Canada’s already afraid of big, bad America

The best outcome of a new Trump administration is that Canadians will wake up to take greater charge of their own future.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, far right, said she shares concerns about whether Mexico is 'aligned' with Canada and the U.S. on trade policy. Americans care about their country and push hard for its interests. It’s time for Canadians to feel just as strongly about our own country’s interests and future, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 18, 2024

TORONTO—The white flags are already being unfurled. These are the surrenders-in-advance by Canadians to a feared attack by the incoming Trump administration to either weaken or eliminate Canadian policies they don’t like, or cancel the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.

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