People participate in a rally in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 9, 2025.
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The notion of a friendly U.S.–Canada merger invites reflection since both countries are economically interlocked and geographically co-located, though culturally distinct.
Prime Minister Mark Carney gets a hug from Beulah Cooper as he arrives at her house in Gander, N.L., on March 24, 2025. Cooper housed Americans during 9/11 and is featured in the musical Come From Away.
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The question on the ballot this election is no longer about Justin Trudeau — it’s about who Canadians trust to lead them through a disruptive and unpredictable time.
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in February 2025.
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In the Canada-U.S. trade war, Canadian officials are facing an American president who excels at creating false narratives. Canada must win the messaging war.
People hold Elbows Up signs during a rally in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 9, 2025.
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In his book ‘Lament for a Nation,’ Canadian political philosopher George Grant wrote that Canada’s original death knell was acquiescence to American demands that it accept their nuclear weapons in Canada.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in recent appearances.
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Even in the face of Donald Trump’s threats against Canada, differences on foreign policy won’t necessarily shape the federal election’s outcome.
Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall after asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call an election for April 28, 2025.
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When it comes to economics, Mark Carney is among the most knowledgeable in the country. But can he now connect with everyday Canadians on the campaign trail?
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly stands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in Charlevoix, Québec on March 13, 2025.
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Canada’s principal security threat now comes from its closest neighbour. What’s on the horizon?
Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, who were on vacation in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025, hold a Canadian flag and a hockey stick to show their support for Canada in front of the White House. Another visitor to the city wears a Donald Trump mask.
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An attempt at a military invasion of Canada would be catastrophic for the U.S. Short of a desire for self-sabotage, there is no incentive for Americans to undertake such a reckless course.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Tesla on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025.
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The response from Elon Musk and Donald Trump to outrage about their cuts to the U.S. federal government follows a proven of ‘deny, divert, delay and destroy.’
A Canadian supporter of Donald Trump waves an American flag from an overpass in Montréal in November 2020, two days after the presidential election that Joe Biden ultimately won.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Who are the 10 per cent of Canadians who support Trump and his annexation threats? They are likely people afflicted with cognitive biases that prevent them from accurately assessing risk.
The Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, in June 2024. The U.S. has been proposing a plan for decades s that would divert water from the Yukon and other western rivers to American agricultural areas.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas
From debates over water export to the largest ‘zombie water project’ in North American history, there’s a long history of Canadian water export to the U.S.
People take part in an International Women’s Rights Day rally outside the U.S. Consulate in Montréal on March 8, 2025.
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The past holds lessons for how Canada can sustain global order in an ‘America First’ world.
More bullshit? U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., on Feb. 19, 2025.
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Most liars care enough about the truth to try to conceal it. But simply not caring either way is a different vice — it’s called bullshitting, and Donald Trump weaponizes it.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 10, 2025.
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Donald Trump’s relentless threats against Canada are based on a series of lies that he continues to tell.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at United Nations headquarters in September 2024.
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As Canadians experience their very own ‘Zeitenwende’ — the end of an era — in the wake of Trump’s desire to absorb Canada into the U.S., Canadian leaders should learn from the EU.
President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 7, 2025.
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Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
Canada’s wannabe leader and his wife? Melania Trump looks on as President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 31, 2024.
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