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• North America beyond NAFTA? Sovereignty, identity, and security in Canada-U.S. Relations.

I. INTRODUCTION* In basic geometry, we learn that the perimeter is the sum of the length of the sides enclosing a geometric space. It is about as li...

• Canadian-American Public Policy
• Nbr. 2002, April 2002

• Taking a giant's measure: Canada, NAFTA and an emergent China.

In this issue ... Canadians must respond creatively to China's emergence as a major economic force. Canadian manufacturers will have to face the pai...

• C.D. Howe Institute Commentary
• Nbr. 2004, June 2004

• NAFTA chapter XI and Canada's environmental sovereignty: investment flows, article 1110 and Alberta's Water Act.

I INTRODUCTION II BACKGROUND Foreign Direct Investment Past, Present and Future Canadian Treatment of FDI Policy Objectives of NAFTA Chapter XI III CA...

• University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review
• Vol. 65 Nbr. 2, March 2007

• L'aléna : Le Canada Doit-Il S'en Contenter?

The recent turn of events in the softwood lumber dispute has given new impetus to the current debate in Canada surrounding the future of the Free Trade Agreement. In this article, Louis Bélanger argues that the very survival of the Agreement hinges on reforming the institutions it created in 1994. He illustrates how the current structure of NAFTA restricts its effectiveness, gradually condemning it to obsolescence. This has negative repercussions for the efficiency and competitiveness of the North American free trade zone and, therefore, Canada. The institutional deficit inherent in the original agreement also creates a political dynamic that is damaging for both Canada and Mexico. For these reasons, remodeling NAFTA to maintain Canada’s competitiveness and political viability sh...

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 12 Nbr. 2, October 2005

• NAFTA 2002: A cost/benefit analysis for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

I. INTRODUCTION With the establishment or the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) in 1994, the United States, Canada, and Mexico have created the...

• Canadian-American Public Policy
• Nbr. 2002, April 2002

• Canada wins another NAFTA challenge.

SPECIAL REPORT: FORESTRY

• Northern Ontario Business
• Vol. 25 Nbr. 11, September 2005

• Introduction: Teaching and Learning Canadian Foreign Policy

Within this context, members of the editorial board of this journal thought it worthwhile to encourage reflection on the practice of teaching in Canadian foreign policy in our post-secondary institutions. Both articles underscore the importance of studying Canadian foreign policy in a comparative perspective, reflecting on differences and similarities between Canada and its NAFTA partners in order to make the study of Canada relevant to foreign students.

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 14 Nbr. 1, January 2008

• Letters to the Editor

Frances Russell's column was not "true and factual." It implied that the prime minister's staffer was trying to undermine Barack Obama's campaign, when the facts indicate that her comments were inadvertent, made in the context comments in another matter, and in fact initially referred to Hillary Clinton. So why does Russell heap abuse on the Canadians? Could it be that Obama's campaign has been caught in a bit of double-speak, telling the voters that he'll trash NAFTA but hinting to Canada that he won't? That perhaps he has a hidden agenda, which is so often attributed to conservatives? Or is it that Obama's ploy has confirmed that NAFTA is a good deal for Canada, which Russell has always denied? I need to reply to Stephanie Getachew's letter regarding my letter, A mom's puddle rage, Ma...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 25, 2009

• Letter to the Editor: Call to Unite the Left a Bit Rich Coming From Axworthy

During that election campaign, the Liberals promised to scrap the GST, renegotiate the terms of NAFTA, and protect Canada's social programs - the social safety net. While he was in that portfolio, he was directed to restructure Unemployment Insurance and the Canada Assistance Plan so as to reduce the numbers of recipients and the benefits paid to unemployment insurance and social assistance recipients.

• Brandon Sun, The
• August 29, 2009

• Nafta Problems Need Fixing

Under NAFTA, Canadian softwood lumber products were repeatedly and frivolously slapped with countervailing and anti-dumping duties by the U.S. Department of Commerce at the behest of the American lumber lobby. Even though Canada was able to win case after case before NAFTA and World Trade Organization panels, the U.S. managed to keep $1 billion in duties after a settlement was reached. After his rah-rah-NAFTA speech, an audience member stood up, and, after attacking NAFTA with typical leftist boilerplate about all the benefits flowing to the rich, asked how [David Wilkins] could "lie" about the benefits NAFTA has produced for Canada and the United States. Wilkins, bristling somewhat at her rhetoric, simply repeated his standard lines about all the extra trade and investment created by t...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 27, 2009