Canada’s submarine problem; B.C.’s pipeline ‘extortion’; and more

HMCS Corner Brook, one of Canada's four Victoria Class submarines, is now participating in exercises off Hawaii. Photo by Royal Canadian Navy

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It’s Monday, July 13. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Canada’s going to need its aging secondhand British subs for another decade

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Canada is stuck with the four problem-plagued diesel-electric subs the Royal Canadian Navy acquired in the late 1990s because the replacements are not due to start arriving until 2034. And then it will take time to train the crews on the new subs.

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B.C. Premier David Eby, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney at a news conference in Vancouver regarding a pipeline deal, on July 2, 2026. It was a mistake for the federal government to negotiate a royalty for B.C. in the deal, says one analyst: “This is a loss for Canadian federalism. You don’t need B.C.’s permission — it’s federal jurisdiction.” Photo by Government of B.C.

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B.C. ‘extortion’ of Alberta pipeline creates ‘such a bad precedent

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Allowing British Columbia to collect royalties from the proposed new pipeline is “such a bad precedent. It has no logic to it, outside of being extortion,” said economist Jack Mintz.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith presents the submission of the West Coast Pipeline Project to Prime Minister Mark Carney following an announcement in Calgary on July 2, 2026. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia

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Look what happens in Alberta when we let it do stuff: Full Comment podcast

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Veteran Calgary-based investor Brett Wilson explains how the province might boom after just a slight loosening of the anti-development choke-hold Ottawa had Alberta in for a decade under Justin Trudeau.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a press conference at the McDougall Centre in Calgary on Monday, July 6, 2026. Photo by Brent Calver/Postmedia

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Doug Ford vows to fix law if illegal residents can get Ontario welfare

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In a post to X, the premier suggested illegal residents shouldn’t get the same support as other Ontarians, and added, along with a link to a National Post story: “If provincial regulations need to be changed to make that crystal clear, we’ll change them.”

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Canadian author Naomi Klein speaks as Jewish protesters demonstrate near the Brooklyn, New York, home of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer during the second night of Passover, calling on Schumer to stop arming Israel, April 23, 2024. Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

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Terry Newman: Naomi Klein — from No Logo to Nazis

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“Professional activist” Naomi Klein has apologized for supporting a U.S. Democratic U.S. Senate nominee accused of sexual assault, but she was willing to overlook his Nazi SS tattoo, Newman writes.

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