Canada is facing a rocky four years.
The results of Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election carry massive implications for the Canadian economy, which depends, in large part, on a healthy trade relationship with its wealthy southern neighbour.
Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris has pitched an “opportunity economy” with lower costs for health care and housing, and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy, without significantly deviating from the policies of her 2020 running mate, President Joe Biden.
Republican challenger Donald Trump favours more of a scorched-earth approach, promising mass deportations, huge tariffs and tax breaks that challenge economic orthodoxy.
“She’s sort of ideologically a protectionist and he’s just who he
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