Steven Globerman

LATEST STORIES BY STEVEN GLOBERMAN

GLOBERMAN: Trump’s TikTok move sends clear warning to Canadian companies

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the parent company of the popular online video-sharing service TikTok, ostensibly because TikTok’s U.S. operating subsidiary would give the Chinese government access to data about American users. The move will essentially shutter TikTok in the United States — if it’s not sold to an American owner.

August 11, 2020 Columnists

OPINION: What Canada can learn from the U.S. on housing affordability

Many Canadians believe that moving to a large dynamic city for a higher-paying job inevitably means accepting a substantially higher cost of living, especially when it comes to housing.

July 29, 2020 Columnists

Construction of the luxury condominium in the heart of а city downtown at a premium location near financial center and main tourist attractons

GLOBERMAN: Productivity growth key to four-day workweek in Canada

A recent study from the Angus Reid Institute found a majority of Canadian adults feel it’s a good idea to make a 30-hour workweek standard in Canada.

July 14, 2020 Columnists

Most Canadians favour a shorter work week.

GLOBERMAN: How Canadians can achieve the four-day work week

When businesses across Canada begin to reopen as the COVID lockdown slowly lifts, many businesses will stagger hours and reduce the number of employees in confined workspaces. But in fact, the idea of shortening the work week in Canada has been around for some time.

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June 3, 2020 Columnists

Guest Opinion: Artificial intelligence joins humans in fight against COVID-19

As the COVID crisis continues, Albertans and all Canadians would surely welcome some good news among the bleak headlines.

May 27, 2020 Columnists

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19.

Steven Globerman: Artificial Intelligence will kill jobs — and create them

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, the automation of tasks once done by humans has raised fears about machines putting humans out of work and creating mass poverty. Happily, history has repeatedly proven the doomsayers wrong. While automation has certainly led to declines in entire industries (and employment in those industries), the relationship between automation and overall employment growth has been strongly positive over time.

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July 11, 2019 Op-Ed

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. Musk says intelligent machines will replace human workers.

Bacchus Barua and Steven Globerman: Trudeau gov't's drug-pricing plan may limit access to new life-improving medicines

Canada should help ensure that rich developed countries appropriately share the cost of developing drugs and stimulating research and development.

February 21, 2019 Op-Ed

Many policy analysts say governments should buy pharmaceuticals in bulk to lower costs for Canadians.

Guest Column: U.S. market won't save Canada's oil sector

In yet another blow to Canada’s energy sector, a U.S. court recently blocked further construction of the Keystone XL pipeline pending additional environmental analysis.

November 16, 2018 Columnists

In this Aug. 21, 2017, file photo, a pipe fitter lays the finishing touches to the replacement of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline stretch in Superior, Minn.

Steven Globerman and Gary Hufbauer: Supply management is a hurdle in Canada’s trade talks with U.S.

With NAFTA dead, Trudeau government must accept the new reality of Trump administration in negotiating new trade deal.

September 4, 2018 Op-Ed

President Donald Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington.

Steven Globerman: Protectionism on the rise as NAFTA talks stall

The contentious (and sometimes very public) NAFTA negotiations between the Trump administration, the Trudeau government and Mexico have likely become more complicated with the election of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known as AMLO) as the new president of Mexico.

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July 25, 2018 Op-Ed

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Steven Globerman

LATEST STORIES BY STEVEN GLOBERMAN

GLOBERMAN: Trump’s TikTok move sends clear warning to Canadian companies

OPINION: What Canada can learn from the U.S. on housing affordability

GLOBERMAN: Productivity growth key to four-day workweek in Canada

GLOBERMAN: How Canadians can achieve the four-day work week

Guest Opinion: Artificial intelligence joins humans in fight against COVID-19

Steven Globerman: Artificial Intelligence will kill jobs — and create them

Bacchus Barua and Steven Globerman: Trudeau gov't's drug-pricing plan may limit access to new life-improving medicines

Guest Column: U.S. market won't save Canada's oil sector

Steven Globerman and Gary Hufbauer: Supply management is a hurdle in Canada’s trade talks with U.S.

Steven Globerman: Protectionism on the rise as NAFTA talks stall

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