Andrew Allentuck

When an aircraft manufacturer crashes, the rubble is the stuff of agony. John Diefenbaker’s destruction of the Avro Arrow is a legend of what might have been and more evidence, if it were needed, that eastern money has never given the west a chance. Today, the tables are turned, for in the crash of the stock market value of airplane and train maker Bombardier…

Business books are a sorry lot of flavour-of-the-month ideas and bromides, but this sermon on trade stands out for its freshness, familiarity with relevant facts and passion. In Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson: Rescuing Canadian Business from the Suds of Global Obscurity, Andrea Mandel-Campbell, a former business reporter in Latin America, blends economics and evangelism to produce what should be a blockbuster on Canada’s role in global…