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Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 7, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The challenge for the Carney government is to get Canada's banks and other financial institutions to think beyond pipelines to new sources of economic growth that are based on ideas, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The challenge for the Carney government is to get Canada's banks and other financial institutions to think beyond pipelines to new sources of economic growth that are based on ideas, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 23, 2025
European Council President Antonio Costa, front left, Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s PM Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.K. PM Keir Starmer, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on June 16, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 23, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 23, 2025
European Council President Antonio Costa, front left, Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s PM Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.K. PM Keir Starmer, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on June 16, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 16, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping, pictured, was not invited to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta, but Canada is making it quite clear that China has an important and positive role to play if our country is going to be economically less dependent on the United States, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 16, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 16, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping, pictured, was not invited to the G7 Leaders' Summit in Alberta, but Canada is making it quite clear that China has an important and positive role to play if our country is going to be economically less dependent on the United States, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured May 25, 2025, addressing the Liberal caucus on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured May 25, 2025, addressing the Liberal caucus on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 2, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
If we want to keep our country, we cannot afford yet another failure. Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has to deliver a plan that will achieve success this time. Action not just words. And with much urgency, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 2, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 2, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
If we want to keep our country, we cannot afford yet another failure. Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has to deliver a plan that will achieve success this time. Action not just words. And with much urgency, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 19, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said there will be a fall economic statement, but no federal budget before the summer, which is being slammed by the opposition parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 19, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 19, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said there will be a fall economic statement, but no federal budget before the summer, which is being slammed by the opposition parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said that economy would become the strongest 'in the G7.' No matter the outcome of Canada-U.S. negotiations, this new economy matters even more, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said that economy would become the strongest 'in the G7.' No matter the outcome of Canada-U.S. negotiations, this new economy matters even more, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will face a mind-boggling agenda far beyond the typical demands facing a new government, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 5, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will face a mind-boggling agenda far beyond the typical demands facing a new government, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 24, 2025
A person walks past the Queen’s Gate on April 23, 2025.
A person walks past the Queen’s Gate on April 23, 2025. Canada proclaims to be a world leader in AI, but Stanford University’s AI index ranking countries on various key indicators does not rank Canada in the top 10 AI nations, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 24, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 24, 2025
A person walks past the Queen’s Gate on April 23, 2025.
A person walks past the Queen’s Gate on April 23, 2025. Canada proclaims to be a world leader in AI, but Stanford University’s AI index ranking countries on various key indicators does not rank Canada in the top 10 AI nations, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 18, 2025
This is our new world and, in it, we will face intense pressures to find out where we best fit. Can we build a Canada much less dependent on the oil and gas and auto industries? There’s a good chance we will have to, and there's no time to waste, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 18, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 18, 2025
This is our new world and, in it, we will face intense pressures to find out where we best fit. Can we build a Canada much less dependent on the oil and gas and auto industries? There’s a good chance we will have to, and there's no time to waste, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Trump's trade war has forced Canada to rethink its economic position in the world, but David Crane says Canada's political leaders are missing the mark with talk of accelerating oil and gas projects and critical minerals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration courtesy of Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Trump's trade war has forced Canada to rethink its economic position in the world, but David Crane says Canada's political leaders are missing the mark with talk of accelerating oil and gas projects and critical minerals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration courtesy of Joey Sabourin
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 31, 2025
Pro-pipeline demonstrators on the Hill on Feb. 19, 2019. Even the world’s biggest petrostate, Saudi Arabia, recognizes that it can't rely on oil and gas to keep it afloat, and is busy diversifying away from its reliance on oil. We must as well, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 31, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 31, 2025
Pro-pipeline demonstrators on the Hill on Feb. 19, 2019. Even the world’s biggest petrostate, Saudi Arabia, recognizes that it can't rely on oil and gas to keep it afloat, and is busy diversifying away from its reliance on oil. We must as well, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration courtesy of The Hill Times' Neena Singhal
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration courtesy of The Hill Times' Neena Singhal
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump's 'MAGA aggression,' if implemented, would be even more destructive than the highly protectionist trade policies of the 1930s that played such a great role in extending and deepening the Great Depression, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 3, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump's 'MAGA aggression,' if implemented, would be even more destructive than the highly protectionist trade policies of the 1930s that played such a great role in extending and deepening the Great Depression, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 24, 2025
