The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]
Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended Canada-US trade talks after Washington changed its demands at the last minute. Ottawa will retaliate against new 50 per cent tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods. [Read more]
A new IISD report on China, Indonesia and Morocco shows that successful battery industrial policy depends on coordinated support for manufacturing, demand, infrastructure, skills and long-term investment. [Read more]
Axiom Cloud CEO Amrit Robbins says AI can turn existing refrigeration-system data into lower energy costs, fewer equipment failures and earlier detection of refrigerant leaks. [Read more]
Trans Mountain’s proposed toll settlement would cut contracted shipping charges by about 10 per cent, sharpening questions about how much of the $34.5-billion expansion Canadian taxpayers will ultimately recover. [Read more]
Battery deployment is beginning to extend solar generation beyond daylight hours. Ember estimates 2026 additions could theoretically shift 34 per cent of new daily solar generation into the evening. [Read more]
euters energy columnist Gavin Maguire says Chinese EVs and grid technology are spreading across developed and emerging markets as consumers seek cheaper, more secure energy — a trend with long-term implications for gasoline and diesel demand. [Read more]
Abishur Prakash says the Iran war is accelerating a shift toward rival defence blocs, new energy corridors and a global system in which the United States can no longer call the shots for everyone. [Read more]
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed threatened 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days as Ottawa and Washington negotiate a deal, while unexpectedly raising the prospect of reviving the [Read more]
Donald Trump did not create Trumpism. He gave it a face. That is the central argument of Donald Kettl’s The Right-Wing Idea Factory, and it changes how we should understand the political crisis now unfolding in [Read more]
Evan Pivnick of Clean Energy Canada says Canada’s critical-minerals opportunity now depends on turning strategies and international partnerships into investment and projects. [Read more]
The new Churchill Falls agreement between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is a major political breakthrough, but the hydroelectric projects attached to it remain a long way from final approval, according to York University professor [Read more]
Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale AI data centres until the province establishes stronger rules governing their electricity demand and environmental impacts. In an interview with Energi [Read more]
Senator Paula Simons is urging Ottawa to create a Canadian verified traveller program, arguing Canadians should not have to rely on U.S. security screening to access expedited security lines at Canadian airports. [Read more]
Trump turned to the rarely used Section 338 after the Supreme Court rejected his use of IEEPA for tariffs. Jennifer Hillman explains why his latest tariffs against Canada may also exceed presidential authority. [Read more]
Prime Minister Mark Carney is backing nearly $70 billion in hydro, wind and transmission projects as Ottawa begins implementing its national electricity strategy and building a more integrated Eastern Canadian power system. [Read more]
Donald Trump is threatening Canada with 50 per cent tariffs even as U.S. crude oil flows north. The trade reveals just how deeply integrated the two economies have become. [Read more]
Canada must fundamentally rethink its economic, defence and foreign-policy relationships as Donald Trump transforms the United States from the country’s most reliable partner into a potential source of coercion, says Globe and Mail columnist Andrew [Read more]
The spread of cheap drones, commercial sensors and artificial intelligence is eroding the military advantage that underpinned U.S. dominance after the Cold War, according to University of Chicago political scientist Robert A. Pape. In an [Read more]
Satellite debris that fell onto Saskatchewan farmland has prompted Senator Paula Simons to call for a broader Canadian discussion about orbital congestion, liability, and the governance of low-Earth orbit. Simons launched a Senate inquiry after [Read more]
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