MBP Intelligence

On May 21st, Premier Danielle Smith delivered a televised address announcing that a tenth question would be added to the October 19 Alberta referendum ballot. The nine questions already scheduled — five on immigration and four on constitutional reform — emerged from the Alberta Next panel process and were first announced in

Alberta–Ottawa Energy Deal, Pipelines, and the Politics of National Unity The MBP Intelligence Briefing delivers exclusive, insider insight into the policies, decisions, and dynamics shaping Canada’s political and economic landscape. Hosted by Ben Woodfinden, Director of MBP Intelligence and Senior Advisor at Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, the series

The May 15 Implementation Agreement has been described as a balanced trade on electricity — but reading the text reveals a federal regulatory exit, a de facto renewables ban through land use, and a carbon price that constrains nothing Alberta was not already going to do. Key Takeaways: * The CEPA equivalency

On Thursday, May 14, Prime Minister Mark Carney released the federal government’s National Electricity Strategy, “Powering Canada Strong,” outlining a plan to double the country’s grid capacity by 2050 and signalling a loosening of the Trudeau-era Clean Electricity Regulations to accommodate natural gas. The following day, Carney and

Major Project Reform, Canadian Wine, and Canada’s Economic Strategy The MBP Intelligence Briefing delivers exclusive, insider insight into the policies, decisions, and dynamics shaping Canada’s political and economic landscape. Hosted by Ben Woodfinden, Director of MBP Intelligence and Senior Advisor at Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, the series features

Ontario has been the sleeper province in Canadian politics for the better part of a decade. Doug Ford’s comfortable re-election in 2022, combined with a hollowed-out Liberal Party and an NDP unable to break through, made the province’s political direction feel settled. That has changed.  Recent polling shows

Real progress on dismantling interprovincial barriers has been made over the past year, but the hardest barriers remain intact and the federal-provincial momentum that delivered the easy wins is already flagging. If we're going to get big things built, we have to at least tackle the lowest hanging