Visions of a gold rush in expanded oil exports fly in the face of a decades-old reality
The potential for a conduit to load oil tankers in the dangerous waters of the northern B.C. coast actually ended more than three decades ago.
Canada Part I: Interprovincial Trade & Labour
Carney sets the stage for consequential meeting with premiers after passing the Trump test
The prime minister must now prove that ‘experience’ is more than just a campaign slogan, and that he is prepared to unite a divided country in pursuit of shared prosperity.
‘It was very directive’: Trudeau leaves legacy of deploying federal cash to push provincial policies
Over nearly a decade in power, Justin Trudeau used bilateral deals, federal dollars, and strings attached to a much greater degree than past PMs to enact a federal policy vision in areas of provincial jurisdiction.
Furey has the right prescription for politics
Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
Canada alone? What other world leaders have said publicly about Trump’s ’51st state’ threats
International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they’re ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state rhetoric and whether it was genuine or whether it was just bluster.’
Canada’s winners and losers in the Trump tariff war
Those on the ‘wrong side’ of the debate have been vilified, while those promoting Canada are suddenly in vogue.
‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s ’51st state’ pitch for Canada as ‘incredibly insulting’ and an ‘assault on our democratic institutions and our sovereignty.’
Feds can do plenty during prorogation to take on Trump trade threats, say experts
Former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says opposition leaders calling for Parliament to resume need to ‘retract the threat to immediately stab the government in the chest and force a six-week election.’
‘People aren’t laughing as much anymore,’ says Sen. Boehm after Trump repeats calls for Canada to become 51st state
Experts say a formal annexation of Canada is unlikely, but warn of a possible erosion to Canadian sovereignty.
