Published in The Globe and Mail. The supply chains serving Canadian markets cannot seem to catch a break. Over the past five years, they have been battered by global economic uncertainties, due diligence legislations and domestic logistical bottlenecks. Now, with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump vowing to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on all imports from Canada […]
To: Our Faithful Readers Date: January 2, 2025 Re: Intelligence Memos: 2024 in Review Intelligence memos are a key way C.D. Howe Institute researchers share their insights about current events. And 2024 had no shortage of material: Canada’s healthcare struggles, housing affordability, the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight, a host of questionable fiscal policies from Ottawa and the […]
With 2024 almost behind us, Michael Hainsworth shares some of the CDHI podcast’s most fascinating interviews and policy conversations during the course of a tumultuous year. Featuring: Wilbur Ross, Conrad Black, Martha Hall Findlay, John Baird, John Manley, Jason Kenney, John Tory, Mitzie Hunter, Rosalie Wyonch, Jane Philpott, Michelle Alexopoulos, Jeremy Kronick, Heather Evans, A.J. […]
An Overview: From early 2023 through mid-2024, the C.D. Howe Institute convened a Supply Chain Working Group comprised of experts and stakeholders across Canada. Stemming from the presentations and discussions at the group’s four meetings and associated research, this preliminary report identifies six key action areas requiring collaboration between governments, industry, and labour to enhance […]
From: Lawrence Herman To: Trade observers Date: December 18, 2024 Re: Canada’s CUSMA Conundrum Donald Trump’s tariff threats and outrageous insults puts paid to the notion that Canada and the US have some kind of “special relationship.” He’s resoundingly destroyed the idea, as described by President John Kennedy many years ago when addressing the Canadian […]
Published in La Presse. « Si je menace de me faire éclater la cervelle sur votre costume neuf à moins que vous me donniez la dernière toast, le fait que vous me donniez ou non la toast dépendra de la connaissance que vous avez des moyens que j’ai pris pour mettre ma menace à exécution, […]
From: Christopher Worswick To: Concerned Canadians Date: December 9, 2024 Re: Let’s Grab a Labour Mobility Win from the Trump Trade Turbulence Last month Donald Trump said he’d impose a 25-percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico. Next, he reportedly joked that, if Canada cannot bear the economic consequences of the tariff, then it should become America’s “51st state.” […]
To: Canadian Businesses with US InterestsFrom: Gitane De Silva and Grant SpragueDate: December 3, 2024Re: Preparing Organizations for Changes in the Canada-US Relationship In the first weeks since Donald Trump’s re-election, there was no shortage of speculation and commentary on what this might mean for Canada and our economy. Now we know. His 25-percent tariff […]
• With protectionism on the rise, Canada needs a national supply chain strategy to increase the efficiency and resiliency of its supply chains in the face of future global shocks and internal hazards.• Canada’s prosperity is at stake. Well-functioning supply chains are key to addressing problems such as affordability, competitiveness and security, whose resolution is […]
From: Lawrence Herman To: Trade observers Date: December 2, 2024 Re: Shooting Ourselves in the Trade Foot Just when the Americans have elected an aggressive president and just before the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement is due for re-negotiation, the Liberal government, with all-party agreement, supports an egregiously protectionist piece of legislation that will only make Canada’s political problems with the Trump […]
From: Lawrence Herman To: Trade watchers Date: November 29, 2024 Re: Addressing the Lack of “National Security” in Canada’s Trade Laws Key Canadian trade laws do not refer to “national security” as a factor that allows Canada to counter threats from imports of goods or services. Given the state of world affairs and the challenges Canada faces from aggressive […]
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Published in The Globe and Mail. The supply chains serving Canadian markets cannot seem to catch a break. Over the past five years, they have been battered by global economic uncertainties, due diligence legislations and domestic logistical bottlenecks. Now, with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump vowing to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on all imports from Canada […] 
To: Our Faithful Readers Date: January 2, 2025 Re: Intelligence Memos: 2024 in Review Intelligence memos are a key way C.D. Howe Institute researchers share their insights about current events. And 2024 had no shortage of material: Canada’s healthcare struggles, housing affordability, the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight, a host of questionable fiscal policies from Ottawa and the […] 
With 2024 almost behind us, Michael Hainsworth shares some of the CDHI podcast’s most fascinating interviews and policy conversations during the course of a tumultuous year. Featuring: Wilbur Ross, Conrad Black, Martha Hall Findlay, John Baird, John Manley, Jason Kenney, John Tory, Mitzie Hunter, Rosalie Wyonch, Jane Philpott, Michelle Alexopoulos, Jeremy Kronick, Heather Evans, A.J. […] 
An Overview: From early 2023 through mid-2024, the C.D. Howe Institute convened a Supply Chain Working Group comprised of experts and stakeholders across Canada. Stemming from the presentations and discussions at the group’s four meetings and associated research, this preliminary report identifies six key action areas requiring collaboration between governments, industry, and labour to enhance […] 
From: Lawrence Herman To: Trade observers Date: December 18, 2024 Re: Canada’s CUSMA Conundrum Donald Trump’s tariff threats and outrageous insults puts paid to the notion that Canada and the US have some kind of “special relationship.” He’s resoundingly destroyed the idea, as described by President John Kennedy many years ago when addressing the Canadian […] 
Published in La Presse. « Si je menace de me faire éclater la cervelle sur votre costume neuf à moins que vous me donniez la dernière toast, le fait que vous me donniez ou non la toast dépendra de la connaissance que vous avez des moyens que j’ai pris pour mettre ma menace à exécution, […] 
From: Christopher Worswick To: Concerned Canadians Date: December 9, 2024 Re: Let’s Grab a Labour Mobility Win from the Trump Trade Turbulence Last month Donald Trump said he’d impose a 25-percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico. Next, he reportedly joked that, if Canada cannot bear the economic consequences of the tariff, then it should become America’s “51st state.” […] 
• With protectionism on the rise, Canada needs a national supply chain strategy to increase the efficiency and resiliency of its supply chains in the face of future global shocks and internal hazards.• Canada’s prosperity is at stake. Well-functioning supply chains are key to addressing problems such as affordability, competitiveness and security, whose resolution is […] 
has practiced international trade and investment law and policy in government and in the private sector for over 50 years.””