Tag: Canada
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USMCA at Risk: What a Non-Renewal Would Mean for Canada’s Economy
When the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) replaced NAFTA in 2020, Ottawa celebrated the deal as a “modernized” framework that would preserve market access and protect Canadian industries in a rapidly changing global economy. For five years, the agreement has quietly underpinned hundreds of billions in annual trade flows, stabilizing supply chains, anchoring manufacturing footprints, and…
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Ivanhoe Mines Ignites Africa’s Greenest Copper Smelter — And the Copperbelt’s Timing Could Not Be Better
On November 21, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) crossed a historic milestone—one that may go down as a defining moment in Africa’s industrial ascendancy and the global energy transition. The Canadian miner officially fired up its 500,000-tonne-per-annum copper smelter at the Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo, declaring it the largest and greenest copper…
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British Columbia, Unceded Lands & the Coming Legal Storm
The rain fell straight and cold across the coast, the way it always does when the Pacific has something heavy to say. Out on the unceded lands of British Columbia, a courtroom ruling has stirred up an old question that Canada once believed it had settled with order, patience, and civility. But the decision cuts…
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Global LNG Capacity Is Set to Surge — But British Columbia Remains a Strategic Outlier
A historic wave of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is reshaping the global energy landscape. By 2030, global LNG liquefaction capacity is expected to surge by nearly 50%, driven primarily by massive expansions in the United States and Qatar, alongside new developments in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. Forecasts indicate that close to 300…
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British Columbia as a Nation-State: Where Would It Rank?
British Columbia (B.C.) is often regarded as Canada’s gateway to the Pacific Rim, blessed with natural beauty, abundant resources, and a thriving metropolitan hub in Vancouver. But what if British Columbia were not just a province of Canada, but an independent country? How would it stack up globally? Economic Scale and Global Standing British Columbia’s…
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The Mark Carney Deluxe: The Ultimate Offshore Play for Canadian HNWIs
For Canada’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) who’ve grown weary of the Canada Revenue Agency’s all-seeing, all-knowing, all-collecting eye, salvation comes in a single package deal: The Mark Carney Deluxe. This isn’t just an offshore structure—it’s the symphony of global arbitrage, a carefully orchestrated ballet of passports, shell companies, and six-month residency roulette. Let’s be clear: CRA…
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Irish Citizenship for a Canuck with an Irish Passport-Holding Mother
For Canadians with Irish heritage, the opportunity to secure European Union citizenship is one of the most strategic lifestyle and investment moves available. If your mother was born in Ireland and holds an Irish passport, you may be entitled to Irish citizenship by descent. This not only gives you the right to live, work, and…
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Strategies for Canadians to Keep and Grow Digital Assets Offshore
For Canadian investors, digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and tokenized private investments represent not just a new class of wealth, but also a fresh frontier in offshore diversification. With Canada’s evolving tax landscape and tighter regulatory oversight on crypto holdings, safeguarding and strategically growing digital assets offshore has become an attractive option. The key…
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Vancouver vs. Toronto vs. Hong Kong: 2025 Real Estate Price Showdown
As of August 2025, all three markets are off their pandemic peaks, but they’re correcting at different speeds—and with very different entry costs, policies, and risk profiles. Vancouver remains Canada’s priciest market on a per-square-foot basis, Toronto offers the biggest near-term price dislocation (and therefore negotiating leverage), and Hong Kong is ~30% below its 2021…