Canada & The 21st Century
- Donald Trump has re-energized the feeling of Canadians for their country—their patriotism—and restored pride in our accomplishments. This gives us a great opportunity now
- Donald Trump has re-energized the feeling of Canadians for their country—their patriotism—and restored pride in our accomplishments. This gives us a great opportunity now
- Donald Trump has re-energized the feeling of Canadians for their country—their patriotism—and restored pride in our accomplishments. This gives us a great opportunity now
- We have to build a new economy, one that—through innovation and productivity—will enable us to diversify our economy, create good jobs, and generate the
- We have to build a new economy, one that—through innovation and productivity—will enable us to diversify our economy, create good jobs, and generate the
- We have to build a new economy, one that—through innovation and productivity—will enable us to diversify our economy, create good jobs, and generate the
- It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to
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- It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to
- It will take a strong will to defend our interests, particularly since there may be strong pressure here at home to cave in to
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- Instead, we should focus on a nation-building strategy to transform our economy, identifying and pursuing our best chances for a post-Trump world.
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- Instead, we should focus on a nation-building strategy to transform our economy, identifying and pursuing our best chances for a post-Trump world.
- Instead, we should focus on a nation-building strategy to transform our economy, identifying and pursuing our best chances for a post-Trump world.
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- The big question will be how much pain we are ready to endure before acceding to Trump's demands, and how much we are prepared
- The big question will be how much pain we are ready to endure before acceding to Trump's demands, and how much we are prepared
- The big question will be how much pain we are ready to endure before acceding to Trump's demands, and how much we are prepared
- Given the huge threats to our future—of which Donald Trump is just one—Canada needs a leader with extensive economic experience, something which both Justin
- Given the huge threats to our future—of which Donald Trump is just one—Canada needs a leader with extensive economic experience, something which both Justin
- Given the huge threats to our future—of which Donald Trump is just one—Canada needs a leader with extensive economic experience, something which both Justin
- It’s time our existing government to act like a real one until the next election so that more can be done over the coming
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- It’s time our existing government to act like a real one until the next election so that more can be done over the coming
- It’s time our existing government to act like a real one until the next election so that more can be done over the coming
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- At a time when global co-operation is urgently needed, we are living in a mercantilist or zero-sum world.
- At a time when global co-operation is urgently needed, we are living in a mercantilist or zero-sum world.
- At a time when global co-operation is urgently needed, we are living in a mercantilist or zero-sum world.
- Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot
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- Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot
- Building a new defence industrial base, with a core of advanced Canadian companies with global prospects for their technologies, is an opportunity we cannot
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- So while we should take Trump seriously, we have to make sure that the Trump administration understands that Canada has cards, too.
- So while we should take Trump seriously, we have to make sure that the Trump administration understands that Canada has cards, too.
- So while we should take Trump seriously, we have to make sure that the Trump administration understands that Canada has cards, too.
- Despite Donald Trump, Canada will have policymaking room to do more of what we need to do, if we are ready to try. We
- Despite Donald Trump, Canada will have policymaking room to do more of what we need to do, if we are ready to try. We
- Despite Donald Trump, Canada will have policymaking room to do more of what we need to do, if we are ready to try. We
- The best outcome of a new Trump administration is that Canadians will wake up to take greater charge of their own future.
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- The best outcome of a new Trump administration is that Canadians will wake up to take greater charge of their own future.
- The best outcome of a new Trump administration is that Canadians will wake up to take greater charge of their own future.
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- We have to work much more seriously, and much more strategically for our own national interest.
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- We have to work much more seriously, and much more strategically for our own national interest.
- We have to work much more seriously, and much more strategically for our own national interest.
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- We are far from the needed trajectory to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, but failure is not an option.
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- We are far from the needed trajectory to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, but failure is not an option.
- We are far from the needed trajectory to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, but failure is not an option.
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- If we fail to act with a sense of urgency we could end up as the poor attic of North America.
- If we fail to act with a sense of urgency we could end up as the poor attic of North America.
- If we fail to act with a sense of urgency we could end up as the poor attic of North America.
- The main driver of economic growth and rising productivity is technological progress, much of which comes from ambitious entrepreneurs. Supporting them should be a
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- The main driver of economic growth and rising productivity is technological progress, much of which comes from ambitious entrepreneurs. Supporting them should be a
- The main driver of economic growth and rising productivity is technological progress, much of which comes from ambitious entrepreneurs. Supporting them should be a
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- We're in the midst of a disruptive industrial revolution, facing daunting prospects if we fail to deal with climate change, and must accommodate an
- We're in the midst of a disruptive industrial revolution, facing daunting prospects if we fail to deal with climate change, and must accommodate an
- We're in the midst of a disruptive industrial revolution, facing daunting prospects if we fail to deal with climate change, and must accommodate an
- A recent British study argues that one of the top issues for U.K. innovation and industrial policy is the early sale of promising new science
- A recent British study argues that one of the top issues for U.K. innovation and industrial policy is the early sale of promising new science
- A recent British study argues that one of the top issues for U.K. innovation and industrial policy is the early sale of promising new science
- The U.S. streamers will do all they can to weaken and defeat the Online Streaming Act and its effort to strengthen Canadian identity.
- The U.S. streamers will do all they can to weaken and defeat the Online Streaming Act and its effort to strengthen Canadian identity.
- The U.S. streamers will do all they can to weaken and defeat the Online Streaming Act and its effort to strengthen Canadian identity.
- The European Union's recent report sets out priorities, a plan, and an estimated cost. This is what we need: something solid and serious for
- The European Union's recent report sets out priorities, a plan, and an estimated cost. This is what we need: something solid and serious for
- The European Union's recent report sets out priorities, a plan, and an estimated cost. This is what we need: something solid and serious for
- Mark Carney’s task force may improve things at the margins, but we will need much more than a short-term project.
- Mark Carney’s task force may improve things at the margins, but we will need much more than a short-term project.
- Mark Carney’s task force may improve things at the margins, but we will need much more than a short-term project.
- On EVs, the feds ignored the process of implementing trade defensive measures, and instead adopted a secretive process to simply appropriate an arbitrary U.S.
- On EVs, the feds ignored the process of implementing trade defensive measures, and instead adopted a secretive process to simply appropriate an arbitrary U.S.
- On EVs, the feds ignored the process of implementing trade defensive measures, and instead adopted a secretive process to simply appropriate an arbitrary U.S.
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Our government, supported by the official opposition, is doing more harm than good by ignoring due process and undermining the global rules-based system.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- Providing patient, long-term capital for our future winners is critical.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- More Canadian talent will be motivated to move south unless we can do much better on innovation and productivity.
- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
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- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
- If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians
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- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
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- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
- Donald Trump would once again pull the U.S. out of global climate commitments and negotiations under the 2015 Paris Accord, recently calling it a 'rip-off
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- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause
- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
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- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
- A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
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- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Innovation is about bringing new ideas to market. This, built on technological progress and investment in intangibles, is the key source of productivity-boosting economic
- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
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- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
- Would it be better to have a bad deal than no deal at all? The very question would test Canadian unity.
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- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
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- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
- What's missing is a strong sense of patriotism—a pride in what we have accomplished as a country, a love of country, and a commitment
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- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- The big issues facing Canada will likely be sidelined since neither Liberals nor Conservatives want to face up to them even though this country’s
- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
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- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
- We need to be more innovative. But innovation takes place in companies, and if you don’t have them, you don’t have the innovation. That’s our
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- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
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- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
- We know that life on Earth will become more difficult if we fail to act with a heightened sense of urgency, But we also
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- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind
- We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind