Category Archives: Canada-US relations

Canada and Trump 2.0: Dealing with the reality in front of us

Posted on November 6, 2024 by bhaggart

In which I try to work through my initial reaction to Trump’s re-election as it relates to Canada and Canada-US relations. My first thought: we are in deep, deep trouble, the likes we’ve never seen before. My second thought: That may be overly optimistic. Continue reading →

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Want to understand current Canada-US relations? Look at the 1930s

Posted on June 19, 2018 by bhaggart

One of the reasons it’s hard for Canadians to understand fully the threat posed by Trump and deeper currents in US politics is that Trump has ripped up the rulebook that has governed the Canada-U.S. relationship for over seventy years. … Continue reading →

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Memo: The long-term Canadian response to the Trump presidency

Posted on June 9, 2018 by bhaggart

I wrote this memo in November-December 2016 and circulated it to a few people in and around government. Sadly, I think it’s held up quite well. Posting it here for posterity. For me, one of the key takeaways is that … Continue reading →

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Canada, Trump and what we can do

Posted on January 30, 2017 by bhaggart

If you’re Canadian and appalled by what’s happening in the US, there are at least two concrete things you can do: 1. Phone or email your local MP and demand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau back up his Twitter claims … Continue reading →

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Hubris and misdiagnosis in Burney and Hampson’s “How Obama Lost Canada”

Posted on June 27, 2012 by bhaggart

I see Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson, both of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, have an article in Foreign Affairs with the provocative title “How Obama Lost Canada” (h/t Michael Forbes). It takes the … Continue reading →

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