Take Trump’s threat to annex Canada seriously

When somebody says they are going to hurt you, it’s wise to take precautions.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford wears a ‘Canada is not for sale’ hat at a Jan. 15 first minister's meeting. U.S. President Donald Trump poses an existential threat to the Canadian confederation, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 3, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all Canadian exports to the United States cannot be justified by the false claim that illegal immigrants and large amounts of the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl are flooding into American ac...

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