NightOwl

One idea for economic renewal should be tossed aside as futile: removing so-called interprovincial trade barriers. This is a false solution aimed at deregulation and boosting corporate profits, rather than securing new investment and protecting jobs in this country.

What business labels "trade barriers" are often government protections for nascent local industries and manufacturers, and safeguards for workers and consumers. As studies point out, the costs of mutual recognition of public protection and licensing requirements are likely to fall disproportionately on workers. We ought to pull together for the fight ahead, not pick fights with unions.

In a recent statement, CUPE National President Mark Hancock bluntly accuses Danielle Smith and Kevin O'Leary of being "traitors" to Canada:

"Danielle Smith and Kevin O'Leary are traitors to Canada in the simplest sense of the word. They're happy to sell out Albertan workers and Canadian workers as long as it means keeping the bonus cheques rolling for their CEO friends.

This isn't the first time Danielle Smith has turned coat and crossed the floor, but as we saw in 2014, Danielle Smith isn't exactly an expert at picking the winning side.

Meanwhile, Pierre Poilievre has been quiet as a church mouse when it comes to Mr. Trump's attacks on Canada and Canadian workers. Does Mr. Poilievre serve Canadians, or is he just another servant for the billionaires and big oil like Smith and O'Leary?"

The National Post is notably owned 98 percent by US hedge funds, as are most of the rest of Canada's newspapers, despite a 25 percent limit on foreign ownership in this politically influential industry. The Postmedia chain that publishes it has steadily increased its stranglehold on Canada's press, taking over the Sun Media chain in 2015, the Brunswick News chain in 2022 and Atlantic Canada's dominant SaltWire Network last year. Postmedia's majority shareholder by far, with 65 percent ownership, is New Jersey hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, whose manager Anthony Melchiorre is a Trump ally whose supermarket tabloid National Enquirer suppressed allegations of sexual impropriety against Trump during his first presidential bid in 2016.