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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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada a 51st state? Here’s how American annexation could actually favour Canada

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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canadians are anxious as they ponder how to vote this election. Which leader can ease their fears?

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.
Workers install a large Canadian flag on the front of the Manitoba legislative building in Winnipeg on Mar. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert

Facing annexation threats, should Canadians lament for a nation — like George Grant did in 1963?

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.
Mark Carney speaks to media at Rideau Hall after asking the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call an election for April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Can Mark Carney truly connect with Canadian voters? Canada will now find out

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?
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. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

An American military invasion of Canada? No longer unthinkable, but highly unlikely

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.
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

Why some Canadians are in denial about Donald Trump

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

Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science‑fiction or reality?

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.
More bullshit? U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo)

Why Donald Trump is such a relentless bullshitter

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.
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. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

What Canada can learn from the European Union about dealing with chaos and crises

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.
The flags of Canada and the United States fly outside a hotel in downtown Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States

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. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential

Donald Trump is flagrantly disrespecting Canadian sovereignty and, along with it, Canadian identity. Canada must respond accordingly.

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