Adam Radwanski
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Policy columnist and feature writer for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, with a current focus on how Canada can boost its economic sovereignty.
Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A reminder, perhaps particularly important given where this announcement will be happening, that referral to the Major Projects Office doesn't necessarily mean a project is being regulatorily fast-tracked under C-5, or necessarily is even that far along. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Next round of major projects list coming Thursday: Carney
The second round of major so-called nation-building projects will be announced this Thursday in Prince Rupert, B.C., Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A reminder, perhaps particularly important given where this announcement will be happening, that referral to the Major Projects Office doesn't necessarily mean a project is being regulatorily fast-tracked under C-5, or necessarily is even that far along. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
If you’re a Hamiltonian who loves the Jays and also loves the Ticats, I’m sorry for the week you’ve had.
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you’re a Hamiltonian who loves the Jays and also loves the Ticats, I’m sorry for the week you’ve had.
There seemed to be confusion around Carney’s Major Projects Office heading into the budget, and even more coming out of it, so I did my best to figure out what it will (and won’t) do. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Decoding the Major Projects Office, the centrepiece of Carney’s nation-building plans
MPO’s creation reflects PM’s belief that government and its agencies need to better and more swiftly row in the same direction
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November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There seemed to be confusion around Carney’s Major Projects Office heading into the budget, and even more coming out of it, so I did my best to figure out what it will (and won’t) do. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Please stop the NBA Cup and let me watch regular season basketball without burning my eyes.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please stop the NBA Cup and let me watch regular season basketball without burning my eyes.
Should we be talking more about the incongruity of the $27B income tax cut that Carney implemented upon taking office with the economic and fiscal theme of his first budget?
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Should we be talking more about the incongruity of the $27B income tax cut that Carney implemented upon taking office with the economic and fiscal theme of his first budget?
My take on Carney's long-awaited and (to my eye) somewhat underwhelming Climate Competitiveness Strategy. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Budget signals Carney’s new tone on climate policy, but not much substance
Ottawa does appear to be moving away from grants for industrial decarbonization
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November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My take on Carney's long-awaited and (to my eye) somewhat underwhelming Climate Competitiveness Strategy. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
I have many observations about this budget, including around the climate-competitiveness stuff (some of which will be published soon enough). One broader one for now: I’m not sure this government has yet figured out how to tell a coherent and compelling story.
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I have many observations about this budget, including around the climate-competitiveness stuff (some of which will be published soon enough). One broader one for now: I’m not sure this government has yet figured out how to tell a coherent and compelling story.
I sat down with France’s finance minister - who’s dealing with a budget situation that makes Canada’s look like an absolute walk in the park - while he was in Toronto for G7 meetings. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
French Finance Minister looks to Canada for inspiration, foreign investment amid budget crisis
Roland Lescure says he’s trying to get France back on stabler ground, drawing from Canada’s past austerity efforts
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November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I sat down with France’s finance minister - who’s dealing with a budget situation that makes Canada’s look like an absolute walk in the park - while he was in Toronto for G7 meetings. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
So, I was sitting on this weird bit of trivia for fear of jinxing, but that was the very rare instance in which a Toronto team made it to the finals and didn’t win.
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
So, I was sitting on this weird bit of trivia for fear of jinxing, but that was the very rare instance in which a Toronto team made it to the finals and didn’t win.
One day we’ll look back on this fall fondly. But it might take a little while.
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
One day we’ll look back on this fall fondly. But it might take a little while.
Bigger issue is getting stuck with IKF behind Vlad. More defensible than in Game 3 but…
I also hated the bunt decision. It extra innings and you want to actually win the game.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Bigger issue is getting stuck with IKF behind Vlad. More defensible than in Game 3 but…
Reminding myself that Tom Henke couldn’t close it out in the 9th inning of Game 6 in ‘92, and we all know what happened then.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Reminding myself that Tom Henke couldn’t close it out in the 9th inning of Game 6 in ‘92, and we all know what happened then.
Bo Kirk Gibson Bichette.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bo Kirk Gibson Bichette.
This has been a great World Series with some of the worst baserunning anyone has ever seen.
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This has been a great World Series with some of the worst baserunning anyone has ever seen.
I can’t get over how wild this pitching matchup is, for a Game 7.
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I can’t get over how wild this pitching matchup is, for a Game 7.
Well, this series does deserve a Game 7.
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Well, this series does deserve a Game 7.
I agree that government shouldn't be run like a business. But I think this op-ed, by a former Finance official, might be more instructive as a window into that ministry's opposition to industrial policy, at least to this point. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Should Carney, the businessman, really run Canada like a business?
Governing a nation is fundamentally different from running a company, and the proposed shift could risk pushing policy in a dangerous direction
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October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I agree that government shouldn't be run like a business. But I think this op-ed, by a former Finance official, might be more instructive as a window into that ministry's opposition to industrial policy, at least to this point. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Oh, good. Ontario doesn't have too many other pressing economic concerns or policy imperatives right now, so let's distract ourselves by ramping up debate around pipelines that will almost certainly not happen. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh, good. Ontario doesn't have too many other pressing economic concerns or policy imperatives right now, so let's distract ourselves by ramping up debate around pipelines that will almost certainly not happen. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Put Trey Yesavage on the Wall of Excellence now.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Put Trey Yesavage on the Wall of Excellence now.
Champs are on the ropes! Keep hitting!
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Champs are on the ropes! Keep hitting!
Well, whatever happens from this point, at least the Jays won’t be one of those teams that everyone forgets was in the World Series.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Well, whatever happens from this point, at least the Jays won’t be one of those teams that everyone forgets was in the World Series.
Tomorrow is a stat holiday, right?
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Tomorrow is a stat holiday, right?
It’s a cliche that bullies can’t take a punch, but good Lord. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ford's anti-Trump rhetoric came up repeatedly in trade negotiations: sources | CBC News
Canadian officials may have said they were caught off guard last week when U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was cutting off trade negotiations with Canada over Ontario's anti-tariff advertis...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s a cliche that bullies can’t take a punch, but good Lord. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
So, now that we’ve endured them twice at championship events in this country in the past 12 months, can any trade deal Canada is able to land on with the U.S. involve some sort of Jonas Brothers barrier?
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So, now that we’ve endured them twice at championship events in this country in the past 12 months, can any trade deal Canada is able to land on with the U.S. involve some sort of Jonas Brothers barrier?