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1. The 2016 U.S. Presidential election—who won, who lost?

   Much ink has been spilled trying to explain the surprise election of President-elect Donald Trump. This post isn’t meant to make any comment or provide analysis regarding the pros or cons of the election but rather to empirically clarify ...

2. Trump victory checked by constraints of modern constitutional republics

   Norman Rockwell’s 1943 painting “ Freedom of Speech ” is a visual encomium to the wonders of the democratic process. At the town meeting, everyone gets a chance to speak his or her mind. The blue-collar worker who has risen to say what ...

3. Canada can’t dodge two ‘trade’ bullets shot from the U.S.

   At this writing, the odds that Hillary Clinton will defeat Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency are very high. If your concern is trade between Canada and the United States, Canada dodged a bullet. Donald Trump is hostile to trade, ...

4. Renewed softwood lumber dispute may fan U.S. protectionist flames in other industries

   While Canadian and U.S. trade officials negotiate a new softwood lumber agreement (a one-year “standstill” period expired last week), Canadian officials have privately indicated that the price of an agreement demanded by the Americans is ...

5. Growing U.S. protectionism threatens Canada’s forestry industry

   A tentative deal between Canada and the United States on softwood lumber expired at midnight on Oct. 12. The ongoing softwood lumber war between Canada and the U.S. is largely due to American economic protectionism, or more precisely, ...

6. Clinton and Trump—similar policy prescriptions that may not bode well for the U.S. or Canada

   The highly contentious presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump often seems less about policy and more about trading insults, personal attacks and generally being unpleasant. This was particularly true in Sunday& ...

7. Trump’s appeal relies on performance, branding and a world of mindless entertainment

   Like many, I find myself observing the American election unfold with a mix of fascination and horror, as though witness to a slow-motion political train wreck that will have dire consequences not only for those on the train, but for ...

8. Facts should defuse 'fair share’ rhetoric on taxes

   There’s a lot of talk right now in the U.S. presidential race about the wealthy not paying their “fair share” of taxes. There are similar concerns in Canada. Although the term “fair share” is rarely defined, clearly some Canadians ...

9. History is clear—high tariffs and trade wars devastate countries

   Canada raised tariffs in the 1930s and sunk into the Great Depression. ...

10. Trump and Clinton ignore economic freedom during first presidential debate

    On Monday, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off in perhaps the most highly anticipated presidential debate in history. As the candidates went back and forth for 90 minutes, a major theme of past presidential debates and indeed of ...