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1. Trump’s NAFTA plans (and the impact on Canada) beginning to take shape

   After denouncing NAFTA during his presidential campaign as the worst trade agreement ever signed by the United States, the President Donald Trump has been vague about specific objectives with regard to renegotiating the trade agreement. ...

2. Trump administration policy delays may slow economic growth in Canada

   The Trump administration took office promising to take quick actions to stimulate economic growth in the United States. Two particularly important features of the administration’s campaign platform were corporate tax reform and ...

3. Trump’s trade ‘tweaks’ may substantially impact Canadian economy

   Changes may discourage Canadian firms from buying cheaper imports from non-U.S. sources. ...

4. 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, ...

5. William Watson: Brexit—Britain opts for the Canadian model

   I found it strange, watching ITV’s exceptionally good Brexit referendum coverage on C-SPAN, that none of the many commentators and politicians interviewed through a very long night saw the closeness of the vote as undermining the force ...

6. Memo to politicians: Imitate the Fathers of Confederation

   Back in Canada’s pre-Confederation days, one selling point for uniting the then-disparate British provinces was to drop existing barriers to commerce. The hope was for a country with a free-flow of trade and services in which all could potentially prosper ...

7. How about some European lessons from our summer vacations?

   Appeared in Calgary Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Waterloo Region Record and Guelph Mercury Back when I was in elementary school, come September, teachers often asked students to write an essay describing their summer vacation. I don’t know if the ...

8. Ontario consumers handicapped by beer and wine sale myths

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record Much of Canada’s current approach to liquor retailing has its roots in Prohibition-era attitudes towards wine, beer and spirits. But anyone who thinks that era ended should consider the anti-competition rhetoric that ...

9. Elizabeth May and the Fact-challenged Fact Sheet

   Appeared in the Huffington Post, March 21, 2014 Recently, Green Party leader Elizabeth May orchestrated an open letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. In her note, Ms. May states that she ...

10. Economic Consequences of a Lower Canadian Dollar

    After hovering around parity with the US dollar for three years, Canada?s exchange rate fell sharply in 2013, ending the year near 90 cents (US). Initially, the lower dollar was greeted with relief, especially for our manufacturing exporters. But as the ...