Alex Ballingall 🫨

#breaking New deadline for pipeline deal. Lower industrial carbon price. Carney government, Alberta strike deal to fast-track building new pipeline by 2027 . By @aballinga thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

Analysis by @aballinga: Mark Carney is transforming federal climate policy, with a “build” agenda he claims will drive down greenhouse gases. thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

Carney government signals it's open to selling Canadian ports thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

Source confirmed deal expected to mean: -Headline price in Alberta would hit $130 in 2035, and then go up 1.5% annually -Current policy was supposed to hit $170/tonne in 2030 -"Effective price," which has hit lows below $20/tonne in Alta, to hit $130 by 2040

This Friday, we have an exclusive interview with a very special guest. Introducing... Tom Holland talks to Paul McCartney

Carney government expected to significantly reduce future carbon price in Alberta thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

@jane__bradley @CANADALAND @thenarwhalca @FrontBurnerCBC @CanadaIsBoring @globeandmail @nationalpost @TorontoStar Two Solitudes, Hugh MacLennan

Canadians, pls send book tips to add to this intimidatingly large pile to help me understand politics and culture in Canada. News-wise I’ve been enjoying @CANADALAND @thenarwhalca @FrontBurnerCBC @CanadaIsBoring & ofc @globeandmail @nationalpost @TorontoStar. But I want more!

Some news: I’m moving to Toronto this summer to become The New York Times first Canada investigative correspondent! Incredibly excited to be part of our expansion in Canada, led by the indefatigable @MatinaStevis . DMs open for all tips (stories or Canada advice) and coffees 🇨🇦

NEW: @NatalieCTV to seek the Beaches-East York ward currently represented by mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford. thestar.com/news/gta/city-…

Government documents reveal barrage of threats against Mark Carney thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

Kaoru Yamada

Liberal MP Helena Jaczek recently left the committee. A source says the physician and former cabinet minister felt the MAID study was straying from its original purpose. thestar.com/politics/feder…

I went home recently to write about Alberta’s separatists. What I found was a movement dangerously, wildly disconnected from what is real.

The @OntLiberal nomination in Scarborough Southwest the day after tomorrow just keeps getting messier. thestar.com/politics/provi…

Pierre Poilievre says he's still the right leader to take on Mark Carney thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

Fed gov't estimates it approved $5.6 billion in tariff refunds to Canadian biz (tariffs on imports into the country) since March 2025, and denied $3.9 billion. Numbers based on annual trade value of requests. (This, from an OPQ submitted by @Shelby_Kramp).ourcommons.ca/written-questi…

Honda abandoning plans for $15-billion EV plant in Ontario, Japanese news source says. @starbeer thestar.com/business/honda… via @torontostar

@DimitrisSoudas @WeAreCanProud It happens!

@aballinga @WeAreCanProud Oops.

The Liberals don’t even hide their contempt for the rest of Canada.

The liveliest political contest in Canada this week is a provincial Liberal nomination battle in Scarborough Southwest. thestar.com/politics/provi…

@DimitrisSoudas @WeAreCanProud You got the wrong Ballingall @DimitrisSoudas

@WeAreCanProud Hey @aballinga, Did you know that Arbour was an Ontario judge? She served on the Ontario Court of Appeal. She also did not sit on the Supreme Court as a Québec judge. Why do you hate Quebec so much? The conservative movement that funds you respects Québec and all provinces.

From the Supreme Court to The Hague: What you need to know about Louise Arbour, Canada's next governor general thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar