Lawrence Herman - For Canada’s trade interests, Ottawa needs to work more closely with businesses
Published in the Globe and Mail
The three-country review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) starts in 2026. Whoever’s in the White House – whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump – there could be a renegotiation of large parts of the agreement with the Americans in the driver’s seat.
In preparation, raising Canada’s profile among key U.S. constituencies, reinforcing Canada’s importance and reliability as a trading partner, and underscoring the win-win situation under USMCA, is the right strategy.
There have been some good things done already, such as the recent Team Canada parade, aimed at showing American decision-makers the value of our close political and commercial relations. The flurry…
Published in the Financial Post
Policy-makers around the world are trying to strike the right balance between reducing emissions, promoting economic growth and keeping energy secure, affordable and reliable. Getting the balance right is especially important in a country, like Canada, that produces large amounts of energy both for export and for domestic consumption in a cold climate.
Energy forecasts and scenarios from agencies such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) can help inform governments’ energy policies and regulations. But they are only forecasts, and they shouldn’t be baked into economic policy, especially when doing so pre-emptively damages our most important export industry and a pillar of our living…
