Happy travels, Canada, and Happy Canada Day

There is a heightened sense of Canadian pride this year and millions of Canadians are showing Americans what they think of Trump's global trade war with a multi-billion dollar travel ban. Canadians may not wave the flag like our Americans neighbours do, and we will never call ourselves patriots, but we do show our pride in other ways. Happy travels, Canada, and Happy Canada Day.

A Canadian Forces parachuter demonstrates a fly past the Peace Tower during Canada Day activities at Parliament Hill on July 1, 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

June 30, 2025

The boos directed at the American national anthem at sporting events may have stopped, but Canadians are showing defiance against United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war with a multi-billion dollar travel ban. So when Trump says his country doesn’t need anythin...

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