Frédéric Bastiat, the great French economist and satirist, wrote frequently about the fact that every economic measure has effects that are seen and effects that are not seen. Take President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, for instance.

Le modèle québécois s’essouffle. On peut tous constater que l’État croule de lourdeur. Malheureusement, notre gouvernement préfère replacer les chaises sur le pont d’un vaisseau qui coule.

Whether we look at it as consumers of these goods, or as middle-class workers who transform them, low-cost goods have been the underpinning of American prosperity. Adding tariffs on them puts it all at risk on both sides of our shared border.

Le Canada traverse une période potentiellement historique et déterminante. Plutôt que de céder tout bonnement à la ferveur patriotique, nous devons prendre un pas de recul et faire preuve d’une certaine introspection afin de retrouver nos repères.

Lowering the second bracket to 15 per cent wouldn’t just help workers keep more of their money, it would spur job growth, innovation and economic dynamism.

L’approche voulant qu’Ottawa doit taxer, dépenser et réglementer notre prospérité a été essayée et n’a pas donné les résultats promis. Il est temps de repenser le rôle du gouvernement fédéral dans nos vies.

While Mark Carney may use different words to promote them, his plans to grow Canada’s economy with government spending and deficits are eerily similar to those put forward ten years earlier by the very prime minister he is now hoping to replace.

The Quebec Premier’s usual strategy of sending out big cheques, this time to businesses affected by US tariffs, is a very costly one, especially as we don’t know whether these tariffs are going to be in place for a matter of days or for an entire year.

Dans leur empressement à imposer les véhicules électriques, il semble que les politiciens fédéraux ont omis de s’assurer que le Canada serait prêt à les accueillir.

Regardless of the tumult and the trouble, sharing a border with the most powerful economy and military in human history will remain for the foreseeable future, and doubtless much beyond, one of our biggest assets.