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Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty

  • The government has not defined a clear strategy to build and maintain Canadian ownership of our assets. Combined with the federal budget’s focus on
Opinion | BY JON SHELL | December 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and of Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne on budget day, Nov. 4. Carney has repeatedly called for ‘generational investments.’ You know what’s easier than making a generational investment? Not selling the things you already have, writes Jon Shell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | December 22, 2025
  • The government has not defined a clear strategy to build and maintain Canadian ownership of our assets. Combined with the federal budget’s focus on

Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | December 22, 2025
  • The government has not defined a clear strategy to build and maintain Canadian ownership of our assets. Combined with the federal budget’s focus on
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and of Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne on budget day, Nov. 4. Carney has repeatedly called for ‘generational investments.’ You know what’s easier than making a generational investment? Not selling the things you already have, writes Jon Shell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A new middle-power alliance would give Canada leverage, and Canadians hope

  • America’s global trade war can only succeed against a divided opposition.
Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 21, 2025
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada should lead the world’s middle powers in a collective and overdue weaning from American primacy by establishing a grand new security and economic alliance, writes Jon Shell. Photograph by Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street courtesy of Flickr

A new middle-power alliance would give Canada leverage, and Canadians hope

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 21, 2025
  • America’s global trade war can only succeed against a divided opposition.

A new middle-power alliance would give Canada leverage, and Canadians hope

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 21, 2025
  • America’s global trade war can only succeed against a divided opposition.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada should lead the world’s middle powers in a collective and overdue weaning from American primacy by establishing a grand new security and economic alliance, writes Jon Shell. Photograph by Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street courtesy of Flickr

Federal budget includes commitment to explore employee ownership–and that’s a good thing

  • Hidden amongst the many newsworthy items in last month’s federal budget is a small, little-discussed section with the potential to reshape many Canadian industries.
Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 28, 2021
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s April budget includes a little-discussed section to look into removing barriers to employee ownership trusts. These trusts can increase resiliency, broaden opportunity, and reduce ownership concentration, writes Jon Shell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Federal budget includes commitment to explore employee ownership–and that’s a good thing

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 28, 2021
  • Hidden amongst the many newsworthy items in last month’s federal budget is a small, little-discussed section with the potential to reshape many Canadian industries.

Federal budget includes commitment to explore employee ownership–and that’s a good thing

Opinion | BY JON SHELL | May 28, 2021
  • Hidden amongst the many newsworthy items in last month’s federal budget is a small, little-discussed section with the potential to reshape many Canadian industries.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s April budget includes a little-discussed section to look into removing barriers to employee ownership trusts. These trusts can increase resiliency, broaden opportunity, and reduce ownership concentration, writes Jon Shell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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