1854: Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
As Simon Reisman and his team enter the final laps of the current free trade marathon we might remember the first time Canada entered into a free trade deal with the United States. Like today, the free trade move was sparked by…
Free Trade and Economics
Generally, academic economists are very supportive of free trade because it will increase per capita income. Contrary to the generally held public view of the matter, tariffs cannot increase employment or demand for goods.
Fall Puzzle
A Puzzle of Trade-Offs by A. Aalto
Giving Up On Canada
I believe that free trade with the United States is the most important economic, social, and political issue facing Canadians today. Its proponents argue that free trade will give us economic security in the short term and strengthen our economic base in…
We Must Protect Our Differences
The most useful statement so far on U.S.-Canada negotiations leading to a free trade area has been made by Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO – ‘the best time for free trade is when both economies are healthy’ — i.e. fully employed…
Canada-U.S. Trade
The PAFSO Professional Committee recently hosted its annual dinner-seminar on the Free Trade Debate.
Free Trade and Economic Diversification
A after years of argument, I think it is now agreed that Canada needs to diversify its economy and that reliance on primary products needs to be balanced by greater competitiveness in the growth sectors of high value-added goods and tradeable services.
Portrait of an Issue
The debate over closer economic links with the United States is as important to Canadians as was the debate over constitutional patriation and revision. Once again, Canada’s foreign service will be playing a leading role in seeking to secure an agreement on…
BCNI: National Issues Ahead of Business Concerns
Thomas d’Aquino is an Ottawa-based lawyer whose consulting firm, Intercounsel Ltd., is primarily oriented to international business. The Business Council on National Issues (BCNI) was originally one of Intercounsel’s clients between its formation in 1977 and 1981, when Mr. d’Aquino became the…
Hear the People
Richard Doyle was named to the Senate in March by Prime Minister Mulroney after a long career with the Globe and Mail. He is a member of the parliamentary committee looking at the foreign policy review. We asked him for his impressions…
