Giving Canadian critical minerals ‘a reasonable chance’
While Canada has long been a major producer of copper, nickel, zinc and others on the critical minerals list, our path to getting other high priority critical minerals–like lithium and rare earth elements–‘produced in Canada’ may be a rocky one.
Before we get our resources to market, we need to make sure those markets actually want them
Canada was built on forestry, but if we want to ensure that that industry and the over 200,000 people employed in it can continue to thrive, things are going to have to change.
Trust can’t be legislated, but it can be built
First Nations must be included as business partners from the outset, and it’s a question of laying out a framework for how to move projects forward with their involvement.
Canada can be a resource superpower if we build the road to get goods to market
What we need is a co-ordinated, long-range strategy, a national trade corridor plan that links the country’s productive zones to its export gateways through reliable, resilient, multimodal infrastructure.
Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality
The bottom line? Investing in women is good policy and good politics.
Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge
Prime Minister Mark ‘fast-track’ Carney says the government will be shelling out over $9.3-billion in more funding to hit NATO’s two-per-cent target this fiscal year. Not delaying it to 2032, or even to 2030, the target he had pledged during his election campaign. Nearly a year ago, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau announced at the NATO […]
A modern economy requires more than shared borders
A modern economy needs shared standards, interoperable infrastructure, and a workforce free to move where it is most needed.
Trade barriers and trucking: unified political fortitude needed to push through the noise
Trade barriers impeding supply chains and slowing down economic trade include: aligning and improving winter road maintenance standards; increased access to rest areas for truck drivers; and completing work and expanding critical highway connections to trade corridors.
Canada cannot waste its best chance for internal trade reform since Confederation
Beyond the barriers it directly controls, federal engagement and co-ordination is fundamental to mitigating provincial barriers.
Unlocking Canada’s full economic potential by harmonizing regulations
Each province operates under its own building codes, material certification requirements, and procurement policies, which often fail to align with each other.
