For those unaware, this past Saturday was World Fair Trade Day. Now, it needs to be mentioned that no one criticizes the intentions of those who are involved in promoting 'fair trade' coffee. Helping some of the poorest farmers in the world is admirable. However,...
Trade
Prohibition-era liquor law takes hit
Terry David Mulligan, known by those over 30 as the famous VJ from Much Music, has become a hero for the freedom to trade in wine. Now a wine journalist, Mulligan has taken to challenging Canada's archaic wine laws. See the story here. In Canada today, it is illegal...
Major food producer considers Alberta for water exchange market
The head of Nestle - the world's largest food group - has suggested his company is open to exchange-based water trade as a means of dealing with competition over scarce water resources in Alberta. Here is the reference. Alberta currently has a "first-in-time,...
National Priority
The federal government should establish pre-defined utility corridors to the west coast
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Canadians on the Move, to Smaller Communities
The Canadian Dream is increasingly being realized in smaller areas For decades, Canadians moved to the larger cities (census metropolitan areas, or CMAs) with their economic opportunities. The latest estimates indicate that CMAs have 72 per cent of the nation’s...
Leadership Needed in Canadian Healthcare; Apply Within
When the Premiers were first called to a sit-down lunch to talk about healthcare with Prime Minister Trudeau, there was plenty of talk about the potential for systemic change, innovation and accountability. It seemed that Canadians and their leaders were finally on...
Obsolete Regulations Restrict Value-added Agricultural Exports
Well-intended regulations on the use of port containers makes their use for shipping food to foreign customers much too expensive.
Playing Russian Roulette with Trade
It’s unanimous; all parties in Parliament are risking Canada’s whole farm sector by catering to the interests of a small minority.
China’s New Growth—What Canada Can Learn
Should Canada remain a supplier of raw resources, or embrace economic expansion like the Chinese?
Cattle Ruling a Victory for Free Trade
The end of the “mad cow” crisis adds to a string of recent trade victories in agriculture.
Who Speaks For Free Trade?
Even the alleged friends of free trade want to keep tariffs in dairy and poultry.
Hog Rulings Show Free Trade Works
If the borders are truly open, Canada’s economy will win.
Pork Barrel Protectionism Report
Policy paper 24 explores why recent hog tariffs imposed by the United States are about protectionism and explains why Canada should aggressively pursue the case under free trade rules, and work to eliminate the possibility of such nuisance actions in all export commodities.
Pork Barrel Protectionism
The new hog duties are protectionist, pure and simple.
Why Doha Must Succeed
One day the majority of people in these countries will wake up and understand how much better off they would be if they did away with farm subsidies and protection. Governments would save themselves billions of dollars. Consumers and taxpayers would get a much better deal and farmers would enjoy freedom and opportunities they do not have now.