Not this again. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I wonder if the best thing Ottawa can say and do about Alberta’s pipeline pitch, until next spring at least, is as little as possible.

New from me: As a pillar of his coming “climate competitiveness” strategy, and in his grand bargain pursuit with Alberta, Mark Carney needs to find a way to fix the mess that industrial carbon pricing has become. And he can’t settle for pyrrhic victories. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Over 40% of Americans approve of a President threatening civil war over his fantasy version of his opponents. As a journalist I still feel some obligation to try to understand. As a human I want to stay as far away as possible, and don't know if I'll ever bring my family across the border again.

I hope friends who told me this week that they really wanted to read what I had to say about the CFL changes were serious. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/footb...

As much as the Kimmel saga dominated attention, I feel like coverage today has actually somewhat understated how good, valuable and at times surprisingly moving his monologue last night was.

A broader thought on today's CFL changes: There's always room to improve and grow the fan base. But I think it's important not to be cavalier about what the CFL is now, and to start from the premise that there's not much to lose when messing with it.

I actually like the rouge change. The goalpost move might make sense. The rest seem like solutions in search of problems. I *hate* the play clock change if it means easier to burn time and fewer wild finishes, which are a huge part of what makes the CFL special.

I can’t tell if this guy is doing a bit or he’s just the world’s most oblivious diplomat. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Saving a couple hundred bucks a year with all the subscriptions I’m canceling, so that’s nice.

Well, at least now I won’t feel tempted to take my kids to Disneyworld even when (or if) Trump’s presidency ends.

I spoke with Danielle Groen about Carney’s economic record thus far for the Globe’s Morning Update newsletter (which you should sign up for as regardless, of course). www.theglobeandmail.com/newsletters/...

Oil and gas companies just called again for Ottawa to drop industrial carbon pricing, which would cause the financial case for Pathways to get even tougher. So add some grains of salt to any purported “grand bargain” enthusiasm. www.enbridge.com/stories/2025...

It often pairs nicely with the dozens of times a new PM’s honeymoon is declared to be ending.

I was in B.C. shortly after the PM announced new federal money to help the forestry industry reduce its export reliance on the U.S., so I spent some time trying to understand what's achievable on that front and how to go about it. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Would be pretty unusual for a party leader to stick around after this bad a result in a leadership review, I think. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A column from me on Carney’s initial major projects list(s), why I don’t think they lived up to their initial billing, and why that might be. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Worth noting that regulatory approval isn't a major obstacle for LNG Canada 2, which is awaiting final investment decision. A reminder that major projects office seems meant to help projects in multiple ways, not just fast-tracking environmental assessments. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

In a span of seven paragraphs, this criticizes Ottawa for (maybe) not focusing its initial list of national projects squarely on proposals already in the regulatory process, and also criticizes it for not including an oil pipeline that nobody is even proposing to build yet. thehub.ca/2025/09/11/n...

Because we can all use some positive vibes right now - I appreciated that Carney promised today that the second round of major projects announcements will happen before the Grey Cup. More of what we do in this country should revolve around the CFL schedule.

Every time I see one of these stories, I’m tempted to point out that if this sort of demand signal were all that was needed, we wouldn’t have already pretty much given up on the green hydrogen play that the Germans were ostensibly clamouring for a couple of years ago. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Honestly it would be pretty weird if Joly went out on this ahead of the Environment and Climate Change Minister. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

I’m all for people enjoying watching football in whatever form. But the kind of demonstrative NFL fandom you see in Canadian sports bars and such sometimes feels like U.S. cosplay, and I feel especially inclined to steer clear of it this year.

Ken Dryden did so much that I’d forgotten the part where he ran the Leafs for a few years. (Though I do now remember that the PA scripts for their ceremonies got a lot more eloquent for a while.) What an amazing life he lived.

I do think the 2026 EV target needs to be pushed back at this point. But it’s increasingly obvious that, even as Canadians may be eager to distance themselves from Trump’s America, we’re increasingly at risk of being on an island with that country when it comes to EV adoption.

