Where do we go from here?

As Canada walks away from trade negotiations with the United States, what we need now is a state-of-the-nation address by Prime Minister Mark Carney, spelling out where we go from here, the strategy for a new Canada, and how it will be implemented.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, at a press conference in the West Block on Aug. 22, explaining to Canadians why he pulled his negotiating team out of Washington, D.C. Those negotiators—Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, centre, and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette—were also at the press conference. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 24, 2026

TORONTO—As Canada walks away from trade negotiations with the United States, there is a truth that h...

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