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Adam Radwanski

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Toronto Star business columnist

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 19h
This guy must see Canadians under his bed at night. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms | CBC News
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it "interferes" in the upcoming midterm elections — though it's not clear what he anticipates the country...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Important reporting here that feeds into broader concerns about a lack of focus on growing Canadian companies, relative to investing in big energy and infrastructure projects. thelogic.co/news/maple-8...
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The Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups - The Logic
Canada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I spoke with Canada’s ambassador to the EU - Jonathan Wilkinson, a familiar face from his time in cabinet - and got a little into the nitty gritty of potential opportunities, compromises and timelines in the current talks. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
thestar.com
Adam Radwanski: Canada’s EU ambassador reveals what we really stand to gain from a partnership with Europe
Ambassador Jonathan Wilkinson says closer EU ties won't cost Canada its independence, but will build shared resilience against global upheaval.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I dug a bit into Carney’s latest plans to fast-track permitting for major projects. The meatiest part is overdue, while some more marginal aspects are more questionable. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Adam Radwanski: Mark Carney’s sweeping new bill gets one big thing right
Adam Radwanski writes that Mark Carney’s plan to end Canada’s five-year project approval delays is promising, but cluttered by political noise.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As a general rule, if you have a vote, put it toward what you want most or against what you want least. Don’t overthink it. (This also might have spared the world Trump, if a greater number of relatively progressive Americans had applied it.)
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m not a labour policy expert (though I suspect I might have to become one in the coming months). But to my untrained eye, the changes proposed by Ottawa look less concerning from an organized labour perspective than unions were fearing. www.canada.ca/en/one-canad...
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Bill C-39 Introduction - Canada.ca
Bill C-39 is the Government of Canada’s bold plan to build a stronger, more resilient economy by streamlining federal approval processes, protecting workers, modernizing labour relations, and advancin...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the weekend, for the weekday crowd, about one of the more interesting dynamics on display last week.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A weekend column on corporate Canada’s love for Carney, on display for our visitors at this week’s summit. There are many eras in which there would have been huge public backlash, but certainly not this one…for now, at least. www.thestar.com/business/as-...
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Adam Radwanski: Corporate Canada’s love-in with Mark Carney is like nothing we’ve seen before
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cozy relationship with corporate Canada may drive investment, but faces potential backlash if political moods shift, writes Adam Radwanski.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Even as someone with some significant reservations about Carney's governance style, I have to say: The way that he's recently managed to both go out on a limb in standing up to Trump, and make us feel less alone by leveraging his international relationships, is really impressive.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canada stopped deferring to the U.S. on China - a country toward which Ottawa and Washington actually shared some concerns - because Trump was too erratic. It’s pretty funny that he now thinks he can dictate our relationship with Europe.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ICYMI yesterday, my take (or one of them at least) on news out of Carney’s summit. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Adam Radwanski: Mark Carney’s airport privatization pitch was a misstep, at an otherwise successful summit
Making the airport privatization announcement at his signature gathering distracted from the main message of the summit, argues Adam Radwanski.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An observation about the foreign investment summit that I only passingly hinted at in my column today: I think it might have sneakily been as much to spur domestic investors as foreign ones.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think it’s a mistake for Carney to use his speech this morning to announce airport privatization. It really distracts from the main pitch at this summit, which is to invest in building new things, and it invites opposition.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On a more substantive note, my initial understanding was that many of the proponents of the projects listed in the pitchbook would be in the room tomorrow. That doesn’t actually seem to be the case for most of them.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tomorrow’s biggest announcement: an eleventh province.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not the standard by which Carney’s summit will ultimately be judged, but I can’t think of many high-profile government-hosted events made more opaque to those trying to cover it.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s slightly wild that this guy’s institute is hosting one of the marquee adjacent events at the foreign investment summit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...
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Michael Milken - Wikipedia
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seriously. (Glad to know I wasn’t alone in thinking that latest WSJ article was a bit overheated, as was the reaction to it.) paulwells.substack.com/p/carneys-eu...
