Rail transportation problems have always been a concern, but they are about to become more vexing as Canada attempts to find alternatives to replace the unreliable U.S. market.
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Unfair trade war burden must be shared equally
We need to stick together to prevent the annexation of Canada by the U.S. That means sharing the burden of the trade war equally across all sectors and provinces.
Farmland rental agreements also upended by U.S. tariffs
Threatened U.S. tariffs may have been postponed until April, but many questions remain.
Farmers can play bigger role to boost Canada’s soft power
As Canada prepares for the worst when it comes to trade with the United States, forging stronger trading relationships with alternative markets is a top priority.
The time has come to end interprovincial trade barriers
It is ludicrous to continue living with east-west trade impediments even as our north-south trade hangs in the balance.
We must respond to Trump but try to avoid escalation
Canada should continue to work toward becoming the kind of trading partner that we would want to deal with
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t have a grand strategy — other than his stated objective to make things so uncomfortable for Canadians that they join the United States.
Trump takes Canada on a pointless roller coaster ride
Canadians are going to have to resist getting distracted at every twist and turn on the roller coaster.
Another week, another ride on the rollercoaster called U.S. president Donald Trump.
A belligerent U.S. is scary, but situation not hopeless
A new era of international trade is beginning as U.S. president Donald Trump prepares to launch trade wars, including with Canada. This isn’t something we should take personally. We are being drawn into a dispute that is not of our making. Nor is it an isolated event. Canada followed in good faith the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement […] Read more
Bunge-Viterra approval ignores farmers’ concerns
Prairie farmers must be bitterly disappointed in the news earlier this month that the federal government is approving Bunge’s acquisition of Viterra, despite their strong opposition to the deal. One can’t help but wonder what more they could have done to make Ottawa recognize their concerns. Sure, the usual conditions were put on the transaction, […] Read more
Concept of Canada hard to define but worth defending
The world’s longest undefended border is attracting a great deal of attention these days, ever since certain folks south of that border began talking about taking an eraser to it. A foreign policy analyst recently dismissed as “trash talk” multiple musings by U.S. president Donald Trump about the merits of his country annexing its northern […] Read more
