Canada needs to disaster-proof its relationship with the United States: experts

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman wants to see a bilateral agreement between the two countries to ‘codify’ the important parts of the relationship while Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau are both still in office.

Events like the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, pictured, and the overturning of Roe v. Wade demonstrate the fragility of American democracy, experts say, and warn that Canada must prepare itself for the worst case scenarios: the fall of American democracy or even a civil war.Brett Davis photograph courtesy of Flickr

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BY CHELSEA NASH

July 10, 2022

Increasing political polarization in the United States has prompted some Canada-U.S. expert observers to call for the Canadian government to prepare itself for worst-case scenarios south of the border. In the wake of the reversa...

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