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• President Obama in Mexico

  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Vanda Felbab-Brown joined Diane Rehm to discuss President Obama's meeting in Guadalajara with leaders of Canada and Mexico on issues of mutual concern including escalating drug violence in Mexico, immigration and the economy.

• Toward a New Frontier Improving the U.S.-Canadian Border

  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  In an age of international terrorism and illegal immigration, a well-functioning U.S.-Canada border is vital for homeland security and also economic competitiveness. In a new report for the Metropolitan Policy Program, Chris Sands analyzes the current policy process for the U.S.-Canada border and offers recommendations for improving border policy to enhance both trade and security.

• Stable Banks, Stable Finance: The Canadian Experience

  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:30:00 GMT

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  • June 23, 2009, 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
  
  

  As banking and financial systems in the United States, Europe, and around the world have been shaken to their foundations over the past two years, Canada’s banking and overall financial system has proven sound and stable. On June 23, Brookings and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Canada Institute will host an examination of Canada’s overall financial system, particularly its approach to financial market regulation, and explore potential lessons for other countries.

• The United States and Canada: Toward a Better Border

  Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  New rules set to start on June 1 will require passports at the U.S.-Canada border. Many fear that the new travel initiative will cause economic damage on both sides of the border. With these concerns in mind, Brookings and the Canadian International Council sponsored a forum that featured Homeland Secretary Secretary Janet Napolitano.

• Know Thy Neighbor: What Canada Can Tell Us About Financial Regulation

  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  The Obama administration and Congress are working rapidly to design a new regulatory architecture for the nation’s financial system. “They might consider taking a page or two from a model next door—Canada,” write Pietro Nivola and John C. Courtney, as they explore why the Canadian banking system remains solvent and solid amid the current global crisis.

• Toward a Better Border: The United States and Canada

  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:30:00 GMT

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  • March 25, 2009, 8:30 AM to 3:30:00 PM
  
  

  The Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a discussion to help shed light on the evolving security and economic challenges associated with the U.S.-Canada border and to examine recommendations for improving border policy. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the keynote address.

• Electoral Districting in the U.S.: Can Canada Help?

  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  John Courtney examines whether “importing” the Canadian model of independent electoral boundary redistricting commissions would help the American districting problem.

• Taking Stock of Diefenbaker at 50

  Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  On the anniversary of the massive electoral victory of the Progressive Conservatives on  March 31, 1958, Brookings Canadian scholar John Courtney examines John Diefenbaker’s time as Prime Minister.

• The Vital Connection: Reclaiming Great Lakes Economic Leadership in the Bi-National U.S.-Canadian Region

  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  The bi-national Great Lakes region can continue to model what economic regions will look like in the global economy—and also how they can thrive.

• The Broad Benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes

  Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  For the past half century, the Great Lakes region has struggled to find its niche in a changing global economy. But the Great Lakes themselves can be a key asset in regional renewal.

• Canada's Multilateralism is on the Line

  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Colin I. Bradford (04/30/07)

• The Great Lakes: A World-Leading Bi-national Economic Region

  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  In this presentation to a meeting of Canadian federal and provincial officials, Toronto area civic and academic leaders, and city officials, John Austin and Britany Affolter-Caine previewed the upcoming report on the bi-national Great Lakes regional economy and shared strategies for fueling economic growth across boundaries in the region.
  

• Preserving the Vital Center: Renew the Economy of the Industrial Heartland

  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  
  America's Great Lakes region, once the core of the nation's industrial production and wealth creation, is losing ground rapidly. This 12-state region reaches from Buffalo and Pittsburgh in the east, to Minneapolis-St. Paul and St. Louis in the west. The competitiveness agenda of the next president should include an investment strategy that focuses on regional assets and institutions that steer the transition to the knowledge economy.

• Oil-Hungry China Belongs at Big Table

  Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Jeffrey A. Bader and Erica S. Downs, Calgary Herald (9/8/06)

• Don't Blame Canada for Missile-defense Snub

  Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT

   

• Canada's Relationship with the U.S.: Turning Proximity Into Power, An American Perspective

  Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Susan E. Rice, Independence in an Age of Empire (February 2004)

• Borderline Useless

  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Peter Skerry, The New Republic Onlie (1/13/04)

• The Costs of Health Care Administration in the United States and Canada: Questionable Answers to a Questionable Question

  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Henry J. Aaron for the New England Journal of Medicine (8/21/03)

• No Two-tier Telecoms

  Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  An opinion piece by Robert Crandall, March 7, 2003

• Energy Independence or Interdependence? Integrating the North American Energy Market

  Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by Pietro Nivola (Spring 2002)

• How Preston Manning Missed the Wave

  Sat, 07 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by R. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Globe and Mail, December 7, 1996

• The Collapse of Canada?

  Tue, 07 Apr 1992 00:00:00 GMT

  
  In this book, the authors analyze the unprecedented levels of public support for sovereignty, in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, and speculate if that could lead to the breakup of Canada.