Is Good Banking Regulation Good Foreign Policy?

Background:

Last year, Chrystia Freeland proclaimed that Toronto’s Bay Street had something to teach New York and London. A year later Paul Krugman speculated that Canada is building a housing bubble that has yet to burst – that contrary to Freeland’s argument, Canada’s banking system may not promote economic stability.

CIC Analysis:

The CIC caught up with Chrystia Freeland who defends her claim, arguing that Canada’s good financial regulation is good foreign policy. We also discuss economic foreign policy with John Manley, former Minister of Finance, and Colin Robertson, member of the NAFTA negotiating team, who tells us that historically, Canada’s foreign policy has always been determined by economic interest.

INTERVIEW: Chrystia Freeland

INTERVIEW: John Manley

INTERVIEW: Colin Robertson

LECTURE: O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture

The CIC was at the 2011 O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture, where Chrystia Freeland, global-editor-at-large for Reuters, spoke about the contemporary challenge to foreign policy: finding a place in the rebalanced global economy:

Photo courtesy of Reuters.