A proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern would facilitate shipments of tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Free-Trade Deals Lite
To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Passing the Buck Along the Forgotten Canadian Border
The problems posed by migrants seeking entry into Canada from New York illuminate the tensions over a bilateral immigration agreement that has outlived its usefulness.
Posted inTAP
When Global Trade Bureaucrats Earn Our Contempt
Today on TAP: A panel ruling undermines the USMCA agreement on North American content. Biden should ignore it.
Posted inWorking in America
Boston’s Anti-Bain Backlash
Private equity firm Bain Capital is suppressing a unionization campaign in Canada, but activists are protesting this in Bain’s Beantown hometown.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canadian Court Chooses Human Rights Over Controversial U.S. Border Agreement
A judge holds that banning asylum seekers who first entered the U.S. violates Canada’s Charter of Rights.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Asylum Cruelty on Trial
A case in Canadian federal court attacks the administration’s model for stopping the flow of migrants seeking assistance: a refugee law ‘loophole.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What Medicare for All Really Looks Like
The Canadian system, also called Medicare, guarantees coverage to every resident north of the U.S. border.
Posted inTAP
The Times: In the Tank on Charter Schools
Today on TAP: A minority perspective on education
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada Must Decide Whether the U.S. Is a Safe Country for Migrants
The ‘safe third country’ agreement between the U.S. and Canada is on trial in Canada’s federal court. New Democratic Party MP Jenny Kwan says the agreement, which makes it harder to apply for asylum, is immoral.
