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As the international moratorium on taxing digital trade lapses, Canada and others seek to make it permanent through a controversial agreement

The following is a re-print of the February 2026 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…

As the U.S. and China compete for control of strategic minerals and technology, Canada should prioritize climate action over geopolitics.

Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.

Two Winnipeg deaths following paid-plasma donations at for-profit centres give urgency to provincial and federal responses

Business overwhelmingly backs the trade pact but with tensions related to tariffs, dispute panels, labour enforcement and Asian imports

Crunching the numbers on the announced cuts at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada shows a bloodbath in the making

Beyond the AI race, Canada must take real steps to create a sovereign and democratic AI—and do so in coordination with other middle powers

On International Women’s Day, a reminder of the work that remains to be done

Trade reforms pushed by U.S. producers and large retailers in the CUSMA review could further compromise domestic industry

Long-standing conflict between trade disciplines and economic support measures plague global green new deals

Looking at actual rates of new drug approvals shows the Canadian regulator does better than critics claim, although there is still room for improvement
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