Maple & Bay
Explainers
Plain reference pages on the policy mechanisms, trade agreements, and federal programs that anchor Canadian business analysis. Each page is a definition plus the key dates, key entities, and the primary sources to read directly.
CUSMA
The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement: what it replaced, when it expires, and what the 2026 joint review actually decides.
Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
The 2017 interprovincial trade agreement, the exceptions list that limits it, and the four-percent productivity gap the IMF estimates removing barriers would close.
Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit
The 15 percent refundable federal credit on Canadian clean-power investment, Bill C-15's section 127.491, and the Crown-corporation conditions Ottawa removed in Budget 2025.
Supply Management
Canada's quota system for dairy, chicken, turkey, eggs, and hatching eggs, the three pillars that protect it, and the political-economy constraint on reform.
Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS)
Canada's federal industrial carbon-pricing instrument: how the performance-standard design works, the 2026 price of $110 per tonne, and the post-April-2025 federal architecture after the consumer fuel charge was eliminated.
Canada Strong Fund
Canada's first national sovereign wealth fund, announced April 27, 2026: $25 billion over three years, arm's-length Crown structure, target sectors, and the retail investment product.