To: Concerned CanadiansFrom: Brian LewisDate: May 9, 2025Re: Charting Canada’s Post-Election Economic Course The votes are in, and Canada’s 45th federal election has delivered a strong minority government that appears stable enough to govern with confidence – though not unchecked – for the next few years. The timing is critical: With global uncertainty rising and structural […]
Published in the Financial Post. Canadians often complain that many of our brightest stars move south. The list of distinguished expats is long and impressive: artists, academics, entrepreneurs, managers, athletes and more. The phrase “brain drain” is familiar to all of us. Thanks to President Donald Trump, Canada has an unprecedented opportunity to reverse the […]
To: The new Government of CanadaFrom: Charles DeLand and Colin BusbyDate: May 1, 2025Re: Making National Unity Priority # 1: A Plan to Engage the West Mark Carney’s election victory gives him a sizeable minority government that now gets to deliver on a platform to spark economic growth, sew national unity, and deal with Donald Trump. […]
To: Economy watchersFrom: John LesterDate: April 30, 2025Re: Canada’s Next Government Must Find Additional Fixes for the Productivity Problem About a year ago, Carolyn Rogers, senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, declared Canada’s productivity problem a national emergency. Judging from their election platforms, Canada’s major political parties did not get the message. Job one is clearly […]
A fast-paced look at overnight developments and breaking business news affecting today’s financial markets. Join BNN Bloomberg and William B.P. Robson on analysis of the federal election.
From: Don Drummond and William B.P. Robson To: Canadian economy observersDate: April 28, 2025Re: Voters Deserved Better from Three Major Election Platforms There were three economic issues we suggested last week that Canadians should ask going into today’s election: Addressing the country’s decades-long economic decline, increasing our resilience in the face of US trade aggression, and making […]
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Trade war watchersDate: April 24, 2025Re: Reimagining Canada’s Trade Strategy in Response to US Pressures The C.D. Howe Institute’s report on Canada’s response to intensifying US trade pressures offers a pragmatic blueprint centered on economic de-risking, strategic diplomacy, and safeguarding existing trade frameworks like CUSMA/USMCA. Its recommendations – strengthening economic foundations, restrained retaliation, support for tariff-affected […]
To: Canada’s Next GovernmentFrom: John LesterDate: April 22, 2025Re: Responding to Trump’s Trade War Donald Trump’s decision to pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days doesn’t affect Canada. We still face the previously announced 25 percent tariff on all imports that don’t comply with the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement and additional levies on autos, aluminum, steel, oil and potash that will seriously […]
From: Lawrence HermanTo: Trade observersDate: April 16, 2025Re: Ottawa has the Power to Free Interprovincial Trade. It Must Use It At his news conference following Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcements on April 3, Prime Minister Mark Carney repeated the point he had been making for weeks: Removing internal trade barriers across the country would be part of his […]
Published in The Hub. In geopolitics, the strong are rarely threatened, much less attacked. As we weigh the options for the future of our country in the midst of a federal election, Canada finds itself a target from our neighbour to the south because we are economically weak. The good news is that our weakness […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Alexandre Laurin and theZoomer panel tackle the battle over benefits, ballots, and the future of Canada in this pre-election special.
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Concerned Canadians Date: April 3, 2025Re: Let’s Not Let This Crisis Go to Waste Faced with people who constantly threaten others, my father used to say: bien faire et laisser braire, which literally translates as “do a good job and let them bray.” Wartime Britain’s “keep calm and carry on,” now so popular, is another version. […]
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To: Concerned CanadiansFrom: Brian LewisDate: May 9, 2025Re: Charting Canada’s Post-Election Economic Course The votes are in, and Canada’s 45th federal election has delivered a strong minority government that appears stable enough to govern with confidence – though not unchecked – for the next few years. The timing is critical: With global uncertainty rising and structural […]
To: The new Government of CanadaFrom: Charles DeLand and Colin BusbyDate: May 1, 2025Re: Making National Unity Priority # 1: A Plan to Engage the West Mark Carney’s election victory gives him a sizeable minority government that now gets to deliver on a platform to spark economic growth, sew national unity, and deal with Donald Trump. […]
To: Economy watchersFrom: John LesterDate: April 30, 2025Re: Canada’s Next Government Must Find Additional Fixes for the Productivity Problem About a year ago, Carolyn Rogers, senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, declared Canada’s productivity problem a national emergency. Judging from their election platforms, Canada’s major political parties did not get the message. Job one is clearly […]
A fast-paced look at overnight developments and breaking business news affecting today’s financial markets. Join BNN Bloomberg and William B.P. Robson on analysis of the federal election. 
From: Don Drummond and William B.P. Robson To: Canadian economy observersDate: April 28, 2025Re: Voters Deserved Better from Three Major Election Platforms There were three economic issues we suggested last week that Canadians should ask going into today’s election: Addressing the country’s decades-long economic decline, increasing our resilience in the face of US trade aggression, and making […]
From: Harvey NaglieTo: Trade war watchersDate: April 24, 2025Re: Reimagining Canada’s Trade Strategy in Response to US Pressures The C.D. Howe Institute’s report on Canada’s response to intensifying US trade pressures offers a pragmatic blueprint centered on economic de-risking, strategic diplomacy, and safeguarding existing trade frameworks like CUSMA/USMCA. Its recommendations – strengthening economic foundations, restrained retaliation, support for tariff-affected […]
To: Canada’s Next GovernmentFrom: John LesterDate: April 22, 2025Re: Responding to Trump’s Trade War Donald Trump’s decision to pause his “reciprocal” tariffs for 90 days doesn’t affect Canada. We still face the previously announced 25 percent tariff on all imports that don’t comply with the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement and additional levies on autos, aluminum, steel, oil and potash that will seriously […]
From: Lawrence HermanTo: Trade observersDate: April 16, 2025Re: Ottawa has the Power to Free Interprovincial Trade. It Must Use It At his news conference following Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcements on April 3, Prime Minister Mark Carney repeated the point he had been making for weeks: Removing internal trade barriers across the country would be part of his […]
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Alexandre Laurin and theZoomer panel tackle the battle over benefits, ballots, and the future of Canada in this pre-election special.
From: Catherine BeaudryTo: Concerned Canadians Date: April 3, 2025Re: Let’s Not Let This Crisis Go to Waste Faced with people who constantly threaten others, my father used to say: bien faire et laisser braire, which literally translates as “do a good job and let them bray.” Wartime Britain’s “keep calm and carry on,” now so popular, is another version. […]