Moving away from the 2026 targets, without dropping the policy altogether, was the obvious play. Not exactly sure why a review is needed or about the merits of having ongoing uncertainty during it, but maybe tomorrow’s announcement will clarify. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One interesting takeaway, if stock's being put in this polling, is that there's more opposition to new LNG terminals than to new oil pipelines, despite LNG being likelier to actually happen and generally being portrayed as somewhat less at odds with climate imperatives. globalnews.ca/news/1139186...

I admit that I hadn't revisited this photo (atop story, not below) since having kids of my own. It's all the harder to look at now, but I'd encourage everyone to take a moment to do so, to remind ourselves of what's at stake in debates about refugee policy. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I would not have expected much from a management consultant’s story about Disneyworld, but I think this really captures how the increasing inaccessibility of entertainment experiences contributes to feelings of inequality. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Happy Oasis-fest, Toronto. I know I can’t complain because I saw the tour opener, but I’m still jealous (while out in B.C.) of folks going the next couple of nights. Bring good vibes to their first North American shows in 16 years so that this happens again!

I sat down with Adrian Dix, British Columbia’s Energy and Climate Solutions Minister, who essentially tried to frame B.C. as Mark Carney’s best ally in trying to strike a new balance between resource extraction and sustainability. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I indulged my (possibly slightly weird) obsession with the promised $2-billion auto fund as a test of Carney’s ability to follow through on (or, so far, just stop talking publicly about) economic response strategies he pledged before the election. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Can we make a collective decision to ignore this guy? globalnews.ca/news/1133561...

I’m not sure how much longer we’re going to be able to put off a serious discussion about if/how Chinese EVs could be let into Canada. And I suspect duty remissions are at some point going to become a more familiar part of the lexicon.

I spent some time this week connecting with sources in a few sectors, and I have to say there really seems to be a cloud of confusion over the Carney government's plans on many fronts.

Man, they really did nail the Naked Gun reboot. Very pleased to have capped my vacation with it.

Let me put this another way: Top reasons why Cdn-US tourism is down as seen by Canadians: 1. Forced annexation threats 2. Fear of arbitrary ICE arrest 3. General dismay @ new US 4. Tariffs, levied despite USCMA deal Top reasons as seen by US media/govt: 1. Tariffs generally 2. 51 State 'jokes'

There’s an obvious political compromise to be had, in which Ottawa drops its oil-and-gas emissions cap in return for stronger commitment to industrial carbon pricing. A new Climate Institute report suggests it could also be a better way to cut emissions. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I'm away at the moment, so following from afar, but it's hard not to wonder which minister is responsible for this file (technically and to this point Environment) and whether all concerned are on the same page. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

I understand why auto-sector people (some of them at least) think the ZEV mandate could hurt their industry. I’d love to know how exactly Danielle Smith thinks it’s a regulatory obstacle to oil and gas extraction. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I spoke with Jigar Shah, a household name in U.S. clean-energy and clean-tech circles, about if/how Canada could capitalize on the U.S. retreat from climate-related investment. He had some strong thoughts about the need to be more fearless than we usually are. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Not to dispute the basic premise that huge defence spending increases will necessitate big cuts elsewhere, which is obvious. But based on the Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports on climate-related files I've covered, I'm a bit reluctant to take his reports on anything else as gospel.

Can confirm. Furthest that I’ve ever travelled for a concert, and extremely glad that I did. What a night. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

If Canada’s 158th year was when we got less complacent and more ambitious about forging our own path, I hope the 159th year is when we - including the people running the country - get more imaginative about what that path could look like.

So much Canada gear being worn today, much of it of the “not for sale” or “not a state” variety. Canada Day definitely hitting differently this year, in a good way, in my part of Toronto at least.

Some significant lowering of elbows happening.

I’ve spent a lot of time lately trying to understand the capacity of the federal government - particularly the bureaucracy - to meet the moment and implement Mark Carney’s agenda, and what could be done to improve it. Here’s (some of) what I came away with. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Seeing how the Jays have been run, I have total confidence in Rogers finding a superior person to Masai to lead the Raptors’ front office.

Maybe if we bump that military spend up to 10 percent of GDP and actively remove fentanyl from the U.S… www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

This isn’t to say Canada shouldn’t commit to big defence spending increases. But it’s a bit jarring to see a government applauded for any spending commitment in which the dollar figure is itself the objective, with the plan to then work backward to figure out what it’s supposed to achieve exactly.