We cannot let ourselves be paralyzed by fear of the United States of America

Despite Donald Trump, Canada will have policymaking room to do more of what we need to do, if we are ready to try. We owe it to the next generation. The biggest impediment will not be Trump, but ourselves.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Freeland heads the new Canada-U.S. Cabinet Committee, and LeBlanc is the vice-chair. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 25, 2024

TORONTO—The Trump administration needn’t worry about Canada. That’s the message Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are sending in response to American president-elect Donald Trump’s threatened 10-20 per cent tariff on imports to...

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