Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Eric Andrew-Gee, Carrie Tait
Publication Date: October 6, 2025 - 04:00
Alberta and Quebec find common ground in opposing Ottawa
October 6, 2025
Quebec and Alberta may seem like strange bedfellows, with their sharply divergent cultures and political leanings, but when Danielle Smith addresses the Montreal Chamber of Commerce on Monday, she will help cement a relationship between the provinces that has blossomed in the past year.
The dry title of her talk, “From West to East: Strengthening Alberta-Quebec Partnerships for Growth,” belies the politically momentous rapprochement between two enfants terribles of Confederation, who have overcome decades of estrangement to bond over their shared alienation from Ottawa.
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OTTAWA — With its next budget just a couple of weeks away, the Liberal government has received a lousy report card from a leading think tank for poor fiscal accountability.
In a report to be released Thursday, the federal government received a “D” grade in fiscal accountability from the C.D. Howe Institute because Ottawa lost hefty marks for lateness and a lack of transparency.
The government’s lateness is a result of not yet producing a budget for this fiscal year, even though the year is already about half over. Its opaqueness includes burying “key numbers hundreds of pages deep...
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