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Canada’s secret weapon in U.S. trade war? Trump’s billionaire backers
Donald Trump’s first presidency was marked by an open-door policy for billionaires seeking favourable policies. His second term promises a deeper entrenchment of oligarchic power.
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The Monitor – Spring 2025
These days, there are many reminders to hold on to this one precious thing: our democracy. Not just ticking a box at election time, but working in between elections to protect the systems in place to safeguard our democracy.
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Canadian tech bros are taking a page out of their U.S. brethrens’ playbook
Looking down south at the state of American politics, you wouldn’t think there is much Canadians would want to emulate. Yet an increasingly vocal faction…
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How a small border community in Quebec built a support network for asylum seekers
In the Fall of 2017, a small group of activists in Hemmingford, Quebec, began standing in solidarity with asylum seekers crossing into Quebec from the…
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Canada should learn from Plan Mexico to respond to Trump
With U.S. President Donald Trump having implemented near-universal 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports, politicians and pundits have focused on ensuring Canada remains “competitive”…
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The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade…
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Mexico’s CUSMA loss is a warning to New Zealand
The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which succeeded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in July 2020, contains a number of changes that address some common…
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Trump’s tariff threats are here to stay—Scott Moe and Danielle Smith can’t change that
As Premier Scott Moe makes the rounds in Washington attempting to negotiate an end to the Trump tariff threat, the U.S. administration announced 25 per…
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What Saskatchewan’s history teaches us about dealing with the Trump threat
While the immediate danger of a 25 percent Tariff on Canadian exports to the US have been “paused,” the threat remains. Indeed, for the foreseeable…
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Can BC maintain its climate policies in the face of Trump’s tariff threats?
Even though they’re currently on pause, the threat of Trump tariffs has sent shockwaves through the Canadian economy. British Columbia’s exports to the United States,…
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A dozen radical responses to Trump’s economic warfare that go beyond Canadian counter-tariffs
The belief that economic integration with the United States—epitomized by the 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and finally…
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Webinar: Experts put the tariffs and economic impact into perspective
Trump’s tariffs on Canada are on pause—for now. For at least another month, the looming threat of a disastrous trade war is suspended. But the…
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