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3 weeks ago | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
The 1930 election also centered around a trade war with the U.S. Here's what happened
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
When Donald Trump promised 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian exports a few months ago, many hoped it was bluster. Turns out, it might have been—but then again, maybe not.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
This has been an eventful year—and we are barely one week into 2025. You’d be forgiven if you forgot about Alberta’s efforts over the past year to gain public support for leaving the Canada Pension Plan. So let’s refresh our memories and go back to 2019 when Alberta formed the “Fair Deal Panel” to investigate ways to enhance its autonomy within the Canadian federation.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
Canada has a major economic opportunity in the global low-carbon economy, if it gets its climate and energy policies right. Those policies should be informed by principles like leveraging the ingenuity of markets and free enterprise, limited government, and respect for provincial jurisdiction. The following article is the latest installment of The Hub’s series sponsored by Clean Prosperity exploring the why, what, and how of conservative climate policy.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
Editor’s note: This week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced his plan to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods once he is inaugurated as U.S. president on Jan. 20, 2025. In light of this, The Hub is republishing economist and Hub contributor Trevor Tombe’s February 2024 commentary on Canada’s “risky” and “lopsided” trade relationship with America. Trade talks between the United Kingdom and Canada fell apart late last month.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
Donald Trump’s presidential victory last week, and Republican control of the Senate and the House, mean significant U.S. tax changes are on the way. This is not just because of Trump’s campaign commitments, but also because key elements of the previous tax reform—introduced in the first Trump administration in 2017—will soon expire. The next Congress may act very quickly. Some key members are already exploring how to do this within the first 100 days. Canada will need to respond.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe |Sean Speer |Gordon Chang |David Mulroney
Canada awakes this morning to find its southern neighbour once again wearing a bright red MAGA hat. Donald Trump is the presumptive 47th president of the United States of America and will become only the second president to be elected in non-consecutive terms. In the end, worry about what might happen given a tight, contested election and uncertain results was for naught. As things stand, Trump handily won both the Electoral College and the popular vote count.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
Canada is stuck in a growth rut. Our economy is not just trailing the United States; it’s falling behind many other advanced economies. The size of Canada’s economy per person will fall below the OECD average for the first time in over 50 years this year, a troubling milestone for a once-leading nation. What can we do to change course? We should look abroad for answers. One country in particular has been leading the world on growth and productivity: Ireland.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
thehub.ca | Trevor Tombe
Interest rates are on the decline. The Bank of Canada has cut its main policy rate three times in a row—and is widely expected to do so again next week, perhaps even by an outsized half-point cut. You might naturally be tempted to think the pain of high rates will be over soon. Not so fast. The greatest effect from recently high interest rates has still not arrived, and the monetary drag will remain with us for some time yet, even if rates drop quickly soon.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
brnw.ch | Trevor Tombe
Interest rates are on the decline. The Bank of Canada has cut its main policy rate three times in a row—and is widely expected to do so again next week, perhaps even by an outsized half-point cut. You might naturally be tempted to think the pain of high rates will be over soon. Not so fast. The greatest effect from recently high interest rates has still not arrived, and the monetary drag will remain with us for some time yet, even if rates drop quickly soon.
