Canada's (Changing?) Role in the World

At what may be a make-or-break moment in the trade talks, Canada must decide how much it is willing to concede in exchange for greater economic stability. Would Ottawa accept some tariffs in return for more predictability on steel, aluminum and autos? How will Mexico and deeply integrated North Ame…

Canada has spent more than half a century talking about diversifying its trade. Donald Trump’s assault on the Canada-U.S. economic relationship has made the old “Third Option” newly urgent – but the numbers remain sobering. Modelling discussed in this episode suggests that even a successful push wo…

Canada and the United States have gone over the tariff cliff. Was walking away really the only acceptable choice? Now can Canada retaliate without doing ourselves harm or alienating those American businesses and consumers who may be its best allies? And, will emergency support help vulnerable firms…

Canada’s universal healthcare system remains a major social and economic asset. But years of tightly controlling costs have also left it with too few beds, too little resilience, burned-out health professionals and patients rationed through wait times. We may have made health care financially susta…