Trump exposed the risk of complacency. Will Canada learn from its mistakes?

It is critical to not repeat past mistakes, and for the Carney government to approach renewed relationships with countries like China with eyes wide open.

Prime Minister Mark Carney should proceed with caution while finding new, non-traditional allies in the face of U.S. protectionism, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOSIE SABATINO

January 14, 2026

OTTAWA—’Tis the season for bold political predictions that promise to make sense of the year ahead. And yet, if the first week of January was any indicator of things to come, “uncertainty” has officially replaced “unprecedented” as the defining buzzword. In many ...

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