Treat Africa as part of Canada’s trade war response
With tensions rising with our traditional trading partners, Canada must diversify and target Africa, but we’re falling behind in the continent on that front.
Election campaign got it wrong, new government must get it right
Designing a far-reaching innovation/productivity strategy must be the core priority for the new government, and one that must preoccupy our newly elected prime minister from day one.
Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy
Sourcing products from new suppliers, finding new markets for our domestic products, being conscious of foreign investment, and increasing our digital security is not an easy task.
Canada, the European Union, and the Eurozone
If Canada were ever to turn to the Eurozone, its buck would stop in Frankfurt, home of the European Central Bank. Mark Carney’s former bank would be no more. Hard to imagine and highly unlikely, but so was America’s turn to Donald Trump, not once but twice.
The Canadian dream doesn’t have to be built, we are already living it
The basic unit of Canadian democracy is a caring relationship. It’s the ethic of care that unites us. Our elbows are up. Our eyes are open. Our hearts are even wider.
Health care matters at the federal ballot box
Ottawa is also directly involved in health-care delivery for Indigenous patients in some communities, for refugees, and the military. It’s responsible for public health issues like national emergency preparedness, drug regulation, and vaccine procurement.
Canada needs an economic and social council to tackle trade war
Financial markets dislike uncertainty, especially during trade wars. Consequently, U.S. tariffs are likely to increase prices and could lead to a decline in global production, along with unprecedented political problems.
Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower
This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change
Trump-era elections in the Anglosphere
A measure of how Trumpism does in the export market will be found in the other parts of the ‘Anglosphere,’ and happily there are two elections in that zone in the next two weeks: Canada and Australia. They couldn’t be farther apart geographically, but with the great exception of the ‘French fact’ in Quebec they couldn’t be closer in their history and politics.
Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment
While the country invests significantly in innovation, it lags in translating those inputs into tangible, high-quality outputs.
