Minister Baird’s announcement on April 29 of a $550 million loan to the State of Michigan to help ensure the construction of a new bridge is an incredibly important step in ensuring the problems at the Detroit Windsor Border Crossing are solved.
Thank god for the Chinese: not only do they make useful stuff and sell it indiscriminately to whoever can pay for it (and who can’t?), they have also become convenient scapegoats for our economic anguish. You see, the current economic crisis has absolutely nothing to do with Central Bank mandated cheap credit, regulatory mismanagement of [...]
Why does Canada suffer when its currency rises vis-a-vis its main customer, but the Australians don’t? And why can the Australians export stuff to China, but Canada can’t?
So finally the U.S. accepts ‘premise’ of Buy American exemption for Canada, and it seems quite likely that Canadian companies will again be allowed to bid for stimulus funds in the US. Why is there even a debate? How is it possible that in the 21st century, anybody would seriously advocate Mercantilism? It seems that [...]

