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Trump’s Tariffs And Alberta’s Demands Could Strengthen Canada
U.S. tariffs and Alberta’s rising demands may feel like threats, but Lee Harding sees opportunity. Trump’s pressure is spurring long-overdue reforms: stronger borders, military renewal, and growing calls for pipelines and freer internal trade. Alberta’s ultimatum to Ottawa could lead to changes in energy policy and equalization, ultimately benefiting all of Canada. If handled wisely, today’s tensions could drive economic renewal and a more unified, self-reliant country. Canada’s reckoning might be its revival.
It’s Time To End Supply Management
Ending Canada’s dairy supply management system would lower costs, boost exports, and create greater economic opportunities. The Trump administration’s trade warfare is not all bad. Aside from spurring overdue interprovincial trade barrier elimination and the...
Policy in Five Video – Dairy Farmers Need To Wake Up Before The System Crumbles
Dalhousie University food professor Sylvain Charlebois takes us into the heated debate surrounding Canada's dairy supply management system and calls for its reform. Critques by U.S. President Donald Trump during NAFTA negotiations and since have revived...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Canada Needs A Real Plan To Compete Globally
Ottawa’s ideological policies have left Canada vulnerable. Strategic action is needed now As Canada navigates an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, the next federal government must move beyond reflexive anti—Americanism regardless of its political...
Dairy Farmers Need To Wake Up Before The System Crumbles
Watch related Policy in Five video Without reform, Canada risks losing nearly half of its dairy farms by 2030, according to experts Few topics in Canadian agriculture generate as much debate as supply management in the dairy sector. The issue gained renewed...
Premiers Rally For Energy Infrastructure To Counter U.S. Tariff Threats
With U.S. tariffs looming, Premiers push for border security, pipelines, and interprovincial trade reform After more than eight years of federal policies that have challenged the oil and gas industry, imagining Canadian energy policy in a post-Trudeau era is no...
Trade Deficits And Surpluses Mean Nothing. It’s Fiscal Failure That Wrecks Economies
Chronic deficits expose a political crisis, not a trade problem Lost amid the clamour and drama over trade, tariffs and industrial policy—particularly the controversy over potentially punitive duties on (now paused) Canadian exports to the United States—is the...
Trump’s Trade War is a Wake-Up Call for Canada
Canada’s best move? Strike a deal with Trump before it’s too late The Trump trade war is a major opportunity for Canada to think creatively and act in a way that secures our objectives. Instead of reacting defensively and sticking to outdated strategies, Canada...
Canada Must Resist the Lure of Protectionism, Even as U.S. Tariffs Loom
Free trade is flawed, but protectionism is worse The United States has delayed its 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for 30 days, giving Ottawa a brief window to assess its economic response. This pause should not be mistaken for a change in...
Frontier Live on X – Trump’s Tariff Threat isn’t Over, What’s Next?
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U.S. Tariffs Highlight Manitoba’s Need for a Northern Trade Corridor
Talk about incoming U.S. tariffs has renewed thoughtful consideration about Manitoba to develop the province’s northern ports. Most commentators and provincial politicians have promoted the port at Churchill as a logical point for diversifying Manitoba’s trade...
Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US
An oilsands upgrading plant in Fort McMurray, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson Ottawa must resist calls for reckless trade retaliation that would cripple key industries and deepen regional divisions Calls for Canada to respond aggressively to...