But a few high - profile catastrophes in the intervening decades — space shuttle explosions, mad cow disease, to name just two — combined with a deepening mistrust of authorities outside of technology (blame Watergate) have made everyone decidedly more cynical. (canadianbusiness.com)
In the intervening decades, Canada has won far more decisions at the proceedings and tribunals than the U.S., and outside of the festering issue of softwood lumber — which is outside of NAFTA, anyway — the decisions have generally led to more and better trade. (canadianbusiness.com)
Relax these, as economists had in the intervening decades, and whatever stimulative effect a burst of government spending might be imagined to have is very quickly unwound, especially in an open economy such as Canada's. (nationalpost.com)