Amid the Canada-U.S. trade war, is it time for a new cohort of the Greatest Generation?

With such an unprecedented attack on Canada by the United States, it is urgent for individuals and those representing businesses, governments, and organizations to demonstrate collective responsibility and counter what Prime Minister Mark Carney called a U.S. attempt ‘to break us, so that they could own us.’
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, discusses Canada's reasons for walking away from trade talks with the United States during a press conference in West Block on Aug. 22, while Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, centre, and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette look on.

After trade negotiations between Canada and the United States broke down on Aug. 21—due to last-minute demands by American negotiators aimed at turning Canada into a vassal state similar to the one imposed on Venezuela—there is an urgent need for discussion by all Canadi...

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