Category Archives: Canada-US relations

Why US tariffs aren’t Canada’s biggest problem, and what to do about it

Whether or not the United States imposes tariffs on Canada tomorrow, the threat will remain. That’s the problem. Continue reading →

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Pandemics, authoritarianism and the coming storm

A lot of people bought Camus’ The Plague in 2020. With Monday’s presidential inauguration on the horizon, you might want to read it again. Continue reading →

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My presentation for the panel, Donald Trump and US Authoritarian Turn: Implications for the United States, Canada, and the World

Last night I was part of an in-person panel co-hosted by the St. Catharines Public Library on, as the title says, what Canada and the world can expect from a Trumpified US. There was, unsurprisingly, a lot of interest in … Continue reading →

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

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

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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