The generational imperative for Canada to embrace its resource advantage
Liberals cannot afford to simply tolerate Canada’s resource economy. They must champion it.
Giving Canadian critical minerals ‘a reasonable chance’
While Canada has long been a major producer of copper, nickel, zinc and others on the critical minerals list, our path to getting other high priority critical minerals–like lithium and rare earth elements–‘produced in Canada’ may be a rocky one.
Before we get our resources to market, we need to make sure those markets actually want them
Canada was built on forestry, but if we want to ensure that that industry and the over 200,000 people employed in it can continue to thrive, things are going to have to change.
Trust can’t be legislated, but it can be built
First Nations must be included as business partners from the outset, and it’s a question of laying out a framework for how to move projects forward with their involvement.
Canada has moral duty to commit to international aid
If there was ever a time for Canada to step up as a champion of gender equality, human rights, peace, and international assistance—it is now.
Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling
It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we’ve have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in this manner are ‘bycatch,’ thrown back into the water dead or dying.
Diversified trade and strong pollution laws work together
If Canada wants the strongest economy in the G7, we’ll need to meet a higher environmental standard.
Canada can be a resource superpower if we build the road to get goods to market
What we need is a co-ordinated, long-range strategy, a national trade corridor plan that links the country’s productive zones to its export gateways through reliable, resilient, multimodal infrastructure.
Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality
The bottom line? Investing in women is good policy and good politics.
Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects
We are a maritime nation, and it is vital that oceans feature prominently in our nation-building in ways that benefit the entire country.
