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1. Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: An Industry-Level Analysis

   There has been much debate recently about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to other developed countries, particularly the US. In particular, concerns have been raised about recent declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in ...

2. Trump’s tariff tactics will end badly for U.S.—and Canada

   Mexican and U.S. officials announced they would meet on June 5 to try to defuse a major trade conflict after President Trump announced a five per cent tariff on all products imported from Mexico, to take effect June 10. The threat has ...

3. Foreign investment in Canada—nothing to celebrate

   Canada’s share of inward FDI to the OECD in 2018 was 1.6 percentage points below its average annual share for 2012-2014. ...

4. Canada’s upstream oil and gas sector—from the outpatient clinic to intensive care

   Appeared in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner, May 15, 2019 Canadian oil and gas companies face some major problems. Legal restrictions on the expansion of pipeline capacity have restricted exports of oil, shrinking profit margins. The subsequent price ...

5. Slowdown of world economic growth would likely reduce demand for Canadian resource exports

   In March, President Trump increased tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods, escalating the trade dispute between the United States and China. He also initiated steps to put 25 per cent tariffs on an additional $340 billion of ...

6. Investment in the Canadian and U.S. Oil and Gas Sectors: A Tale of Diverging Fortunes

   The oil and gas industry is critically important to Canada’s economy. It accounts for almost 8 percent of Canada’s GDP, as well as for a significant share of the tax revenue collected by governments. The oil and gas sector is particularly important to the ...

7. Americans want prescription drugs from Canada

   The Trump administration may not approve Florida’s drug import plan. ...

8. Paying companies to stay—bad idea

   The Legault government in Quebec tabled its first budget last week. While some aspects of the budget are admirable, other aspects raise serious economic concerns. Perhaps most troubling is the government’s decision to set aside $1 billion ...

9. Canadian Foreign Direct Investment: Recent Patterns and Interpretation

   Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a prominent feature of globalization. It occurs when an investor resident in one country acquires management control of an enterprise located in another country. FDI inflows improve the efficiency of the host ...

10. Private sector helping address physician scarcity in the U.S.

    While Canada has one of the most expensive universal health-care systems in the world, the number of physicians relative to the Canadian population ranks well below the average of other wealthy countries. Moreover, the relatively long ...