David Crane

Will we simply hope that our raw materials will sustain our prosperity? Or do we need to become aggressively proactive in building a new knowledge-based economy? The latter will take much greater effort than has been deployed so far.

Canadians who could help Canada become stronger and more prosperous are helping the U.S. when they join U.S. big tech instead.

L to R; Spencer Pratt, Mayor Karen Bass, and Nithya Raman in a mayoral debate at the Skirball Cultural Center on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Screenshot from NBC) (Photo by

Canada has a long history of great aspirations with a long record of high hopes, but followed by a sorry record of little real accomplishment. This time has to be different.

TORONTO—Digital sovereignty is the new national priority. It's about our ability to have some control over our own future, and not a future as a vassal state of the United States or of the trillion-dollar companies we know as the hyperscalers:...

It’s through innovation that we can build a more productive economy. With a more productive economy, we can generate higher incomes and, as a country, afford to do things we cannot afford to do today.

Routledge says our banks are not thinking of a new business model for a new kind of economy. That’s a big problem that could cost Canada dearly. To build this new economy, we need a new kind of financial system and it has to be a national priority if we are to be a prosperous and sovereign nation.

Our business executives can't extol the benefits of market economies and then shy away from the huge challenges—and opportunities—facing the country. If we are to achieve the economic transformation we need, they must do more.

Wood Mackenzie identified 35 possible projects, leading the Alberta submission to state that there was 'planned and potential' production, concluding that, 'deliverable crude supply will be ample to justify the capacity of the project.' But potential isn't the same as commitment.

The governor has spent eight budgets expanding California’s social safety net at a record pace. The money flows back to groups that help advance his political career.