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Columnists

Jan 10, 2017

As U.S. protectionism surges, Canada implores Washington: But we're friends!

Higher American interest rates will push the U.S. dollar up and lower the already weak Canadian dollar further. Expect the Trump administration to target Canada for currency manipulation.

Columnists

Sep 2, 2016

Canada's highly lopsided economic relationship with China

Jim Stanford

Prime Minister Trudeau leads a big entourage to China this week, in hopes of expanding Canada's foothold in that huge economy. Here are the main features of our current, unbalanced relationship.

Columnists

Jan 13, 2016

How value-added exports are boosting Canada's economy

Jim Stanford

There is evidence that the economy is starting to pivot away from over-reliance on energy extraction. Instead, our high-technology industrial base is starting to flex its muscles once again.

Blog

Oct 14, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement: A dead end for jobs

John Jacobs

The TPP will further remove governments' ability to take initiatives that might foster a more diverse and job-intensive economy. We're going back to the future, as hewers of wood and drawers of water.

Columnists

May 5, 2015

Canada's auto strategy: Grovelling for crumbs in NAFTA's grim reality

Jim Stanford

Export Development Canada claims it will help us capture a few more crumbs from the auto industry's southward migration. Its convoluted logic highlights the contradictions of Canada's whole approach.

Podcast

Jan 23, 2015

Recent accord between U.S. and Cuba stops short of significant change

Redeye

Americans able to visit more freely, the Cuban 5 released and essential construction materials allowed into the country. But what else was in the agreement between Obama and Castro?

Columnists

May 13, 2014

Leaking jobs in Canada through our foreign accounts deficits

Duncan Cameron

Canadians looking for a job are being hurt by recent trends in foreign trade. An outflow of spending from Canada indicates weakness in the ability of the economy to generate jobs.

In cahoots

Mar 12, 2014

Canadian auto industry threatened by free trade deal with Korea

We cannot stand by a deal that secures a one-way flow of Korean auto imports into the Canadian market, undermining the jobs and industry on which so many Canadians depend.

Columnists

Jan 17, 2014

The loonie returns to earth after a long flight of fancy

Jim Stanford

The present downturn of the Canadian dollar is a welcome, but overdue, reversal to a decade-long, pointless and destructive financial detour for our currency.

Blog

Dec 20, 2013

The Staple Theory at 50: Staples theory on the international stage

Gerry Helleiner

The global importance of staple theory, Gerry Helleiner notes, constitutes a kind of Canadian "staple export" -- but of a better kind than we usually supply to the world.

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