A new middle-power alliance would give Canada leverage, and Canadians hope

America’s global trade war can only succeed against a divided opposition.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada should lead the world’s middle powers in a collective and overdue weaning from American primacy by establishing a grand new security and economic alliance, writes Jon Shell. Photograph by Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY JON SHELL

May 21, 2025

Following United States President Donald Trump’s first threats to annex Canada, there was a country-wide energy to forge a new and more independent path, with political rhetoric to match. But with Trump’s "51st state” bluster diminishing, Prime Minister Mark...

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