The Haultain Brief, Vol. 1, No. 33
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The Haultain Institute is an independent educational organization dedicated to finding solutions to the structural inequities detrimental to landlocked Canadian provinces. These are our op-eds, commentaries, podcasts and some of our research .
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Atlantic Canada must be told 'no,' or it will continue to decline
Atlantic Canada’s dependence on equalization, generous EI, oversized public services and other federal subsidies has weakened private-sector growth and worsened provincial finances. The authors urge conditional equalization, shared services, expenditure reviews and broad national reform.
The Elbows Up Secular Priest
A Catholic Worker founder and twenty-one-year MP has rebuilt himself as Canada’s most successful merchant of political rage. Inside Charlie Angus’s resistance economy, its excommunications, and what his expulsion campaign would cost ordinary Canadians.
The Haultain Brief, Vol. 1, No. 32, Wednesday 12 August 2026
The Haultain Brief is a weekly compilation of the news that matters for Alberta and Western Canada.
One Premier Paid: Alberta’s COVID Distinction
The Fauci diaries reopened the COVID file. Reading them from Alberta prompts a question: why did only one Canadian premier lose his job over the pandemic regime? The answer reveals a distinct political culture.
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The State That Outranks G-d
Ottawa has ordered G-d out of military ceremonies while Regina police licensed an amplified call to prayer and threatened its potential critics. In with the "new" and out with the "old."
Mexico Kept Its Head. Canada Raised Its Elbows.
Trump insulted Mexico far more crudely than Canada. Mexico negotiates on, 85 per cent of exports tariff-free. Canada gets a 50 per cent tariff on US$20 billion. One neighbour kept its head. Why?
Only Ottawa Could Build This Toll Booth
British Columbia could not toll Alberta's oil; the Courts said so in 2020. A year and a day after promising an end to interprovincial barriers, Ottawa delivered the toll itself.
Ottawa’s industrial policy comes at the Prairies’ expense, again
Prairie farmers are forced to foot the bill for the industrial policy failures in Central Canada