Canada is ready for its economic Independence Day

Whether it is building new LNG terminals to serve global energy needs, or a trillion-dollar cross-country electricity grid to power the future, an exciting thing is unfolding. A maturing Canada is standing tall on its own feet.

Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to have concluded that the tumultuous changes going on inside the U.S. require a whole new approach from Canada. The key to Canada’s future is no longer a lazy reliance on special access to the world’s largest market; it is a revolution of self-reliance, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

August 31, 2026

HALIFAX—What on earth has happened to the United States?

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