Transportation COMMENT: What does Dutch disease feel like? October 14, 2005 High oil prices are raising concerns about Dutch disease, a debilitating illness at best. But to ordinary companies...
Transportation INDUSTRY PULSE: Summing up the costs of Mad Cow August 12, 2005 Canadian cattle are finally making their way across the U.S. border again, after being banned for more than two yea...
Transportation INDUSTRY PULSE: Auto sector stronger than it appears May 20, 2005 OTTAWA, Ont. -- There has been much concern in trucking circles recently about the health of the automotive sector,...
Transportation COMMENT: Have oil markets turned the corner? April 22, 2005 Oil prices have retreated from record highs, and appear to be heading lower. Was it all a bad dream? Or is this jus...
Transportation Is relief finally in sight for high loonie? February 11, 2005 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The rise in the value of the Canadian dollar against the American greenback has caused considerable...
Transportation INDUSTRY PULSE: Is port congestion contributing to souring economic picture? December 17, 2004 VANCOUVER, BC -- West Coast truckers have had good reason of late to grumble about delays in intermodal pick ups, b...
Transportation COMMENT: Who is most vulnerable to the rising dollar? December 3, 2004 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Seeing the Canadian dollar rise from U.S. 62 cents to 75 cents last year was one thing. But this ye...