The recent move by Kinder Morgan on the Trans Mountain pipeline was a massive blow to Canada’s investment attractiveness.
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Private-sector investment in factories and other structures down more than 23 per cent.
For smaller countries, access to the U.S. market is a major prize.
Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.
Overspending in the United States causes market forces to appreciate the dollar exchange rate.
It takes nearly two years, on average, to obtain building permits in Vancouver.
Business investment (excluding residential structures) is down nearly 20 per cent since the third quarter of 2014.
Without adequate access to pipelines—the cheaper and safer mode of transportation—there has been a shift to more crude-by-rail.
Premier Kathleen Wynne said Ontario will restrict use of structural iron from New York.
In Ontario, the government expects to rake in $2 billion per year through its cap-and-trade program.
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