Canada’s biggest problem is bigger than Trump, he only popped the bubble that Canada was living in
Trump’s disruption shone a light on fundamental changes that are needed in order for Canada to survive and thrive in this new global trade era. Canada needs a new playbook. The tides have changed from the wave of free trade Canada adopted over the last 30 years, requiring a new course toward a more strategic and somewhat protectionist approach.
Will Team Carney find the right prescription for Trump?
With the new team he’s assembled, can Prime Minister Mark Carney ‘do no harm’ while giving U.S. President Donald Trump something he can put on his trophy shelf?
Carney’s new cabinet balances change with experience, analysts say
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his team is focused on growing an economy that ‘is resilient in the face of economic shock,’ and put key portfolios in the hands of seasoned ministers.
Carney taps host of new MPs to 28-member cabinet, creates 10 secretaries of state
In a major shakeup, Prime Minister Mark Carney named 16 new faces to his 28-member cabinet, but kept a dozen Trudeau-era ministers in his lineup.
Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden
This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is ‘not so good at providing a benefit to the other members of those alliances,’ former CSIS director Richard Fadden told a panel audience.
The art of hedging a deal
Those trapped in rigid binaries risk becoming collateral damage in a conflict that transcends borders, ideologies, and even economics itself.
Carney must lead efforts to transform Canada’s economy
While dealing with the U.S. on our future relationship is critical, the effort to create a new Canadian economy is even more important.
Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing
The ‘Trump factor’ will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.
Carney plays the straight man in Trump’s reality TV fiasco
Better for the prime minister to glance at the camera every now and then than to join Trump and his associates in the mud.
Carney pulls off mission impossible
In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals whatever the president says it does.
