Canada has long relied on the U.S. as its number one trading partner, with more than 75% of Canadian exports going south of the border in 2024. This tight integration has created immense benefits for workers and businesses in both Canada and the U.S. However, recent trade challenges between our ...
Canada is an export-based economy, where the mining sector plays a crucial role. With our vast mineral and metal reserves ranging from gold and diamonds to nickel and uranium, Canada supplies a variety of ores, concentrates, and fabricated mining products to almost every country worldwide [1] – ...
Canada’s exports support Canadian jobs, communities, and our standard of living from coast to coast, and it should be no surprise that natural resources lead the way. Resources account for more than 50% of our total merchandise exports every year, providing economic opportunity and prosperity fo...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Asia, pitching Canada as a reliable source of natural resources the world needs. It’s great to hear the PM share that Canada is open for business, as he spoke at the 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). “We’re an energy superpower, an unabas...
The Major Projects Office (MPO), enabled by the “Building Canada Act” is a welcome turning point for Canadians and Indigenous peoples, and for our economy as a whole. It gives Canada the first chance in many years to break the logjam that has held back our biggest and boldest economic projects, ...
With coastlines on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Canadians are incredibly blessed to have access to tidewater markets globally. Canada's seaports, big and small, play an instrumental role in exporting Canadian-made products to the world, while importing an immense volume of goods that fa...
European Parliament president Roberta Metsola joins a growing list of foreign government officials who have said there is a market for conventional Canadian energy overseas. In an interview with CTV News, Metsola signalled that European Union (EU) members may even be willing to pay a higher pric...
Canada’s first list of major nation-building projects has been announced. It includes LNG Canada Phase 2 (Kitimat, BC), Darlington New Nuclear Project (Bowmanville, ON), Contrecoeur Terminal Container Project (Contrecoeur, QC), McIlvenna Bay Foran Copper Mine Project (East-Central, SK), and the ...
Canada’s recent passing of Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, and the opening of the Major Projects Office in Calgary are positive steps towards attaining a stronger, more independent, and more prosperous future for our families. But, as several Canadian leaders and organizations have point...
A welcome shift in tone from Ottawa is generating cautious optimism throughout Canada's resource sectors. Early in its new mandate, the federal government is signalling a more pragmatic and common-sense approach to national energy and infrastructure development, and is seemingly focused on diver...