Why Canada can no longer trust U.S. regulatory agencies

Canada needs a sharp pivot away from its traditional regulatory reliance on the United States. We need to take bold action to strengthen our academic and scientific research, and build a world-leading data and regulatory capacity.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Canada can no longer rely on the U.S. for regulatory knowledge considering the deep cuts that are happening to government agencies under Trump's watch, writes Natasha Tusikov.Official White House photograph courtesy of Gabriel B. Kotico

Opinion

BY NATASHA TUSIKOV

August 21, 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 firing of the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics with a bad-faith allegation of manipulated data is another critical att...

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