At some point there has to be an adult conversation between Canada, the United States, and Mexico on the future continental relationship. But the Trump administration is still focused on coercion rather than negotiation, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 24, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 24, 2025
At some point there has to be an adult conversation between Canada, the United States, and Mexico on the future continental relationship. But the Trump administration is still focused on coercion rather than negotiation, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 17, 2025
Donald Trump's disruption to trade will have seriously damaging consequences for the U.S. and its workers. Inflation, job losses, and high interest rates could be broad consequences. His political position at home is weak. He did not win an overwhelming victory in last year's election, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Owantana
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 17, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 17, 2025
Donald Trump's disruption to trade will have seriously damaging consequences for the U.S. and its workers. Inflation, job losses, and high interest rates could be broad consequences. His political position at home is weak. He did not win an overwhelming victory in last year's election, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Owantana
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 10, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump's insults have done us a big favour: he has re-energized the feeling of Canadians for their country, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 10, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 10, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump's insults have done us a big favour: he has re-energized the feeling of Canadians for their country, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 3, 2025
We need to be an innovative nation: The needed changes will be disruptive, maybe painful, and will take time. But, if the result is an innovative country, it will be worth it, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Jimmy Chan/Pexels
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 3, 2025
We need to be an innovative nation: The needed changes will be disruptive, maybe painful, and will take time. But, if the result is an innovative country, it will be worth it, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Jimmy Chan/Pexels
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 27, 2025
An illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump. It is hard to think of a time when the quality of Canadian leadership mattered so much. We face four years of formidable pressure to become a vassal state with severely limited capacity to act in our own interest, writes David Crane. Illustration courtesy of Pixabay/Gabriel Douglas
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 27, 2025
An illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump. It is hard to think of a time when the quality of Canadian leadership mattered so much. We face four years of formidable pressure to become a vassal state with severely limited capacity to act in our own interest, writes David Crane. Illustration courtesy of Pixabay/Gabriel Douglas
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 20, 2025
First ministers' meeting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 16, 2025. The Trump administration is expected to pursue a hostile policy toward Canada, intent on making us a vassal state. Our best bet is to focus on nation building, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 20, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 20, 2025
First ministers' meeting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 16, 2025. The Trump administration is expected to pursue a hostile policy toward Canada, intent on making us a vassal state. Our best bet is to focus on nation building, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 13, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The Trudeau government had quickly adapted to Trumpism, declaring that Canada was fully in line on the U.S. president-elect's China policy, and agreeing that Mexico posed a threat because of its Chinese investment, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 13, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 13, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The Trudeau government had quickly adapted to Trumpism, declaring that Canada was fully in line on the U.S. president-elect's China policy, and agreeing that Mexico posed a threat because of its Chinese investment, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney at the Liberal National Convention at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on May 4, 2023. 'My own suspicion is that Carney is thinking hard about vying for the country’s top job, and is leaning towards stepping up should Trudeau leave,' writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 6, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney at the Liberal National Convention at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on May 4, 2023. 'My own suspicion is that Carney is thinking hard about vying for the country’s top job, and is leaning towards stepping up should Trudeau leave,' writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 25, 2024
New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc shortly after being sworn into his current role at Rideau Hall on Dec. 16, 2024. Since this year’s fall economic statement is the government’s latest plan for the economy, it deserves to be examined in detail, despite its bizarre unveiling, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 25, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 25, 2024
New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc shortly after being sworn into his current role at Rideau Hall on Dec. 16, 2024. Since this year’s fall economic statement is the government’s latest plan for the economy, it deserves to be examined in detail, despite its bizarre unveiling, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 16, 2024
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Over a decade or more of stagnant wages, working Canadians have benefitted from low-cost imports, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 16, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 16, 2024
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Over a decade or more of stagnant wages, working Canadians have benefitted from low-cost imports, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 30, 2020
Even as recently as February of this year, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was banking on rising oil prices to balance the province’s budget. Kenney’s March budget, assumed oil prices averaging US$62 a barrel this year and US$63 a barrel next year. These were higher than private-sector forecasts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 30, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 30, 2020
Even as recently as February of this year, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was banking on rising oil prices to balance the province’s budget. Kenney’s March budget, assumed oil prices averaging US$62 a barrel this year and US$63 a barrel next year. These were higher than private-sector forecasts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 27, 2020
The post-pandemic world will be difficult and there will be no overnight recovery—it won’t be V-shaped. But one thing we can do now is to make sure that our future drivers for growth—our innovative tech companies—are well-positioned to play their key role in our post-pandemic world, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 27, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 27, 2020
