4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1627+ words) High taxes, costly regulations and internal trade barriers are damaging our economy without any help from Trump Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called Donald Trump’s tariffs “immoral” after Canadian trade talks with the United States fell apart. That’s quite a charge…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (737+ words) Responding to the Trump tariffs with dollar for dollar counter-tariffs is the most predictable and unimaginative course of action that Canada’s federal government could possibly pursue. Canadians deserve better – much better. Economists have long maintained that nobody wins tariff wars…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1608+ words) The Ring of Fire sits about 500 kilometers northeast of Thunder Bay in the muskeg of Ontario’s James Bay Lowlands, on Treaty 9 territory. Prospectors found it in 2007 and named it after a Johnny Cash song. Beneath the peat moss lies the…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1688+ words) Selling more to China makes economic sense, but relying too heavily on Beijing could put our vital U.S. relationship at risk On July 20, the White House proclaimed additional 50-per-cent tariffs on selected Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1709+ words) After trade talks between Canada and the U.S. fell apart over the weekend, the prime minister’s office warned, “at midnight tonight, the U.S. intends to impose a 50% tariff on roughly $28 billion of Canadian goods. Canada will match those tariffs dollar…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1699+ words) Potash is Canada’s “pink gold”—one of the country’s most valuable natural resources and a cornerstone of global food production. It sounds like leverage. In practice, it could become economic self-harm. A Canadian surtax would therefore raise costs for U....

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (762+ words) This year’s planning report does emphasize “clean and efficient utilization” of coal, as well as “promoting the peaking” of its use, but stops short of specifying the year in which said glorious “peak” might happen or how many years the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1293+ words) less than 1 minute read Prime Minister Carney made an unprecedented trade deal with a country known for attempting to take over our resources, significant national security concerns, and massive human rights abuses. Carney’s trade deal with China allows Chinese EVs…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (1664+ words) China is preparing to establish a regular commercial shipping route through the Arctic, potentially giving Beijing a dramatically shorter path to Europe while reducing its dependence on some of the world’s most volatile maritime chokepoints. Sea Legend Line and the…...