The renegotiation of NAFTA and Supply management.

When the State replaces the private sector.

In order to justify the continued existence of supply management, producers’ associations state that they could not actually compete on the American market, and that without this system, they would even lose their shares of the domestic market. This Viewpoint aims to show that on the contrary, it is possible for Canadian farmers to be successful on the world market, without benefiting from such protectionist measures.

The cost of the softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the United States.

The cost of trade barriers between provinces.

Barriers to trade between Canadian provinces.

Increasing economic freedoms to reduce inequality.

While all countries subsidize their aircraft industries at different levels, the Canadian sector has been making headlines recently. The massive help Bombardier has received sets a precedent, which other countries could exploit to justify heavily assisting their aerospace industries too, potentially creating a beggar-thy-neighbour dynamic. The scenario of a subsidy race in the aerospace industries of all countries is now a real possibility, unless there is a credible signal that such government intervention will be limited in the future.

The humanitarian crisis is in full swing in Venezuela.

July 19, 2017 | 9 min. 59 sec. | Simi Sara Show (CKNW-AM) Interview with Alexandre Moreau, Public Policy Analyst at the […]