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1. The good and the bad of a Trump presidency for Canadian energy

   Today, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and while nobody knows how Mr. Trump will actually govern, his rhetoric leading up to today’s inauguration offered both potential opportunities for Canada, ...

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

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

3. Clinton makes worrying pick for chief economist of transition team

   While tonight’s debate will be watched by millions, and the polls are narrowing, it still seems likely Hillary Clinton will be elected as the next president of the United States. According to the betting markets, which generally ...

4. Hillary’s plans won’t help Canada’s trade performance

   Canada’s trade performance has deteriorated markedly over the past 18 months. Last week, Statistics Canada reported that for the April-June 2016 quarter, Canada’s trade deficit with the world widened from C$6.4 billion in the first ...

5. Trump continues to hammer NAFTA, and if elected, could likely terminate the agreement

   Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been a relentless critic of NAFTA since the beginning of his presidential campaign. His official position is that he will demand a renegotiation of the terms of NAFTA to get “a lot better ...

6. Melania, Michelle and the threadbare platitudes of plagiarism

   While the Republican Party is holding its convention, which, among other things, formally produces the party’s nominee for the American presidential election in November, one might expect extensive outcry from their opponents in the ...

7. Trump, American Idol and the economics of voting

   Civic-minded observers of the presidential race in the United States often express consternation that one of the leading contenders is a celebrity best known for “reality television”—real estate mogul Donald Trump achieved new levels of ...

8. The Trump and Bush tax reform plans would change business-as-usual

   The main features of both the Bush plan and Trump plan encompass substantial cuts in personal and corporate income tax rates, reductions in the number of tax brackets and the elimination of specific exemptions and deductions. ...