Will we simply hope that our raw materials will sustain our prosperity? Or do we need to become aggressively proactive in building a new knowledge-based economy? The latter will take much greater effort than has been deployed so far.
The greatest threat to auto workers is the active U.S. trade war shuttering plants, not hypothetical Chinese competition.
The implementation agreement marks another step towards the construction of a new oil pipeline running from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast.
The sectors in which governments are now making significant long-term investments are those where women’s participation remains lowest.
Jeremy Hansen’s successful lunar mission and a new Nova Scotia launch pad are pushing Canada to confront its reliance on foreign partners for access to space.
Churchill, Man., holds a special place not just in the Canadian imagination, but in the hearts of people around the world. A revitalized shipping industry can proceed thoughtfully, in a way that protects polar bears and the other wildlife that make the region globally renowned.
Will lessons learned the hard way change the way we recalibrate our approach? Experimental sector revivals with big foreign players have not worked out, and likely never will.
With pressures from outside threats to our Arctic sovereignty from Russia, China, and the United States, as well as worries about the disappearance of polar bears and other impacts from climate change, we can now see that we must become an Arctic nation.
The reduction is a part of the federal government’s spending review, and impacts 17 organizations. BioCanRX president Dr. Stéphanie Michaud says the cut is ‘inconsistent’ with the government’s messaging on the importance of funding science.
The Conservative plan would remove GST from cars made in Canada, scrap the feds’ electric vehicle mandates, bring back tariffs on Chinese EVs, and more.
The German automaker ‘focuses on what makes sense for us,’ says a Volkswagen Group spokesperson, which Canadian industry leaders say is unsurprising given the ‘high stakes’ of the negotiations.
When automakers restrict access to diagnostic and repair data, they restrict consumer choice.
‘There has to be better alignment between the ITB policy and the needs of the Canadian Armed Forces,’ says former public servant Clem Srour.
Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ said Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.
U.S. President Donald Trump recently said in December that he may let CUSMA expire or work out another deal with Canada and Mexico.
The tightened tariff rate quotas for steel imports from non-free trade agreement partners will come into force on Dec. 26.
Without the domestic capacity, this new measure will instead drive up costs, delay critical infrastructure, and undermine the clean energy transition.
The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by those jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the federal government wants to accelerate the construction of the Alto High-Speed Rail, Canada’s first high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City.
The legal and economic constraints of the zero-emission vehicle mandate could reduce supply by thousands of vehicles, leaving significant consumer demand unmet.
The budget has positive measures, but it fails to provide a credible plan for the future. What is the Carney government’s vision for the future?
Our innovation system remains fragmented. Partnerships between universities, industry and government are often too ad hoc, funding cycles are short, and incentives are often misaligned.
At a time when the U.S. is increasingly focused on securing its own supply chains, approval of the merger may come to represent a serious misstep.
The real test will come with the delivery of Liberal commitments, which makes next month’s budget so important.
Since 2018, the strategy has helped over 400,000 women access financing, networks, and mentorship. Federal programs have provided over 25,000 loans to diverse women entrepreneurs.
As border tensions create investment uncertainty, innovation in Canada should look at trade diversification and focusing less on commodities, say innovation experts.
