at Mar a Lago. The 655th day since Mr. Trump announced he massive tariffs on Canada. Or, 659 days since a senior government official assured me that Canada was prepared for the second Trump term.What went on at that critical dinner? Leaks are selective accounts, wor… Read more
The Thursday Question 3:28: Crisis, but not war (opens the original)
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We taped The Chiefs for the Herle Burly yesterday evening Eastern time. It should be out today. When it drops, you can watch it here.Today’s issue of The Thursday Question is mostly based on the notes I made to prep for The Chiefs.As of early Saturday, we have come to a terrible impasse with the US. American tariffs will be painful for both countries. More painful to us because we depend more on that trade. But painful for both countries.<a href="https://thehub.ca/2026/08/20/whats-at-stake-in-th
The Thursday Question 3:27: Enforcement (opens the original)
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I was pleased to be on the Politico Canada Playbook podcast talking about Alberta’s upcoming referendum. The piece was recorded in early July, but I think it holds up. The whole series is good. https://www.politico.com/podcasts/playbook-canadaIn Canada, federal and provincial ministers are supposed to be responsible for what goes on in their departments. “Ministerial responsibility” requires minist
The Thursday Question 3:26a: Overtime (opens the original)
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A note to readers:· I worried that this week’s special post, which was supposed to go out last Thursday, would get me labelled “unpatriotic” given that a lot of that is aimed at skeptics of Mr. Carney’s government these days.· Instead, it got a lot of encouraging feedback from paid subscribers. Thank you all for the notes.· I decided the post needed a bit of an update and a release to free subscribers.· </strong
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