Tag: canada
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Carney brings great solutions, but is he misdiagnosing the problem?
This was published in the Globe and Mail on Nov. 26, 2025 Mark Carney’s economic agenda seeks to promote private investment by building infrastructure and providing more support to business – at least according to his speeches and the most recent budget. This approach echoes Stephen Harper’s 2006 strategy and differs markedly from Justin Trudeau’s vision of building a…
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The source of populism isn’t necessarily economics
(Published in the Globe and Mail on January 8th, 2025) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation this week, was pushed out for the same reason Donald Trump was again elected as U.S. president: growing populist discontent. And this goes beyond North America. Populist forces have recently had electoral successes in many other countries,…
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Trump is an opportunity for Ottawa to push politically difficult, but vital, policies
(This article was published in the Globe and Mail on Nov. 21st, 2024 Most analysts are concerned about the negative impact U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s economic policies, especially those on trade, could have on Canada. But there are also opportunities. We can turn the Trump election and the 2026 renegotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement…
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A new immigration challenge for Canada
This article was published in the Globe and Mail on November 6, 2024 Immigration was a key issue in the U.S. election campaign, and with both Democrats and Republicans campaigning on taking a tougher stand at the border, we should expect the United States to clamp down on the number of immigrants it allows in.…
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