Category: Business

Business

Canada’s China strategy faces an Aug. 19 reckoning

by Scott McGregor | Aug 18, 2026

Selling more to China makes economic sense, but relying too heavily on Beijing could put our vital U.S. relationship at risk

Ten myths standing in the way of supply management reform

by Sylvain Charlebois | Aug 17, 2026
Trump’s Iran blockade is sabotaging his push for cheap gas

by Rashid Husain Syed | Aug 17, 2026
Big Oil cashed in on the war with Iran. Now Trump is facing the fallout

by Rashid Husain Syed | Aug 13, 2026
Building energy corridors is the easy part

by Joseph Fournier | Aug 11, 2026
One of Canada’s most resource-rich provinces is acting poor

by Pierre Gilbert | Aug 7, 2026

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

Alberta is betting billions on an unpredictable AI future

by Doug Firby

The province is making a multibillion-dollar wager that demand for massive AI data centres will keep growing

The next oil shock could hit even harder

by Rashid Husain Syed

Oil reserves have plummeted to historic lows following recent Middle East supply shocks, leaving global crude markets dangerously exposed to new crises

What a struggling church can teach business owners

by David Fuller

How can you know what needs fixing if you don’t know why your customers or parishioners are leaving?

Political posturing won’t stop Trump’s tariffs

by Sylvain Charlebois

Ottawa has confused public messaging with effective trade negotiation

Ottawa’s industrial policy comes at the Prairies’ expense

by Marco Navarro-Genie

Prairie farmers are forced to foot the bill for the industrial failures in Central Canada