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Carney vs Carney: Desperately seeking certainty

Posted on October 24, 2025 by bhaggart

Canada is trapped in an unacknowledged debate over the nature of the US crisis, with PM Carney’s words on one side and his actions on the other. Continue reading →

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Guest post: Natasha Tusikov on why Canada needs to rethink its regulatory dependence on the US

Posted on August 28, 2025 by bhaggart

For all of Mark Carney’s talk about how Canada needs to reduce its reliance on the United States, he’s been conspicuously silent on the governance links that create and maintain our interdependence. Regulatory cooperation, as Natasha highlights, is a big part of these links. We need to start taking it seriously. That starts with coming up with a plan to deal with the fallout of the U.S. evisceration of its domestic regulatory frameworks. Continue reading →

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It’s far past time Canadians assessed Carney’s US strategy

Posted on June 30, 2025 by bhaggart

The Liberal decision to axe the digital services tax (DST) on large tech companies, set to go into effect today (June 30), is important not so much on its own terms, but what its elimination tells us about Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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Playing like it’s 1936

Posted on February 19, 2025 by bhaggart

US GM Bill Guerin’s invitation to Trump to attend the Canada-US 4 Nations final exposes the ugly side of sports nationalism. Continue reading →

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Rising to the occasion

Posted on February 7, 2025 by bhaggart

So the federal government is convening a industry-labour summit today to figure out, per the Globe and Mail, “how Canada can attract more investment, dismantle internal trade barriers and find new international customers as the threat of U.S. protectionism looms.” Continue reading →

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