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  1. Canada's Catch-22: The State of Canada-US Relations in 2014

    Economic and political relations between Canada and the United States, our most important foreign relationship, have worsened since the Fraser Institute's previous report on the state of Canada-US relations, Skating on Thin Ice (Moens, 2010). ...

  2. How soon until we get cheaper cheese? Managing expectations for the CETA

    Appeared in the Exchange Morning Post There is no doubt that completion of negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), announced in October, is a major economic milestone for Canada. Gains of up to $12 billion a year are impressive ...

  3. Here's a consumer angle- dump triple-digit sales taxes on food

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Winnipeg Free Press In the recent Speech from the Throne, the federal government announced a variety of initiatives but the one that drew much attention was its ostensible consumer-friendly tack. On some consumer issues, ...

  4. Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Entering a New Era of Strategic Trade Policy

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement currently under negotiation will secure a trade alliance between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. These ...

  5. Stronger intellectual property for pharmaceuticals would benefit Canadians

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail Economy Lab Canada's lagging intellectual property (IP) protections for pharmaceutical innovators are a key issue to be settled in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations with the European ...

  6. Abolish the $3.6 billion tariff tax on the poor

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Victoria Times Colonist Whenever Canadians cross the border, it is inevitable they will find cheaper goods in the United States. Whether milk, books, electronic goods or vehicles, it seems bargains abound south of the ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Good reasons for BC to worry about Obama's re-election

    Appeared in Business in Vancouver Given the slow rate of economic growth and high levels of uncertainty in the United States, British Columbians should be concerned about the economic implications of President Barack Obama’s recent re-election. Despite ...

  9. Free markets are not the property of the Anglosphere

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald In the debate over whether the partially state-owned energy company, China’s CNOOC, should be given the go-ahead by Ottawa to take over Calgary-based Nexen, there is the danger that the discussion will be cast in an ...

  10. Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report

    The index published in Economic Freedom of the World 2012 measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to ...