On the day of his second Inauguration, in January, Barack Obama delivered an address of unabashed liberal ambition and promise. As recently as early April, before the realities of the world and the House of Representatives made themselves painfully evident, the President retained the confidence of a leader on the brink of enormous achievements. It seemed possible, even probable, that […]
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Canada’s Second-Quarter Growth Slows to 1.7% Pace – Bloomberg
Canada’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter as business investment and energy exports declined, cementing views that the central bank won’t raise interest rates for at least a year. Gross domestic product rose at a 1.7 percent annualized pace from April to June, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa, while economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast a 1.6 percent rate. […]
Politics is the biggest obstacle on Canada-U.S. energy front – Canada – CBC News
The strained relationship between Canada and the United States over energy policy is likely to get worse before it gets better, with a decision on Keystone XL likely to politically strain relations between the two countries regardless of whether U.S. President Barack Obama gives the pipeline project the go-ahead or not. That’s one of several findings by pollster Nick Nanos […]
Odd Country Out: Canada Missing Out on Auto Boom – Canada Real Time – WSJ
Canadian car sales may be climbing, but the country’s auto-manufacturing sector isn’t benefiting like its Nafta neighbors Mexico and the U.S.Vehicle sales in the U.S., Mexico and Canada are all on track in 2013 for a fourth straight annual advance, according to economists at TD Bank. U.S. and Mexican economies are reaping the benefits, but Canada isn’t. via Odd Country […]
U.S. looking at Canada guest-worker program as model
Guillermo Hernandez Alcantar could provide a window into the future of migrant workers in the United States. He had arrived in Canada from Mexico three days before. The journey brought him hundreds of miles north on the guarantee of work and stability — to pick the grapes that locals will not. He came as a legal guest worker. “Right now, […]
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