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Business

Weaponizing potash against the U.S. could backfire

by Sylvain Charlebois | Aug 25, 2026

Saskatchewan would bear much of the damage if Ottawa decides to use potash as a weapon against the United States

Ottawa bet against fossil fuels and lost

by Jay Goldberg | Aug 25, 2026
Government’s short-term thinking comes at a high cost

by Perry Kinkaide | Aug 20, 2026
Ottawa could learn from Mexico about how to negotiate with Trump

by Marco Navarro-Genie | Aug 19, 2026
Canada’s entrepreneurial drought is a threat to its future

by David Smith and Lois Benham-Smith | Aug 19, 2026
Canada’s China strategy faces an Aug. 19 reckoning

by Scott McGregor | Aug 18, 2026

Ten myths standing in the way of supply management reform

by Sylvain Charlebois

Its economic distortions and recurring trade disputes make change increasingly difficult to avoid

Trump’s Iran blockade is sabotaging his push for cheap gas

by Rashid Husain Syed

Washington is drawing down its emergency oil reserves as the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues to keep pressure on oil prices

Big Oil cashed in on the war with Iran. Now Trump is facing the fallout

by Rashid Husain Syed

Trump says oil companies are making “too much money,” but taking on one of Washington’s most powerful industries carries political risks

Building energy corridors is the easy part

by Joseph Fournier

Nation-sized infrastructure means nothing if you sell the ownership to foreign investors before the concrete dries

One of Canada’s most resource-rich provinces is acting poor

by Pierre Gilbert

Manitoba isn’t poor because it lacks resources. It’s poor because it refuses to develop them

Supply management was meant to save Canadian dairy

by Sylvain Charlebois

Despite decades of protection, the number of dairy farms keeps falling. Supply management reform is becoming unavoidable

China’s changing energy habits are reshaping global oil markets

by Rashid Husain Syed

The biggest force in oil markets may no longer be supply but China’s falling demand

Trade deals signed under pressure rarely last

by Marc Lee

The latest U.S. tariffs show why waiting may be Canada’s strongest bargaining tool

Canada still trades like 13 separate countries

by Sylvain Charlebois

The premiers are celebrating a modest splash of progress on alcohol, but let’s be honest: they’re leaving the massive provincial dam standing firmly in place, keeping a truly free national market locked out