Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US

The idea of a trade war with the United States is reckless when Canada’s government is in stasis and already mired in the economic problems it created


An oilsands upgrading plant in Fort McMurray, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

Frontier Centre for Public Policy

Calls for Canada to respond aggressively to U.S. trade threats ignore the economic realities of such a move. Consider Quebec and Alberta energy. The stakes for Alberta and Quebec in this morbidly anticipated trade-war gamble are profoundly asymmetric, with Alberta standing to lose far more in absolute terms and per capita.

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