Afternoon front page: Eby’s inauspicious mark on Canadian history; Alberta ‘firewall’ authors on the referendum; and more

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“A new phrase entered the political lexicon of British Columbia Saturday night: ‘to Eby,’” Pankratz writes. Named after outgoing premier David Eby, “it means massive self-inflicted failure due to a colossal and hubristic miscalculation. Indeed, the scale and magnitude of Eby’s misreading of the B.C. electorate in calling his early snap election cannot be understated and it may well be the greatest political blunder in Canadian history.”

Postmedia’s Brian Lilley speaks with Ted Morton and Ken Boessenkool, who 25 years ago were among the signatories of the landmark “Alberta Agenda” letter: a manifesto for the premier to assert sovereignty within a systemically inequitable federation. They discuss whether Premier Danielle Smith’s tactics with the recent referendum helped the cause of a more assertive Alberta, or set it back.

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) reported in its annual report that it revoked licences for 82 money services businesses in Canada in 2025-26, compared to 12 a year earlier and 17 in 2023-24. The dramatic increase was part of a year characterized by record levels of enforcement actions as FINTRAC and police battled fraud, extortion, human trafficking, fentanyl and a wide range of illegal activities, the report says.

Eyre writes about Tim Haggstrom, then a law student, who was formally censured by the University of Saskatchewan for “harassment,” in 2023 after he challenged its practise of allotting extra time on law exams to up to one-third of his peers. The extra time is commonly allocated to students who self-declare as Indigenous. The dispute ended up in court and a decision is expected soon. “If Haggstrom loses this court battle, his formal status as a lawyer could rest on the condition that he not express himself on issues including race relations,” Eyre says.

“There’s a boycott list that’s been going around since October 7,” Montreal chef and restaurateur Raegan Steinberg says. And she is on it. Steinberg says she has a lot of respect for the younger generation spending their money at businesses that align with their values, but “I’m just wondering if this happens to other restaurateurs or is it specific to Jewish people?” she asked on social media.

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