Canada needs to throw off the yoke of economic complacency to play in the big leagues
Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will soon host G7 leaders in Charlevoix, Que., with members are poised to descend on the region from June 8-9. Much has changed since members first got together in 1975 at the Château de Rambouillet, situated outside of Paris. Back then, the G6—minus Canada, which was not yet part […]
Could this year’s Charlevoix talkfest be the last of the G7 summits?
OTTAWA—Conceived as a kind of fireside chat among the leaders of the biggest industrial democracies, the first high-level international “summit” was hosted by French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing at the Chateau de Rambouillet outside Paris in 1975. While the need to deal with the economic crisis set off by the 1973-74 oil shock was urgent […]
Liberals ‘doing themselves real damage’ out west by delaying CPTPP, says analyst
With many countries on the road to ratifying and implementing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Liberal government is facing increasing pressure from the agriculture industry to get a move on tabling legislation that would bring the 11-country trade deal into effect. The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), which represents 13 industry […]
Quebec survey respondents positive, pragmatic about ties with China
As Ottawa awaits the outcome of the NAFTA negotiations and amidst deepening tensions in United States-China relations, a new survey shows that Quebecers have views of China and the prospect of deeper relations even more positive than in the rest of Canada. Conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of a research team based at the School […]
Northern corridor research has ‘merit,’ say Tory politicians who want to see Liberal support
A dedicated trade corridor for the North and its closest neighbours would spur economic development for the country’s most remote regions, say Tory politicians who are frustrated with the government’s refusal to support a proposal that already has the endorsement of a Senate committee. But Transport Canada says money is already directed towards improving northern […]
Trudeau policies well-meaning but costly to Nunavut, says Independent MP Tootoo
The Trudeau government has taken several steps to ensure an economically prosperous and sustainable Canadian Arctic into the future, including agreeing to the United States-Canada Joint Arctic Leaders’ Statement; receiving Mary Simon’s report, A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model; and putting together a new Arctic Policy Framework. But what does a sustainable and economically prosperous […]
Feds say they’re listening to northerners as they review food subsidies, oil and gas exploration rules, Arctic policy
Despite Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett saying more than a year ago that it was “urgent” that the federal government overhaul the Nutrition North Canada food subsidy program, the government is still looking at a final report reviewing the program and developing options to transform it. “We are currently reviewing the final […]
Scheer targets fallout of Harper years
A year into his new job as Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer is methodically trying to mend some of the fences broken by his predecessor. Fresh from a weekend appearance on Radio-Canada’s talk show Tout le monde en parle as part of a public-relations campaign designed to bring about a thaw in the icy relationship of […]
China may gripe, but Canada’s policy moves in Asia make sense
On April 30, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, Global Times, released a damning op-ed, titled “Canada must adopt holistic China policy.” It managed to denigrate all immigrant Canadians by suggesting that Senator Thanh Hai Ngo’s criticisms of China for its assertive behaviour in the South China Sea were linked to his ethnicity. It didn’t consider […]
France at a crossroads as battle over Macron reforms intensifies
OTTAWA—Although Emmanuel Macron used a speech last month to the United States Congress to pointedly criticize American foreign and environmental policy, many will remember the French president’s glitzy state visit to Washington, D.C., above all for the chummy goings-on between him and U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump had made no secret of his affection for […]
