Canada has to create an alternative to foreign takeovers

If Canada is to succeed we have to recognize not only that we live in a shifting geopolitical order, a technological revolution, an essential green transition to avert the worst impacts of climate change, and the shifting needs of an aging population.

This is our new world and, in it, we will face intense pressures to find out where we best fit. Can we build a Canada much less dependent on the oil and gas and auto industries? There’s a good chance we will have to, and there's no time to waste, writes David Crane. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

April 18, 2025

TORONTO—It’s easy to talk of the need for change in response to a Trumpian world, but it's much more difficult to achieve it. Our political, business, and labour leaders need to be upfront on this because change to make us less vulnerable to American coercion and enmity ...

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