Canada’s annual seal hunt is set to begin on 15 November 2013, much to the dismay of, among others, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Chefs for Seals–the organization’s anti-sealing campaign–has, for eight years, promoted a boycott against all Canadian fish and seafood products as a means of pressuring Ottawa to impose a…
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) comes into effect in 2015, reducing trade barriers between Canada and the European Union (EU) and establishing new market opportunities for Canadian industry. CETA affords Canadian exporters unfettered access to European markets (wherein annual imports average $2.3 trillion), generating an estimated $12 billion in annual revenue and creating…
Economist Milton Friedman argued that, “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies by their intentions rather than their results.” Take, for instance, the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and recent discussions to reform and expand its scope. PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan, with support from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, recently called on the federal…
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