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David Staples
Last published April 2025 · On our record since 2008
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Recent work
- David Staples: Poilievre won but lost — and it has big repercussions for AlbertaOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 29, 2025
- David Staples: Letter to friends and family who plan to vote LiberalOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 25, 2025
- 'This debate is a TSN turning point': Political world reacts to 2025 Canadian leadership debateOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 21, 2025
- David Staples: Mark Carney build pipelines? No, for him they're a dirty wordOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 11, 2025
- David Staples: Was Mark Carney's jet fuel deal simply a political grift?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 9, 2025
- David Staples: Was Mark Carney's jet fuel deal simply a political grift?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 7, 2025
- David Staples: 'I will not be silent. Alberta will not be silent': Smith hits back at Carney's LiberalsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 26, 2025
- David Staples: Astonishing new poll presents a major threat to Carney LiberalsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 25, 2025
- David Staples: Astonishing new poll presents a major threat to Carney LiberalsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 24, 2025
- STAPLES: Astonishing new poll presents major threat to Carney LiberalsOpinion · Toronto Sun · Mar 24, 2025
- Staples: Would Mark Carney blow historic opportunity to build Canadian pipelines?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 21, 2025
- David Staples: Danielle Smith will fail Canadians if she cancels event with Ben ShapiroOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 18, 2025
- David Staples: No carbon tax, no worries, Guilbeault says, as Liberals have 100 anti-carbon measuresOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 14, 2025
- David Staples: No carbon tax, no worries, Guilbeault says, as Liberals have 100 anti-carbon measuresOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 13, 2025
- David Staples: Poilievre and Smith wary about Ottawa grabbing and wasting tariff dollarsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 7, 2025
- David Staples: Best way to strike back at Trump's U.S.? Sell our natural resources elsewhereOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 5, 2025
- David Staples: Best way to strike back at Trump's U.S.? Sell our natural resources elsewhereOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 4, 2025
- David Staples: Alberta budget brings ray of hope in a Canada gripped by fearOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 27, 2025
- David Staples: Is the rot real? NDP alleges 'worst government corruption in Alberta’s history'Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 26, 2025
- David Staples: Who is J.P. Prasad, Alberta Health Services' COVID hero, now a key figure in AHS lawsuit?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 21, 2025
- David Staples: Who is J.P. Prasad, Alberta Health Services' COVID hero, now a key figure in AHS lawsuit?Opinion · Calgary Herald · Feb 20, 2025
- David Staples: Mark Carney's economic plan? Trudeau's plan on steroidsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 14, 2025
- David Staples: Smith gets black eye in fight with medical establishmentOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 11, 2025
- David Staples: Edmonton Oilers, at $3.53B, not just competing with U.S. rivals — crushing themOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 7, 2025
- David Staples: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she understands Canadians feel 'attacked' by Trump tariffs, but insists on calm approachOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Feb 4, 2025
- David Staples: Excellent signal that Canada will avoid initial Trump tariffs but threat far from overOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 30, 2025
- David Staples: Is Canada worth saving? A surprisingly difficult question to answer just nowOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 29, 2025
- David Staples: Top Trump insider spells out secret sauce of U.S. world trade masterplanOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 24, 2025
- David Staples: Smith accuses Trudeau of 'torching' relationship with Trump's U.S.Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 21, 2025
- David Staples: All the reasons why we can't trust Mark Carney to put Canada firstOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 17, 2025
- David Staples: Alberta's Danielle Smith shoots down Ottawa's threat of energy embargo on U.S.Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 13, 2025
- David Staples: University of Alberta wise to get ahead of fierce backlash against DEIOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 10, 2025
- David Staples: Trudeau takes a wrecking ball to Alberta and Canada right until the endOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 6, 2025
- David Staples: The end of Justin Trudeau's government in 2025 will bring on the rebirth of CanadaOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jan 3, 2025
- David Staples: Naheed Nenshi (finally) rules out an Alberta consumer carbon taxOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 27, 2024
- David Staples: Poilievre's knockout speech signals historic 2025 defeat for Liberals, whoever leads themOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 20, 2024
- David Staples: The biggest loser out of Freeland crisis? Not Trudeau or Singh. It's all other CanadiansOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 16, 2024
- David Staples: Danielle Smith in damage control to stop sell-out of Alberta's interests in Trump tariff crisisOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 12, 2024
- David Staples: Trudeau is fighting the wrong war against Trump and Canada will pay the priceOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 12, 2024
- David Staples: Trudeau is fighting the wrong war against Trump and Canada will pay the priceOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 10, 2024
- David Staples: Did all Danielle Smith's good work in 2024 go up in a puff of chemtrails?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 7, 2024
- David Staples: Province finally axes Edmonton's sketchy photo radar 'fishing holes'Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 2, 2024
- David Staples: Trudeau taking dead wrong approach to Trump tariffs — and Alberta could pay wicked priceOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 29, 2024
- David Staples: Alberta bares its fangs, announces new plan to fight Trudeau's emissions capOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 26, 2024
- David Staples: Will Alberta's radical changes to car insurance fix major mess? HmmOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 22, 2024
- David Staples: Left-wing policies put AIMCo leadership on collision course with Smith's UCPOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 20, 2024
- STAPLES: 'If you're Jewish, you never feel safe': Community leader ponders leaving Edmonton due to anti-SemitismOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 15, 2024
- Staples: Alberta conservatives rising up, seizing moral authority from progressive left, Jordan Peterson saysOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 8, 2024
- David Staples: Alberta teacher training gets failing grade, but weakest students trending up in readingOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Nov 1, 2024
- David Staples: Will key change to Bill of Rights backfire on anti-vaxxers?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 28, 2024
- David Staples: Danielle Smith going in right direction on free speech, but it will be painful, even for herOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 25, 2024
- David Staples: Does negativity threaten to blow up Danielle Smith's leadership and the United Conservatives?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 23, 2024
- David Staples: It's risky for Smith to question Trudeau's climate narrative, but it might save our economyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 18, 2024
- David Staples: Trudeau's wildfire strategy: Permit old, dry, decaying forests and blame climate changeOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 11, 2024
- David Staples: Alberta can look to U.K. for advice on trans policyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 9, 2024
- David Staples: Danielle Smith's populism again outrages critics but keeps her tight with rural baseOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 4, 2024
- David Staples: There's little chance Danielle Smith's vaccine freedom plan will work as plannedOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 27, 2024
- David Staples: Albertans addicted to government spending, but there is a way outOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 25, 2024
- David Staples: Danielle Smith promises to quadruple spending on new schools to $8.6 billionOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 17, 2024
- David Staples: It won't be long before a corporate logo replaces beloved Edmonton Oilers crest on jerseyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 10, 2024