In Canada, the United States has no greater friend as our two countries share much more than just the world’s longest and most productive border.
We share core values and a commitment to free trade, a level playing field and open markets. And, of course, there are all those cultural ties. (Sure, they play a different style of football – CFL vs. NFL – but there is always hockey. And find me an American who doesn’t like Canadian rock band Rush and their ode to that all-American boy Tom Sawyer.)
A day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, we wanted to take a chance to note the close connection between the two countries.
A good place to start: trade.
By the way, Alberta, Canada, leads the way as an American oil supplier.
From 2014: “Alberta ships 2.5 million barrels of oil a day to the U.S.”
Additionally, “Canada offers us some important lessons in policy and results.”
We can even learn a little from our neighbors to the north when it comes to regulatory reform.
Our neighbor to the north came up with one way to lasso in the Regulatory State. Since 2012, Canadian federal regulators have been operating under a “One-for-One” rule.
Canada is a partner in innovation.
And speaking of North America …