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Democrats’ disastrous presidential campaign shows how not to defeat the far right
“We just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America,” said incoming Vice-President JD Vance, standing alongside a triumphant…
What does the U.S. election mean for Canadian climate action?
The United States is the second largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the world after China, and it is the country with the greatest cumulative responsibility for climate…
Kamala Harris is a breakthrough for representation—but representation is not enough
Moving often means downsizing and making little decisions about what comes with you and what stays. As I was preparing to move from Montreal to…
Biden’s Buy American plans should inspire—not scare—Canada
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The Swiss origins of the U.S.–Canada aluminum fight
The aluminum spat between the United States and Canada, as urgent as it seemed a few weeks ago, will have faded from most people’s minds…
Canada must be tough on new U.S. aluminum tariffs
Photo by ccbarr, Flickr Creative Commons On August 6, a mere five weeks after the Canada–U.S.–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) entered into force, the Trump administration announced…
Getting a grip on essential medical supplies
A version of this blog was published as an op ed in the Toronto Star. Canadians won a reprieve when the Trump administration and 3M, a…
Reflections on my big Obama moment
In January, I joined more than 6,000 people at the Toronto Convention Centre to hear former U.S. president Barack Obama speak about “the future of…
Why high U.S. drug prices matter to Canada
Photo by ccPixs.com, Flickr Creative Commons. In the mid-1970s the average monthly cost of a cancer drug in the United States was about $100. By 1995 that…
USMCA strikes a welcome blow against investor-state dispute settlement
At CCPA we have been poring over the nearly 2,000-page USMCA text. In the weeks and months to come we will be providing analysis of key…
The US wants a NAFTA deal this month; Canada should say no
Lighthizer, Guajardo and Freeland feeling the NAFTA love in April.For the past four weeks, NAFTA negotiators in Washington, D.C., have been working around the clock…
Trump embraces the NAFTA disaster
Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the United States from the TPP, January 23, 2017 (White House)
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