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How to make a nation of ‘supertraders’

On this episode of PPF’s WONK podcast, host Amanda Lang talks to Alison Nankivell, CEO of Export Development Canada, about free trade, diversification and export bottlenecks

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Publié:18 juin 2026

Project: Forum sur l’avenir énergétique

The need to pivot away from our dependence on the U.S. as a trading partner has definitely been driven home to Canadian businesses. But actually doing it is a different story. If there’s a base camp for that climb, it’s Export Development Canada (EDC), the Crown Corporation whose mission is to help Canadians develop new markets. Alison Nankivell, EDC’s CEO, joins host Amanda Lang. 

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Views expressed by WONK guests do not reflect the views of the Public Policy Forum.

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