No Deal.
Canada and the U.S. have been signing, tearing up, and re-signing trade deals since before Canada was a country. It’s never been easy, really.
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Can the Canadian economy be fixed?
Ottawa has known about "deep and structural" problems in the transportation sector for years, but nothing has been done about it. Sound familiar?
How to properly evaluate a trade deal
If you are wondering who won or lost in the Canada-US trade negotiations, you are asking the wrong question.
Can Canada learn to play to win?
Own the Podium proved for one Olympics that winning could be not just a hope but an expectation. Then we defunded it.
A bridge over dividing waters
A span built as a symbol of Canada-U.S. partnership opens this week as a monument to its collapse.
Business and the path to a purposeful life
In his new book, Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harary makes the case that starting a business is the most direct way to build the world you want to live in.
Canada picks a submarine
Mark Carney arrived at NATO with the biggest defence deal in Canadian history under his arm. The trouble with a promised gift though is that someone eventually expects to unwrap it.
Art of the deals
Mark Carney went west and did his best Monty Hall impression, brokering a pipeline deal that could see shovels in the ground in 2027.
From sea to sea to sea
Canadiana, merch, and more: a special edition newsletter from the Build Canada team.
Why is it so hard to fix 24 Sussex?
For decades, successive prime ministers have been terrified of paying to renovate their official residence. Is it about the money, or something more deeper in the Canadian psyche?
Is Canada building a surveillance state?
Ottawa says Build Here, but four digital policy bills send a different message.
The world at our feet
Canadian soccer comes into its own. Lots going on at Build Canada. And remembering Andrew Mynarski, the first member of the RCAF to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
An AI strategy for users, not builders
In focusing on adoption rates, is the AI for All strategy answering the right question?
A Very Canadian Celebration of Building
A successful Toronto Tech Week sets high expectations for all of us.
Demolition by neglect
The grounding of the Snowbirds is the latest instalment in a long Liberal project of institutional vandalism.
The Case for a United Canada ft. Jason Kenney, Corey Hogan, Jen Gerson | Full Stream
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Is the pipeline deal for real?
Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have signed an agreement on carbon pricing and a pipeline. Do Canadians have any reason to think they are both sincere?
Governing fast and slow
Can Ottawa speed up? Borduas and the Refus global. And the case for a united Canada.
The Song Remains the Same
With the SEU, Trudeau's ghost haunts us still. The art of Kazuo Nakamura. Happy birthday, HBC. And we've got events for you.
Say the thing
Politeness as a barrier to change. A survey of Canadian entrepreneurs. A Build Canada event in Calgary. The week ahead in Canadiana.
A majority, but at what price?
Carney's majority play. How to get a public service that delivers. A fun night in Ottawa. Join the Build Canada hockey playoffs bracket challenge, and win!