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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Mark Carney’s defiance: Canada shows the world how to respond to Donald Trump’s threats

Canada cannot match the U.S. economically, but it can make Donald Trump’s trade war politically costly as the U.S. heads toward midterm elections.
Mounties stand with an American flag as they prepare to welcome United States President Donald Trump to Calgary, Alta., in June 2025 to attend the G7 Leaders meeting taking place in nearby Kananaskis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Mark Carney lifted some tariffs against the U.S. Was that a wise tactical move, or a bad blunder?

Canada has lifted many of its retaliatory tariffs against the United States. Here’s why that was likely a smart move by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Elbows down? Why Mark Carney seems to keep caving to Donald Trump

Rather than continuing to retaliate with tariffs of its own, the Canadian government has begun to confess that such a tactic may be a losing battle against Donald Trump.
People skate with a large Canadian flag on the Rideau Canal to launch celebrations for the 60th Anniversary of the National Flag of Canada Day, Feb. 14, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

How to talk with children about Canada‑U.S. tensions

Psychology researchers studying parent-child relationships and child mental health offer five ways parents can address public discourse around a trade war.
Donald Trump smiles during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House early in Trump’s first term in February 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Canada as a 51st state? Republicans would never win another general election

Canada as the 51st state would doom the Republican Party. If Donald Trump cannot understand he’s taunting useful U.S. allies with annexation threats, he could at least follow his electoral instincts.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, is swarmed by the media during a meeting of Canada’s premiers hosted by Ontario in Toronto on Dec. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

How Canada and the country’s premiers must respond to Trump’s trade and energy policies

Canada should consider an export charge on Canadian energy bound for the U.S and applied directly by the federal government. That would impose some unity on Canada’s approach to Trump 2.0.

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