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Carney’s Euro-vision: could everybody please calm down
If the French take over, can I get a decent omelet?
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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I wrote this from NYU's computer lab twenty-five years ago today for an online magazine started by @aradwanski.bsky.social.
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Pundit Magazine - Canada's Leading Online Political Magazine
Canada's leading online political magazine with commentary, analysis and major interviews.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A set-up column for a little event happening in Toronto next week that you probably haven’t heard much about yet. www.thestar.com/business/wha...
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Adam Radwanski: Mark Carney’s foreign investment summit is like speed dating. The risks are real, but the opportunities could change Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Toronto summit brings global CEOs together to pitch 167 project opportunities and chase a $1-trillion capital goal.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initial story, off a look at the pitchbook for Carney’s summit. www.thestar.com/business/car...
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Carney's $1-trillion investment summit to feature pipelines, nuclear build-outs and data centres — but no airports
Government document obtained by the Star lists 167 projects the Carney government will pitch at next week's elite investor summit in Toronto
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You’ll never guess the one country to vote against. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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UN votes for more accurate maps to show Africa’s true size
The UN assembly voted 164 to 1, with six abstentions, to support Africa’s campaign for cartographic justice
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This story is a good reminder that, as much as we feel threatened by the U.S., we also have a growing opportunity to take advantage of how unattractive it’s making itself. www.thestar.com/business/fac...
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In a surprising reversal, Trump’s tariffs forced this U.S. company’s move to Canada. And it’s not the only one
Faced with Trump tariffs, some U.S. manufacturers are moving production to Ontario and Quebec to cut costs by almost 30 per cent.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In fairness, if you’ve never worked an honest day in your life, days off probably do seem less important.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Off this week, spending the last week before the school year with my kids, and I wonder if the best thing I could do for my subsequent output (and current sanity) would be to go completely offline and tune out a discourse that’s already starting to feel like it’s going in circles.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A weekend column from me, about a national economy strong enough to survive Trump, but a danger of becoming even more resource-reliant than we already are. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Adam Radwanski: Canada’s economy can survive almost anything Donald Trump throws at us — but there could be a price to pay
The future of Canadian manufacturing, and whether we can seize it enough to thrive rather than just survive, is what’s really at stake, writes Adam Radwanski.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Apropos of nothing other than that we watched the second episode last night, I’m pleasantly surprised by how good Sportsnet’s doc series for the Jays 50th anniversary is. Tons of fun for anyone old enough to remember the ‘80s and ‘90s teams, at least.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This exit by someone who should be central to organizing the summit, whether or not she actually was, seems less than ideal. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Head of federal agency organizing Carney’s investment summit resigns
Laurel Broten to depart Invest Canada two weeks before high-profile event is set to take place, source says
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A weekend column from me, about a national economy strong enough to survive Trump, but a danger of becoming even more resource-reliant than we already are. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
thestar.com
Adam Radwanski: Canada’s economy can survive almost anything Donald Trump throws at us — but there could be a price to pay
The future of Canadian manufacturing, and whether we can seize it enough to thrive rather than just survive, is what’s really at stake, writes Adam Radwanski.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
While I don’t trust anything coming out of this White House, I think there’s at least one grain of truth here: that Canada rejected a deal that (even with last-minute changes) would’ve been better than most other countries have with the U.S. - and rightly so. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump's top trade negotiator disputes Canadian assertion that U.S. made last-minute demands | CBC News
The Trump administration's top trade negotiator disputes Ottawa's assertion that last-minute demands from the U.S. derailed a trade deal between the two countries last week, saying Canadian negotiator...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Going to be quite a week, with Carney presumably heading to Europe immediately after his foreign investment summit in Toronto. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Mark Carney to address EU Parliament after Canada-U.S. trade talks falter
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office was not immediately available to comment on the report.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm not sure how much Carney is really leaning on his Canada-U.S. advisory committee, but it seems like a bit of an oversight that there's nobody on it who specializes in tech policy. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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Prime Minister Carney announces new Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, today announced the creation of the new Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This interview does not line up perfectly with what how Carney described things yesterday. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US-Canada Talks Fell Apart Over Fine Print in Deal, Envoy Says
US-Canada trade talks collapsed over a range of issues where the written text of a potential deal was at odds with what the Canadian side believed it had agreed to, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s top US...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Even in the rain, a CFL game feels pretty good tonight.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A take from me which probably/hopefully will still hold up by morning this time. www.thestar.com/business/tru...
