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1. Trump’s deconstruction of Obama climate policy has major implications for Canada

   Once again, the regulatory landscape involving climate change has shifted under the feet of both the United States and Canada, as President Donald Trump has finally fulfilled his pledge to unwind Barack Obama’s climate change policies. ...

2. White House urges deregulation to boost housing supply—Canadian policymakers should take note

   Housing availability and affordability isn’t just an issue in Canada. It’s also a concern in the United States, where the White House recently released a so-called Housing Development Toolkit aimed at informing municipalities on how to ...

3. 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 ...

4. Softwood lumber trade dispute beginning to boil again

   When Prime Minister Trudeau and President Obama met in Ottawa at the end of June, they apparently reached no agreement about how to handle a file that has been an ongoing source of conflict between Canada and the United States since 1982 ...

5. Is the inequality gap growing rapidly in Canada? Hardly

   Despite alarmist claims that the inequality gap is growing dramatically, a new Fraser Institute study by economist Christopher Sarlo finds the gap in the living standards of Canadians has barely changed in 40 years. Specifically, the ...

6. Waning U.S. productivity growth threatens Canada’s economic health

   The U.S. Labor Department recently reported that U.S. nonfarm business productivity—the goods and services produced for each hour worked by American workers—decreased at a 0.5 per cent seasonally adjusted annual rate over the period ...

7. Three Amigos climate agreement—the good and the not-so-good

   Prime Minister Trudeau, President Obama and President Nieto have agreed on a “ North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.” As with many such plans, this one is a mixture of smart policies proven to work, and ...