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Prime Minister Mark Carney holds up a copy of the budget as he and Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne make their way to the House of Commons for the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Nov. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Why the 2025 federal budget won’t really make Canada strong

How Ottawa responds through its fiscal strategy will determine whether Canada can navigate this new geopolitical and economic reality.
A new sign hangs on the door of the Pentagon office of Pete Hegseth, featuring his new title, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War on Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)

‘We want to be offensive too’ — Trump’s Department of War move shows his flimsy grasp of history

Donald Trump’s Department of War move suggests he’s ignorant about America’s long record of aggression in the post-Second World War era.
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.
President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office before departing for Florida on March 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics’ poses grave risks to Canada

The possibility that what’s known as continentalist geopolitics underpins recent U.S. foreign policy initiatives has received too little attention in Canada. Here’s what it means.

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