This new, reinvigorated strain of nativism will not end with Trump

The fact is Canadians have had an easy ride on defence spending. But the ride is over. Whether Trump actually introduces tariffs or not, the United States is simply no longer reliable in the way it was.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Liberal leadership front-runner candidate Mark Carney. Not only can we no longer rely on what was the greatest military alliance in the world to defend us writ large, we can’t be sure our former bestie won’t suddenly show up to annex us, writes Jamie Carroll. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY JAMIE CARROLL

February 19, 2025

The defence of the realm is the most serious obligation of any democratic government—even Canada.

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