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Adam Radwanski: Trump’s negotiators saved Canada from making a big mistake, and reminded us who we’re dealing with
The worst thing about the agreement, as it was taking shape this week, wasn’t the concessions themselves — it was what the willingness to make them would signal to Trump and the people around him, wri...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s very gross when a premier whose province has been minimally affected by tariffs, because of the nature of its industries rather than its political leadership, takes shots at other provinces that are feeling more pain.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I think we may owe Lutnick a debt of gratitude for the timely reminder to our negotiators of who these guys are, and for saving us from what ultimately would've been a bad deal.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Respect to the source who suggested to me this morning that, while a deal seemed likely, the bad sign to watch for was Howard Lutnick showing up.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This has not been the most fun week to have print deadlines.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
One of this week's less surprising developments. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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One of Trump's top deputies has been unsatisfied with the deal on the table for Canada, sources say | CBC News
One of U.S. President Donald Trump's most influential cabinet members has expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the trade deal on the table with Canada and is pushing for changes to be made as t...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If it’s true that Canada is going to give up Buy Canadian procurement policies (both federal and provincial) in this deal, which is certainly the buzz out there, that’s going to make for a real tough sell to industries (particularly steel) still facing restricted U.S. market access.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I momentarily allowed this to feed into my worries about Carney’s handling of things, before reminding myself that there are few people on earth who less deserve to be taken seriously than JD Vance. www.cbc.ca/news/world/v...
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Vance tells audience at private event that Carney tried to 'out-tough' Trump on trade | CBC News
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance weighed in on the latest trade deal with Canada at a fundraising event Wednesday, saying Prime Minister Mark Carney tried to "out-tough" U.S. President Donald Trump while ...
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’d like to believe this, but I’m not totally convinced. If there’s pushback from companies or entities that weren’t already offside with Trump, its been rather meek still. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...
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Trump’s aggression toward Canada faces resistance from within
Increasingly, Americans with the most to lose from a continental rift are pushing back
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ideally the Ottawa-Alberta MOU would’ve led to enough policy certainty particularly around industrial pricing and carbon markets) to avoid this, but evidently not.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I genuinely don’t understand how the PM could ask premiers to remove their retaliatory policies without giving them details on the deal that would prompt doing so. Maybe something is getting lost in translation.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hot (or at least warm) take. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Adam Radwanski: If this deal’s auto-industry relief isn’t better than it first appears, Doug Ford should keep his booze ban
Mark Carney may have his reasons to believe we have to take what we can get, especially if digging in could imperil relief for other sectors, writes Adam Radwanski.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think that's a big if on autos. No indication yet that Trump will expand exemptions to include North American-made rather than just U.S.-made parts, as Canadian industry was seeking. (It affects whether the effective tariff rate is at a level where Canadian-assembled vehicles are competitive.)
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is rather timely, especially given early indications of what Canada is getting (and not getting) by way of auto-sector concessions.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The obvious question with Keystone: Is Carney giving Trump the impression that he’d prioritize that pipeline over the west coast one? And would he actually follow through on that somehow, as opposed to just notionally supporting it and maybe providing some financing for the Canadian portion?
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If Canada does need to consider retaliatory measures after tomorrow, is there any good reason a return of the digital services tax shouldn’t be on the table?
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