With NAFTA at risk, the name of the game’s now trade diversification

Having two trade ministers instead of one may make for good political optics—suggesting a lot more is being done even if it isn’t. But if Canada is to be more successful in the global economy it will take more than exhortations from Jim Carr and Mary Ng to export more.

The Trudeau government’s response to big challenges, it seems, is to appoint more cabinet ministers. Instead of having a Minister for International Trade, we now have a Minister for Export Promotion, Mary Ng, left, and a Minister for Trade Diversification, Jim Carr.The Hill Times photographs Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 6, 2018

TORONTO—The Trudeau government’s response to big challenges, it seems, is to appoint more cabinet ministers. Instead of having a Minister for International Trade, we now have a Minister for Trade Diversification, Jim Carr, and a Minister for Export Promotion, Mary Ng. We have yet to see how havi...

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