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Our blasé approach to intelligence makes Canada a choice target
As published in The Globe and Mail Listening to national security adviser Jody Thomas’s testimony about Chinese interference in the House of Commons last week, everything I heard rang true. In my time in government as a senior diplomat, I […]
A message from North America’s CEOs: ‘Stronger Together’ is more than a slogan
As published in Policy Magazine Four months after the latest North American Leader’s Summit (NALS), or “Three Amigos” heads-of-government meeting was held in Mexico City, CEOs from Canada, the United States and Mexico met in Washington last week to adopt […]
Trudeau can’t keep juicing the economy with more spending
As published by the Financial Post The unexpected pick up in Canadian inflation last month — even if it turns out to be a blip — is a fresh reminder that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is facing a more […]
Believe it or not, Canada’s population will hit 40 million in June. It’s time we learned how to retain newcomers
As published by the Toronto Star Canada’s population is about to break the 40 million mark this June. Chief Statistician Anil Arora took to the stage last week to illustrate Canada’s surging society, and that number was his starting point […]
The business case for a smart transition
As published in Policy Magazine Alex Pourbaix prefers to talk about “diversification” rather than “energy transition” these days. As a longtime leader in the oil patch and now the executive chairman of Cenovus Energy Inc., Pourbaix has been at the […]
Chrystia Freeland must deliver on doctrine
As published in the Financial Post When Chrystia Freeland speaks, Canadian business leaders pay attention. When she speaks in Washington, they listen even more carefully. That’s because our deputy prime minister recently made the U.S. capital her venue of choice to tell […]
The difficulty in reading Canada’s economic tea leaves in a murky world of ‘what ifs’
As published in the Toronto Star The dissonance is almost commonplace nowadays when the job numbers come out the first Friday of every month. Canada’s unemployment rate is just five per cent — rock bottom, and that’s not just a […]
Federal budget’s tricky navigation between looming recession and a green future
As published in the Toronto Star The economic horizon must have been foreboding for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. As she put together her third budget and the Trudeau Liberals’ seventh, it wasn’t just the now-usual pandemic spillover, inflation and the global strife […]
A federal budget at a serious time
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Budget 2023: Canada’s economy faces mounting challenges – here’s how we overcome them
As published in The Globe and Mail As we approach the release of the federal budget, Canada is facing three converging and powerful challenges that require a coherent economic and fiscal strategy from the government. The first challenge is the […]