The post-pandemic world will be difficult and there will be no overnight recovery—it won’t be V-shaped. But one thing we can do now is to make sure that our future drivers for growth—our innovative tech companies—are well-positioned to play their key role in our post-pandemic world, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 20, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 14, 2020, at his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Canada will require both a vision that identifies and defines the strategic goals of a nation-building strategy and the practical policies to implement the strategy and achieve its goals, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 20, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 20, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 14, 2020, at his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Canada will require both a vision that identifies and defines the strategic goals of a nation-building strategy and the practical policies to implement the strategy and achieve its goals, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 13, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured on March 20, 2020, gives an update on the government's measures to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal government must do more to help Canada's cutting-edge tech companies survive the crisis, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 13, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 13, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured on March 20, 2020, gives an update on the government's measures to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal government must do more to help Canada's cutting-edge tech companies survive the crisis, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 6, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 31, 2020, at his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. The Trudeau government should direct Statistics Canada to prepare a full social/economic/health report on the lives of Canadians from the year 2000 to the present. Much of the data is available within the great data resources of Statistics Canada, but it needs to be put together in one comprehensive report that digs down into detail. Such an exercise would also identify where there are critical data gaps that need to be filled, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 6, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 6, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 31, 2020, at his daily press conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. The Trudeau government should direct Statistics Canada to prepare a full social/economic/health report on the lives of Canadians from the year 2000 to the present. Much of the data is available within the great data resources of Statistics Canada, but it needs to be put together in one comprehensive report that digs down into detail. Such an exercise would also identify where there are critical data gaps that need to be filled, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 30, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 23, 2020, at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa delivering one of his daily news briefings. Getting money into the hands of those who have none, or too little to cover even basic necessities, is the most immediate challenge, especially to support unemployed Canadians with little or no savings to fall back on, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 30, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 30, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 23, 2020, at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa delivering one of his daily news briefings. Getting money into the hands of those who have none, or too little to cover even basic necessities, is the most immediate challenge, especially to support unemployed Canadians with little or no savings to fall back on, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 23, 2020
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, pictured in Ottawa on March 18, 2020, giving an update on the financial measures to help Canadians with the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, the parallel is closer to 1929-30 and the Great Depression than to 2008-09 and the Great Recession. In fact, it is quite possible our pandemic will be worse than the Great Recession of a little more than a decade ago. Among those most seriously affected will be young Canadians just entering the job market, just as young Canadians were severely impacted by the Great Recession of 2008-09, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 23, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 23, 2020
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, pictured in Ottawa on March 18, 2020, giving an update on the financial measures to help Canadians with the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, the parallel is closer to 1929-30 and the Great Depression than to 2008-09 and the Great Recession. In fact, it is quite possible our pandemic will be worse than the Great Recession of a little more than a decade ago. Among those most seriously affected will be young Canadians just entering the job market, just as young Canadians were severely impacted by the Great Recession of 2008-09, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 12, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured with Canada's top free trade negotiator Steve Verheul on Feb. 18, 2020, before the House International Trade Committee. Mr. Verheul told MPs the goal of the U.S. was to 'rebalance' the agreement to benefit the U.S., not liberalize trade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 12, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 12, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured with Canada's top free trade negotiator Steve Verheul on Feb. 18, 2020, before the House International Trade Committee. Mr. Verheul told MPs the goal of the U.S. was to 'rebalance' the agreement to benefit the U.S., not liberalize trade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 9, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Global Affairs' Steve Verheul, the negotiator of the new NAFTA deal, pictured Feb. 18, 2020, before the House International Trade Committee to talk about the new NAFTA agreement. The process for ratification of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) or new NAFTA, by the Commons Committee on International Trade, is a good example of how the role of MPs and Parliament itself have been diminished or marginalized, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 9, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 9, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Global Affairs' Steve Verheul, the negotiator of the new NAFTA deal, pictured Feb. 18, 2020, before the House International Trade Committee to talk about the new NAFTA agreement. The process for ratification of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) or new NAFTA, by the Commons Committee on International Trade, is a good example of how the role of MPs and Parliament itself have been diminished or marginalized, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 2, 2020
Canada’s success in commercialization of new ideas and scaling up of our most promising young companies matters, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 2, 2020
Canada’s success in commercialization of new ideas and scaling up of our most promising young companies matters, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Pexels