Statistics Canada trade data fuels debate over Carney government’s diversification strategy

Statistics Canada trade data fuels debate over Carney government’s diversification strategy

Canada sent roughly 75 percent of its merchandise exports to the United States in recent years, according to Statistics Canada—a concentration that Hub contributors argue makes the Carney government’s choice of new trading partners the most consequential economic decision it faces. Sean Speer, writing in The Hub, argued that the prime minister’s diplomatic energy is aimed at the wrong continent. “Mark Carney needs to get over his Europe obsessio…