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Beyond Trade Wars: Building Long-Term Resilience

Donald Trump’s threat to disrupt North American free trade risks shaking Canada’s export-driven economy. Meanwhile, climate change, energy shifts, and AI are reshaping our future. These related publications explore ways to strengthen Canada’s economic and social resilience, ensuring stability and sovereignty through this turbulent era and beyond.

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Latest Research

Research programs and initiatives

The Community Transformations Project
(January 12, 2025)
Canada’s Next Economic Transformation: What role should industrial policy play?
(January 11, 2024)
Affordability Action Council
(October 31, 2023)

Recent research from the Centre

The Living Tree: Contemporary Issues in Canadian Federalism Series
A series for events on the fundamentals of federalism and its contemporary challenges in partnership with the Canada School of Public Service
Rethinking Fiscal Federalism for the 21st Century
A Resilient Federation? Public Policy Challenges for the New Decade
Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Essay series (2020)

Articles from Policy Options

Trade in an era of global insecurity
Policy Options
Various authors
Trade
Policy Options
Various authors (Ongoing)
Canada-U.S. Relations
Policy Options
Various authors (Ongoing)
Canada-U.S. Relations
Policy Options
Various authors (Ongoing)

From the IRPP Archives

Canadian Independence
(February 14, 2025)
Adjusting to Job Loss When Times Are Tough
René Morissette and Theresa Hanqing Qiu (February 24, 2021)
Turbulence or Steady Course? Permanent Layoffs in Canada, 1978-2016
(June 23, 2020)
To Sell or Scale Up: Canada’s Patent Strategy in a Knowledge Economy
(August 27, 2019)
A Costly Gap: The Neglect of the Demand Side in Canadian Innovation Policy
(May 27, 2019)
Federalism and International Trade Policy
(October 24, 2018)
Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global’s Realities
Aperçu des résultats de recherche
Stephen Tapp, Ari Van Assche et Robert Wolfe (October 26, 2017)
A Road Map for More Inclusive Canadian Trade Policy
Chapitre de l’ouvrage Redesigning Canadian Trade Policies for New Global Realities
Stephen Tapp, Ari Van Assche et Robert Wolfe (October 26, 2017)
National Security and Military Interoperability
(September 26, 2013)
The Resurgence of Industrial Policy and What It Means for Canada
Dan Ciuriak and John M. Curtis (June 18, 2013)
Infrastructure Investment
The Foundation of Canadian Competitiveness
James A. Brox (August 21, 2008)
The Long-Run Determinants of Deep/Political Canada-US Integration
John N. McDougall (January 19, 2005)
The Brain Drain: Myth and Reality ?
What It Is and What Should Be Done
Ross Finnie, with commentaries by Peter Kuhn, Peter Barrett, John F. Helliwell, David Stewart-Patterson and Daniel Schwanen (November 27, 2001)

Related events

What is the strategic long game for Canada-U.S. relations?
(Webinar)
(March 5, 2025)
What next for Canada-US relations?
Panel Discussion
(December 3, 2024)
IRPP Fall Lecture: Analysis of the U.S. Presidential Election
Keynote
(November 25, 2024)

Related Policy Options articles

U.S. social media platforms are a national security threat

March 7, 2025

The year of living dangerously – Canada, Australia and the global order

February 28, 2025
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Related Centre of Excellence Research

Strengthening Canada’s Fiscal Resilience

By Kyle Hanniman October 15, 2020

Resilient Federalism and Transformative Policy Change: What are the Prospects for a New “National Policy” in Canada?

By Jörg Broschek September 22, 2020
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