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Algoma Steel layoffs signal it’s time for Canada to up its game on trade and industrial policy
Algoma Steel’s announcement that it will lay off more than 1,000 workers in Sault Ste Marie is just the latest in a string of bad…
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative…
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CUSMA 2.no
Submission from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives to the Government of Canada consultation on the mandated review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)
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Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need
As the Trumpocalypse lays waste to what was left of the rules-based international trading order, countries are under pressure to diversify their trade relationships. In…
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Elbows Up Economic Summit
Donald Trump’s trade war and other attacks on Canadian sovereignty have exposed the vulnerabilities of Canada’s economy, 35 years after our first free trade deal…
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Elbows up, or bend the knee?
International political discourse in 2025 has been haunted by the spectre of Donald Trump and his brute force reshaping of global trade relationships to the…
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Canada needs a crown corporation for vehicle production
Donald Trump is an existential threat to Canada’s auto sector. As he bluntly stated during a meeting with the prime minister in May, “we don’t…
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Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy
U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine…
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Internal trade stunt puts Canada’s inshore fisheries at risk
Canada’s deleted CFTA fisheries exception Sector: FisheriesSub-Sector: Fishing; services incidental to fishing Industry Classification: CPC 04, 882 Type of Exception: Article 201 (Non-Discrimination), Article 301 (Right of Entry…
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Canada’s fight over digital sovereignty is just getting started
U.S. President Donald Trump and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are both infamous for their unfiltered and disinformation-laden use of social media. This routine spreading…
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It’s time to rethink Canada’s approach to U.S. trade negotiations
July 21 was supposed to be Canada’s deadline to secure a new trade and security agreement with the United States. What it got instead was…
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To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel
Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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