Canadians face a new reality as the U.S. abandons 75 years of rules-based, liberal world order

U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive fixation with this country and his constant denigration of Canadians and our right to exist as a nation are shifting attitudes here with dizzying speed.

After a month of nearly daily threats of economically devastating tariffs, Canadians are beginning to accept the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump actually does want to erase the Canada-U.S. border, writes Les Whittington.White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

February 19, 2025

OTTAWA—It must have occurred to a lot of Canadians by now that there is a supreme irony in United States President Donald Trump’s demands that Ottawa increase its spending on its military defence capabilities.

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