Future focused: Canadians need to re-evaluate American ties in the age of Trump

The thrust in the U.S. could not be more different than that of Canada, with its generous, tolerant, socially responsible, and internationally open approach.

The United States and Canada, under the leadership of Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau, respectively, couldn’t be further apart, writes Les Whittington. Energy Department photo courtesy of Simon Edelman and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

December 20, 2017

OTTAWA—Even before President Donald Trump’s latest invocation of his “America First” thinking, it was clear the close relationship with the United States that has shaped life in Canada for many decades is changing in profound, epoch-making ways. The ties between this country and its souther...

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