Archives: Publications: Economy & Law

Friday, January 4, 2013

Report on the panel “The Euro Crisis: How it all started and where it might lead”

Summary report prepared by Igga Kurzydlo, Research Assistant, Centre for European Studies, and Natasha Joukovskaia, Manager, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue, Carleton University A briefing on the Euro crisis for politicians, diplomats, political staffers and public servants took place at Carleton University on Feb. 9, 2012. The event was... More

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Europe 2020 Strategy and its implications for Canada

Policy Brief (September 2012) By Conrad King, Doctoral Candidate, University of British Columbia, working under the supervision of Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue expert, Dr. Kurt Huebner. This policy note was prepared for the Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia. This policy brief explains the core aspects of the... More

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Commentary: “EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Problems presented to Canada” by Armand de Mestral and Tanveer Ahmad

Commentary (April 2012) By Armand de Mestral, Emeritus Professor, Jean Monnet Professor of Law and Md. Tanveer Ahmad, DCL candidate (McGill University) From January 1, 2012, Canadian civil aircraft have been subject to the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Under this agreement, a cap-and-trade principle limits the total amount of... More

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Podcast: “The EU-Canada security relationship in the Arctic” by Rob Huebert

Listen to the podcast Rob Huebert, Associate Director at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Calgary, discusses the changes to the EU-Canada security relationship in the Arctic. He argues energy security will move the Arctic from an almost non-existent... More

Monday, June 20, 2011

Policy Paper: “The role of sustainable public procurement policies and non-governmental certification schemes in the EU and Canada in the context of trade rules” by Patrick Clark

Policy Paper (June 2011) by Patrick Clark, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Carleton University This paper comes out of the 4 March 2011 workshop on Local Food Policy held by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue at the British High Commission in Ottawa. A common topic identified by workshop participants was the role of... More

Friday, June 17, 2011

Policy Brief: “The Canada-U.S. perimeter: Towards a North American Schengen?” by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly

Policy Brief (June 2011) by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Jean Monet Chair in European Border and Region Policy and Director of EU Centre of Excellence, University of Victoria. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama met on Friday February 4, 2011, to launch what the media have called the Washington Declaration : two... More

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Commentary: “Changing Canada: Canada-EU Free Trade” by Robert Hage

Commentary (May 2011) by Robert Hage, Former Canadian Ambassador and Director General for Europe and Legal Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Canada and the European Union are engaged in an under-the radar trade negotiation which, for Canada, will lead to the most important economic agreement since the North American Free... More

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Commentary: “Rethinking Foreign Ownership: the Key to Opening Transatlantic Skies” by Mark Glynn and Armand de Mestral

Commentary (April 2011) by Mark Glynn, PhD candidate in law and Armand de Mestral, Jean Monnet Professor (McGill University) Two years ago, the authors submitted to this policy series a review of the unique bilateral air services agreement concluded between Canada and the European Union on 8 December 2008. The agreement foresaw the progressive... More

Friday, April 15, 2011

Commentary: “Investment and the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: the oil sands controversy” by Lorand Bartels and Caroline Henckels

Commentary (April 2011) by Lorand Bartels, University Lecturer in Law and Caroline Henckels, PhD student (University of Cambridge) After almost two years of negotiation on a Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) the parties are hopeful that an agreement will be concluded later in 2011. The CETA has been controversial –... More

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Commentary: “Canada-Europe Free Trade: The economic sovereignty of Quebec (and other provinces) is not threatened!” by Jason Langrish and Patrick Leblond / Commentaire : Libre-échange Canada-Europe: La souveraineté économique du Québec (et des autres provinces) n’est pas menacée! par Jason Langrish et Patrick Leblond

Commentary (February 2011) by Jason Langrish, Executive Director, Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business and Patrick Leblond, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. Ce bref commentaire revisite les conclusions du rapport de L’Institut de Recherche Économique Contemporaine (IREC) sur les... More

Monday, November 1, 2010

Commentary: Free Trade with Europe will not destroy 150,000 jobs

Commentary (November 2010) By Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa In a study recently published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, economist Jim Stanford concluded that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union should cost the Canadian economy a minimum of 28, 043 jobs. This commentary... More

Friday, July 23, 2010

“Global Imbalances and International Cooperation” – Canadian Perspectives on Global Economic Governance and the G20

Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue Lead Researcher Kurt Huebner contributed a chapter on "Global Imbalances and International Cooperation" to the paper "Canadian Perspectives on Global Economic Governance and the G20". The paper - available here - was prepared for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation event "Making the Case for Global Economic... More

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