Infrastructure is the missing link in Canada’s diversification strategy
The status quo on infrastructure could quickly compromise our ability to meet the moment and maximize our economic gain.
Having a defence industrial strategy is good, but we’ll also need to know what to do with it
Canada should leverage its geographic advantage—far from Europe’s front lines—along with its close relationship with Ukraine and its willingness to invest heavily to develop advanced drone and anti-drone capabilities that can be shared with and sold to allies.
The EV revolution: baby steps and tinkering won’t get us to the podium
Until Elon Musk presents Donald Trump with an all-electric, gilt-coloured Trumpmobile, our auto sector remains at the mercy of a grumpy old man’s prejudices and his fondness for supportive oil billionaires.
Trade diversification always failed, this time could be different
While Canada’s digital services exports have grown rapidly, they have not grown as rapidly as those of peers with similar levels of AI research expertise or GDP.
Diversifying Canada’s trade and ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ share in the opportunity
Diversifying our trade partners is not a slogan; it’s a practical shift in how we produce, move, and sell Canadian goods and services. It’s also a test of whether our growth agenda is inclusive especially for Indigenous peoples whose leadership and entrepreneurship are essential to long-term prosperity.
Canada can’t trade on hope
Canada does not have the luxury of moving slowly. Because the world is getting less stable—and our closest trading partner is getting less predictable.
To diversify trade, ditch the ideological baggage
Canada’s trade diversification policy amounts to signing more old school free trade and investment deals as quickly, and with as little debate, as possible.
Canada’s trade diversification challenge: navigating a monumental shift
The U.S. market is a natural home for Canadian exports. Diversification requires unwinding this integration while maintaining the economic lifeline it provides.
Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts
Canada has ‘baseline difficulties in building new trade assets,’ says Carlo Dade, director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary.
‘He comes from our side’: Writers’ Union CEO calls Solomon an AI ‘cheerleader,’ asks him to slow down strategy
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has previously said he expects to table his new AI strategy in the first quarter of 2026.
