Alberta Premier Smith calls retaliatory tariffs ‘most harmful’ to Canadian business, wants CUSMA negotiation after federal election
‘Everybody is injured by [tariff wars], and so the sooner we can get to a renegotiated Canada-U.S. free trade agreement … the better,’ said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Rediscovering the Commonwealth foreign policy
The Commonwealth provides a means for re-engaging a wider spectrum of states. While this includes Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, all highly likeminded actors, it reaches well beyond. It is an institution that includes rising global powers, such as India, Malaysia, Nigeria, and South Africa. In a fractious, more dangerous world, these are relationships Canada needs to cultivate.
Here’s the best strategy Carney can follow negotiating with Trump
All leaders across Canada should be working with each other and the federal government to build up a strong domestic economy in the same areas Mark Carney has promoted with the U.S.
Trump threatens Canada’s bilingual and cultural foundations
Make no mistake. Trump has designs on the cultural and linguistic foundations of our nation. But are Canada’s political leaders ready to defend our bilingual character, to say nothing about standing up for Indigenous languages and cultures?
Canada ‘isolated’ as most nations rebuff retaliatory tariffs on America, says former CUSMA negotiator Verheul
Only Canada and China have chosen to impose counter levies in response to American tariffs.
Poilievre can win votes by exploiting Liberal foreign policy failures
To turn the tables on Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre should highlight the Trudeau government’s record of aligning Canada too tightly to American geopolitical objectives.
Public sector unions raise spectre of Trump, Musk in election campaign against cuts
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees called for a public service pension fund to dump all of its investments in Elon Musk’s auto company Tesla.
Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to renegotiate CUSMA, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has vowed to negotiate an economic and security partnership with the Trump administration.
The world waits to see how long Trump’s attack on the global economy can last
The president has brushed off political realities that would have sunk most political actors a hundred times over.
Trump’s chaos is imperialism in a transparent disguise
The economy no longer exists to raise standards of living; it is an arm of imperialism’s hard power that isn’t restricted to borders.
