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Toronto Sun
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Ontarians comfortable with their place in federation, westerns not so much: Poll
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, listens to Ontario Premier Doug Ford speak during the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa in March. Photo by Dave Chan / AFP On the heels of the first ministers meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon this week, a new Angus Reid poll said Alberta and Saskatchewan are far more likely to feel poorly represented by Ottawa, while Ontario is the most comfortable province in the federation. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The poll also showed that Alberta and Saskatchewan are a unique subregion of their own with B.C. and Manitoba hesitating to join in on some of the more extreme aspects of western alienation like separation. The poll also showed that British Columbians were also less likely to see commonality between themselves and those living in the Prairie provinces. Meanwhile, Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents were twice as likely as Albertans to define themselves as western Canadian first instead of Canadian. 'It's a whole package of issues you had prior to the first ministers meeting,' Angus Reid president Shachi Kurl told the Toronto Sun . 'Go back and separation post-election was on a lot of lips and sovereignty and all of that. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'What we really wanted to do was canvas support for (Alberta Premier Danielle) Smith's condition for separation in terms of strong feelings. Are people in Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as outside, how do they feel about the idea of it?' RECOMMENDED VIDEO Kurl said one of the things that drives people in Western Canada 'absolutely bananas' is that they are 'often sort of lumped in as one piece of congealed goo. 'I think this data serves to remind people across the country that the West is not an analogous blob,' she said. 'It's made up of four provinces that are kept together by a common thread of feeling like they'd like to see more acknowledgement in terms of the economic, cultural and other contributions that they make to the country, but that doesn't mean they're all approaching it in the same way.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The poll found at least 60% of respondents in all four provinces said the West has been treated unfairly and at least two-thirds said the West is disadvantaged politically. Meanwhile, at least three-quarters said people in Ontario and Quebec have no idea about western priorities. More than half of Canadians (55%) said the West is a unique region in Canada, but 48% in Ontario and Atlantic Canada and 62% in Quebec disagreed. While 59% or more in all four western provinces said the West has 'too little' economic influence in Canada, majorities in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada said it has 'the right amount.' Following the first ministers meeting with Carney, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called it 'the best' in years, while Smith was 'encouraged by the immediate change of tone.' The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from May 6 to 8 among 3,613 Canadian adults. For comparison purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Read More Celebrity Columnists Toronto & GTA Toronto Blue Jays World
CTV News
12 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
‘A lot of hugging': Canada West Foundation says first ministers aligned on key priorities
Canada West Foundation President & CEO, Gary Mar, speaks with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins about the First Ministers' meeting.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
CTV National News: Good vibes and unity shown at First Ministers' meeting
Watch Vassy Kapelos says multiple sources are telling her the First Ministers' meeting was unlike any other they have experienced in recent memory.
Toronto Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
EDITORIAL: We cut our own throats on trade
Prime Minister Mark Carney (centre) listens to Ontario's Premier Doug Ford speak during the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa in March. Photo by Dave Chan / AFP It will be good news if Canada's federal and provincial governments finally get their acts together on approving nation-building projects and removing barriers to interprovincial trade. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account But why did it take a tariff war by U.S. President Donald Trump to get Prime Minister Mark Carney and provincial and territorial leaders to take the issue seriously? Interprovincial trade barriers cost the Canadian economy an estimated $200 billion annually, increase the cost of goods and services to Canadians by up to 14.5% and reduce Canada's economic growth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product, by up to 8% annually. As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith noted at Monday's meeting in Saskatoon between Carney and provincial and territorial leaders aimed at green lighting nation-building projects, Canada's failure to build oil pipelines alone has been devastating to our economy. Had the Northern Gateway, Energy East and Keystone pipelines been built (Keystone was killed by then-U.S. president Barack Obama), Smith said, Canada would be producing 2.5 million more barrels of oil per day. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'That's $55 billion a year worth of GDP value, which is worth $17 billion to my government alone and about an equal amount to the federal government,' Smith said. 'This is not just an ideological argument, it's not just a minor disagreement, oil is by far the most valuable export for Canada. 'Any of the projects that you will see on the ultimate list, I will tell you that a bitumen pipeline will be by far the greatest benefit to all of Canada … 'There's $9 trillion worth of value in discoverable and achievable reserves right now and so why would you leave that in the ground? No other country in the world would and we shouldn't either.' Indeed, using the profits from Canada's oil sector to pay for the transition to a green economy was originally proposed by then-prime minister Justin Trudeau. His government eventually built the TMX pipeline which now delivers 590,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta to Canada's west coast and from there to U.S. and Asian markets, but we've only scratched the surface of how much we could be profiting from our oil and gas reserves. That's not because of Trump. It's because of decisions by our own governments.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
P.E.I. and Ontario partner to reduce trade barriers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that strengthens both provinces' commitment to eliminating barriers to interprovincial trade. (Source: Government of P.E.I.) Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz and Ontario Premier Doug Ford will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reduce internal trade barriers. The agreement was signed at the First Ministers Meeting in Saskatoon and builds P.E.I.'s Interprovincial Trade and Mobility Act and Ontario's Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada. The MOU will reduce red tape, recognize equivalent standards, improve mobility for workers and create opportunities for economic growth in both provinces, a news release from the government of P.E.I. said. 'Prince Edward Island may be Canada's smallest province, but we are punching well above our weight,' Lantz said. 'With our reciprocal Interprovincial Trade and Mobility Act, we're not just keeping pace – we are setting the standard and securing our future. Together, we're proving that when provinces work together, the whole country moves forward.' Ford said the MOU comes at a critical time to improve interprovincial trade. 'With President Trump threatening our economy, there's never been a more important time to boost internal trade and cooperation between provinces,' said Ford. 'By signing these agreements and working together, we're helping Canada unlock up to $200 billion in economic potential and standing shoulder to shoulder to protect the future of Canadian workers across the country, not just in Ontario.' The agreement signals a commitment to continue building the relationship between the two provinces and enhance collaboration across the country, the news release said. The annual value of trade in goods and services between Ontario and P.E.I. is over $1.5 billion. For more P.E.I. news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
