Canadians feel threats blowing in from multiple directions

This economic and geopolitical unrest creates deep uncertainty. Canadians will and do rally around our own sovereignty and solidarity with each other and our core national values. In this moment, Prime Minister Mark Carney has come to embody our national defiance against U.S. President Donald Trump's bullying. But the global banker has to also show us the money.

Prime Minister Mark Carney. Obviously, the irrational attacks on our economy from the bellicose bully from the south loom large. These economic threats are particularly irrational as tariffs and attacks on a shared continental economy hurt both our countries, writes Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

September 21, 2026

OTTAWA—As Parliament reopens for the fall 2026 sitting, Canadians feel threats blowing in from multiple directions. Obviously, the irrational attacks on our economy from the bellicose bully from the south loom large. These economic threats are particularly irrational as ta...

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