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Slip-sliding away: Canada’s declining competitive position

  • Add a protectionist United States trade agenda to a Canadian government ambivalent to business and you get a situation that is increasingly very concerning
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | March 7, 2018
Neither the federal nor provincial governments are helping to ease the competitive pressure being applied by the United States, writes Sen. Doug Black. Getting oil to tidewater via Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been a thorny issue for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and B.C. Premier John Horgan, right. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Slip-sliding away: Canada’s declining competitive position

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | March 7, 2018
  • Add a protectionist United States trade agenda to a Canadian government ambivalent to business and you get a situation that is increasingly very concerning

Slip-sliding away: Canada’s declining competitive position

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | March 7, 2018
  • Add a protectionist United States trade agenda to a Canadian government ambivalent to business and you get a situation that is increasingly very concerning
Neither the federal nor provincial governments are helping to ease the competitive pressure being applied by the United States, writes Sen. Doug Black. Getting oil to tidewater via Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been a thorny issue for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and B.C. Premier John Horgan, right. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

It’s time to extend pre-clearance facilities at Canada-U.S. border to enhance economic growth

  • Canada is a trading nation. And while we look to develop other trading partners, we musn’t forget that America remains our main dance partner.
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | November 17, 2017
Independent Senator Doug Black is sponsoring a government bill in the Senate that seeks to entrench in law an agreement for customs and immigration pre-clearance signed by the American and Canadian governments in 2015. Flickr photo by Abdallah H

It’s time to extend pre-clearance facilities at Canada-U.S. border to enhance economic growth

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | November 17, 2017
  • Canada is a trading nation. And while we look to develop other trading partners, we musn’t forget that America remains our main dance partner.

It’s time to extend pre-clearance facilities at Canada-U.S. border to enhance economic growth

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR DOUG BLACK | November 17, 2017
  • Canada is a trading nation. And while we look to develop other trading partners, we musn’t forget that America remains our main dance partner.
Independent Senator Doug Black is sponsoring a government bill in the Senate that seeks to entrench in law an agreement for customs and immigration pre-clearance signed by the American and Canadian governments in 2015. Flickr photo by Abdallah H
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