Canada needs more ‘economic patriotism,’ like the United States

The United States is dressing up its massive programs to boost the U.S. economy, including its increasingly protectionist mentality, as 'economic patriotism.' If this is the game the U.S. is playing, maybe Canada needs more 'economic patriotism' too.

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, pictured Feb. 23, 2021, delivering a virtual joint press statement with Canadian Prime Minister Justin in the East Room of the White House. 'Under my leadership, the United States can and will lead the worlds in manufacturing once again,' Biden said last week, following the announcement by Hanwha Q CELLS.Official White House Photograph by Adam Schultz

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

January 16, 2023

TORONTO—If the world needed a reminder of what it is up against, it came this past week with the announcement by a South Korean firm Hanwha Q Cells that it will invest US$2.5-billion to build an entire solar-manufacturing supply chain in the United States. Not only is it t...

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