Ottawa holds all the cards on carbon pricing - Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Ontario premier-designate Doug Ford is getting all the attention right now for his promise to abandon the province’s cap-and-trade policy. But it’s the federal government that retains the most powerful lever in the ongoing carbon-pricing debate in Canada; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to be strategic in how he uses it.
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Submitted by vinh.tran onTrump Deploys Uncertainty as Trade Weapon
June 19, 2018—The Trump Administration is deploying uncertainty as a new weapon in trade protection, according to an analysis published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Weaponizing Uncertainty” authors Meredith Crowley and Dan Ciuriak show that uncertainty acts like a non-tariff barrier that impedes trade and investment.
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Submitted by Laura.Bouchard onHow to modernize Canada’s health care in the digital age - Globe and Mail Op-Ed
At the heart of health care are face-to-face interactions between health professionals and their patients and families. That is what makes it the ultimate “bricks and mortar” industry.
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Rosalie Wyonch on The Agenda - Fiscal Discipline, Where Art Thou?
In this election campaign there is an absence of fiscal discipline from all parties - especially from the PCs where the electorate can usually find it. The Agenda discusses which party is showing the most fiscal restraint with economist Don Drummond and Rosalie Wyonch of the C.D.