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1. Obama's second term offers Canada hope for a more efficient border

   Appeared in Embassy: Diplomacy This Week With Barack Obama earning another four-year term, Canadians can only hope the newly re-elected American president will stay the course in modernizing the Canada-U.S. border and make good on commitments outlined in ...

2. MCOOL and the Politics of Country-of-Origin Labeling

   In the United States, Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL) was brought into force in 2008. Because of the bill, American retailers must inform consumers about the country of origin of various classes of meat products including muscle cuts of beef, ...

3. Renewed hope for a more efficient Canada-U.S. border

   Appeared in Trail Daily Times The new border security agreement to be announced by Prime Minister Harper and President Barack Obama is badly needed and should bring some relief to Canadian traders, travelers, and tax payers. Harper has managed to convince ...

4. Reach of the American octopus calls for stamina in Canada-U.S. relations

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun Pierre Trudeau once compared Canada’s relationship with the United States to sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly the elephant; one is affected by every twitch and grunt. But it seems today a more apt description ...

5. Skating on Thin Ice: Canadian-American Relations in 2010 and 2011

   While cooperation between Canada and the United States has been poor, there are hopeful signs. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/skating-on-thin-ice-us-canada-relations_US.pdf ...

6. Fraser Forum- March 2010: Canada- US Relations in 2010

   In this issue: HST will help, not hinder, Manitobans by Niels Veldhuis and Charles Lammam Implementing a harmonized sales tax in Manitoba would reduce costs for businesses and encourage investment in the province. Global warming on trial by Diane Katz The ...

7. Canada and Obama: Canada's Stake in the 2008 US Election

   The aim of this publication is to identify Canadian interests at stake in future American choices and what the main proposals by the new president will mean for Canada. The purpose is to inform the Canadian public about what strategies in dealing with the ...

8. BC Mad Cow Case Not Likely to Affect Canada-US Trade

     On April 16, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed British Columbia’s first case of Mad Cow or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The cattle and beef industry remains concerned about the U.S. border staying open to younger slaughter animals ...

9. Mad Cow: A Case Study in Canadian-American Relations

   The purpose of this paper is to examine the trade, regulatory, and political relationship between Canada and the United States through the lens of a single case study. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/MadCowCaseStudy.pdf ...