Trump’s hit on Venezuela just gave Canada a bruise

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s vision for Canada is to make it ‘the world’s leading energy superpower,’ but that just got bulldozed by the United States’ actions in Venezuela.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Thanks to Trump's recent capture of the Venezuelan president, Canada is massively effed, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

January 6, 2026

CALGARY—Can we just have one weekend of peace?

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