Month: February 2023

Alberta won’t sign on to any handgun ban options Ottawa may offer, and says it’s willing to take the fight to court if provincial firearms jurisdiction is disregarded. The federal Liberal government planned to give municipalities the ability to implement a ban but has adjusted since the last election to focus on working with provinces. Alberta’s Read More…

Give Quebec Premier Francois Legault credit for getting one thing right: Alberta cannot change the formula for equalization payments on its own. On Saturday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney repeated his party’s promise to hold a referendum on the federal scheme that siphons billions of dollars annually from “have” provinces (with Read More…

  If a national government determines that as its preferred policy it will shut down the central industry of a particular province, and therefore inevitably the various industries and jobs related to the central one, does it not have a duty to engage in the most serious and detailed negotiations Read More…