Max Fawcett

There may have been a time when Canadians were willing to countenance the idea of electing a prime minister whose intellectual development apparently ended when he was in university. Those days are now over.

Recent polls show that voters don't trust Pierre Poilievre to deal with Donald Trump. His willingness to take Trump — a known and notorious liar — at his word probably won't help there.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer's latest report on federal climate policy has, once again, only served to muddy the water — and empower those who want to undermine it.

After two years of throwing haymaker after haymaker, Poilievre suddenly finds himself pouring political sweat.  

Canadians are looking for the person who can help guide the country through the economic and political storms of the next four years, not their own populist sloganeer. 

Canada should present Danielle Smith with an offer she can’t possibly refuse: full and unqualified federal support for a new pipeline to tidewater. The price would be her own full and unqualified support for an export tax on all energy exports.

Those cheering Donald Trump's attempts to double down on fossil fuels should enjoy the good feelings while they last. The energy transition, after all, is far from over — and might be about to shift into another gear.

Forget about a carbon tax election. Canadians are being thrust — very much against their will — into a much more serious and sobering conversation: what, if anything, can we do to survive the threat posed by Trumpism?

Alberta's premier has been unapologetic about trying to get special treatment for the oil and gas industry from Donald Trump. Why those efforts could end up backfiring — and what they have in common with Ralph Klein's own self-inflicted injury.

Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith want to build pipelines and refineries in Canada — just like Pierre Trudeau's National Energy Program proposed. If irony was a marketable commodity, Canada would be able to pay off its national debt right now.