- Home
- Topics
- Regions
- Magazines
-
-
-
The Monitor
A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
-
-
-
-
Our Schools/Our Selves
A guide to standing up to book bans and beyond, and how to protect and strengthen public education in Canada
-
-
-
-
- Media Inquiries
- Subscribe
- Legacy Gifts
- About
- Contact
- Donate Now
- Donate Now
Trade and Investment Research Project
Expert research on international trade and investment treaties and globalization
The Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP) is an independently funded project administered by the CCPA. TIRP pools the trade policy research resources and expertise of Canadian non-governmental organizations from a variety of sectors. It produces expert research on a wide range of important trade and investment policy issues.
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone. Make a donation today.
-
There are no trade risks to becoming an Apartheid Free Community
Debunking the myths about Canada’s trade-based procurement restrictions
-
Trump’s war on Canadian cultural policy
Why the Online News Act and Online Streaming Act are in the crosshairs of the CUSMA review
-
Digital divergence splits another WTO ministerial
As the international moratorium on taxing digital trade lapses, Canada and others seek to make it permanent through a controversial agreement
-
Do trade deals put public health care up for sale?
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
-
Is the U.S. coming for Canada’s dairy supply management?
Trade reforms pushed by U.S. producers and large retailers in the CUSMA review could further compromise domestic industry
-
World Trade Organization strikes down climate industrial strategy again
Long-standing conflict between trade disciplines and economic support measures plague global green new deals
-
Masters in our own house: Foreign ownership and investment trends in Canada
How much does foreign capital own in the Canadian economy—and how much Canadian capital do we export abroad?
-
Where is the Mexican right wing?
A review of The Right Doesn’t exist (But there it is) by Alex González Ormerod
-
U.S. Supreme Court complicates—but does not end—Trump’s trade war
The impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on Canada, Mexico and the CUSMA review
-
Time for a wartime industrial strategy in Canada
A national industrial policy could unite Canada in the face of growing external threats from the Unites States
-
Canada’s new UAE trade and investment deal is bad news
Canada is acting as a middleman, not a middle power—serving as a conduit for profits from human rights abuses and fossil fuels
-
Canada must strengthen its China EV deal to protect autoworkers
Canada can’t import its way to net-zero, or to a better trading model. It needs to build here at home.
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates