Tag: USMCA

  • The Correct Canada Exit Strategy Is Not a $500,000 Tollbooth

    The Correct Canada Exit Strategy Is Not a $500,000 Tollbooth

    At the Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Patrick Pichette — now a partner at Inovia and formerly Google’s CFO — appeared on a Canadian-economy panel alongside Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. During the discussion, he floated a hardline answer to Canada’s brain-drain problem: if educated Canadians leave for better opportunities in the United States, they should…

  • USMCA at Risk: What a Non-Renewal Would Mean for Canada’s Economy

    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…