The other day I was asked a question on twitter which for the life of me I could not fit an answer in to 140 characters. The question was in relation to the current and coming unrest. Time waits for no one. But what will come first? True reform and ret…

Almost exactly one year ago I wrote a piece on my old blog about Canada’s economic situation. In it I concluded there were two possible outcomes in the medium term: So Canada, we have a big decision ahead of us. Do we decouple the CAD from the US…

Canada is divided, perhaps more than the heyday of the Quebec separatist movement. There’s a divide between generations thanks to the budget and there’s a divide between eastern and western Canada and the economic differences and difficulti…

That’s why our exports to the U.K. have tripled over a decade!

A new age has dawned in the Americas. The Monroe Doctrine, a policy established by the United States ostensibly to keep European imperialists out of the Western Hemisphere but which eventually deteriorated into an instrument to maintain American domina…

We have a problem, and it dates back to well before the Great Recession

An extraordinary speech today from Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Since it draws…

Council of Canadians staff are now combing through the almost 500-page Budget 2012 and we will be issuing our second “media availability” release shortly so that campaigners may be contacted for interviews on the budget measures, including:
The Canadia…

The Globe and Mail sniffs in outraged offense at the peons daring to inconvenience or insult their betters. Consider contacting the Globe and Mails and expressing how you feel about this display of patrician disdain.  Try to avoid any temptin…

This past week, Trade Campaigner Stuart Trew participated in a European Lobby Busting Tour exposing Canada’s confuse and bully campaign against a European climate policy. Stuart was joined by Hannah McKinnon (Climate Action Network Canada). Chie…

My recent column suggested that Canada implement a “Buy Canadian” strategy associated with major natural resource developments, with the goal of enhancing Canadian content in the overall value chain. Can we utilize our strong foothold in resource extra…

How refreshing it was to open Monday’s Globe and Mail and actually see good news from the Canadian manufacturing heartland. Greg Keenan reported on the expansion of Hitachi’s factory in Guelph, Ont., that makes enormous trucks for mining operations; th…

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The Prime Minister’s trip to China last week sparked a flurry of media coverage regarding prospects for “closer” economic ties between Canada and China. Some even speculated that another free trade agreement is in the works (as soon as the Harper gover…

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By Jason Fekete BEIJING — China and Canada declared Thursday that bilateral relations have reached “a new level” following a series of multibillion-dollar trade and business agreements to ship additional Canadian petroleum, uranium and other products to the Asian superpower. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership said Thursday their new energy and economic [...]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is basking in the uncritical media reporting of his state visit to China. His “open for business” message has been very well received in Beijing where he has just signed a slew of trade and investment deals in energy, agri…