Recently, Canada’s Dairy Lobby has been singing the praises of “supply management” – a sys-tem that limits production and inflates prices in an at-tempt to bring stability to the milk market.
Trade
Free Trade with Europe
the big question is whether this will be “free trade” or “managed trade.”
And they shall drive from sea, to sea to sea
Canada’s national interests would also be well served with an East-West super highway.
WTO COOL Ruling Favours Canada
WTO Rules that US COOL requirements violate WTO Agreement
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The Man who Saved the Plains Indians
At the time of Confederation, Canada’s Plains Indians were in a desperate situation. The same European-introduced guns and horses that resulted in a briefly glorious golden age for them had also resulted in constant inter-tribal warfare and the rapid disappearance of...
Renewed Talk of Abolishing the Indian Act
Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need a credible plan about what to do before we pull out the champagne. Attacking the Indian Act is not a big deal...
The Baltic Tiger
A small European nation is outperforming older economies by three to one, find out how & what Canada might learn from them.
Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia (1992-94 and 1999-2002)
Frontier discusses the Baltic Tiger in a conversation with Mart Laar, the former Prime Minister of Estonia.
Free Trade is Why Socialist Chile is Wealthy
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper lamented the rise of "repressive economics" in Latin America the other day, he cited specifically the class-warfare politics that we normally associate with deranged socialist states - such as, most flamboyantly, Venezuela....
Campbell’s National Vision Laudable
Too bad Gordon Campbell is not bilingual. The British Columbia premier certainly has the sort of national vision required by a Canadian prime minister. Campbell may lack flash and be wanting in the charisma department. However, with a single quote last week at the...
TILMA Means Big-Picture Benefits
Joining TILMA, a western provincial free trade area, will force Saskatchewan to decide between vested interests and all ’round economic opportunity.
Some random thoughts on Sales, Marketing and Fair Trading.
While Dairy products are fetching ever higher prices, wool prices are languishing. Worse, the leaders of the industry seem resigned to their fate. This is surely remarkable. At a time when everyone from Dictators to ditch-diggers is besotted by things “natural” surely...
Barriers to Manitoba’s Prosperity
These PowerPoint slides accompany the speech by Niels Veldhuis at our March 2, 2007 Breakfast on the Frontier in Winnipeg. This is best viewed concurrently (in a separate window) with the speech video or audio (see related items below). PDF version
Supply Management Days Numbered: Minister
Canada’s supply managed sectors are being put on notice by trade minister David Emerson that their protectionist interests cannot continue to limit the ability of Canadian trade negotiators to win stronger concessions . . .
Deal or No Deal? WTO Deadline Nears
Where’s Howie Mandel when we really need him? Canada should abandon its misguided position and take the WTO deal before it’s too late.