Fighting forced labour and CUSMA

Both countries possess the capacity to work in concert to protect ethical trade practices and fair competition across the continent. If this dispute is genuinely about forced labour, then there is much constructive work to be done together. But is it?

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Having lost the emergency tariff issue before the Supreme Court, the Trump administration is now conducting an inquiry into the forced labour practices of 60 countries, which should be viewed primarily as a negotiating tactic, write John McKay and Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOHN MCKAY, PSG SENATOR JULIE MIVILLE-DECHêNE

May 25, 2026

The review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement is due in a matter of weeks. Canada’s strategy appears to be to play the long game. Prime Minister Mark Carney has, appropriately, declined to negotiate in public. U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy (if it can b...

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