Dan Ciuriak

2 months ago | asiapacific.ca | Dan Ciuriak

The claims of a “crisis” on the Canada-U.S. border related to flows of fentanyl and illegal immigration, on which Trump's tariffs are based, are specious.

Jan 20, 2025 | cigionline.org | Dan Ciuriak

Donald Trump has stated his intent to impose 25-percent tariffs on all imports from Canada on his first day in office. Let’s consider what we did the last time Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian exports. In 2018, Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian exports of steel and aluminum under the national security provision (section 232) of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Canada retaliated tit-for-tat, and the American tariffs were withdrawn under a deal that put a ceiling on increases in Canadian exports.

Jan 17, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com | Dan Ciuriak

Dec 7, 2023 | cdhowe.org | Dan Ciuriak

Despite having highly similar economies, in banking the experience of the crisis-prone United States contrasts starkly with Canada’s stability. For each major US crisis, different reasons have been put forward to explain Canada’s comparative stability in the face of broadly similar shocks, an issue that arose again in the context of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and its aftermath.

Oct 5, 2023 | cigionline.org | Dan Ciuriak |Anna Artyushina

If 2022 was the year artificial intelligence (AI) got smart, 2023 is the year it is creating a splash — and by “splash” we mean the kind that sends tsunamis ripping through economic and social systems. Generative AI platforms such as the large language model ChatGPT and image-generating applications such as Dall-E and Midjourney have created a sensation and much consternation among professional workers, and invoked hurried regulatory reaction.