You might call this our time of reckoning

Canadian Paul Samson argues in new paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, that while economic integration with the U.S. has generated prosperity for Canada, this has come with a price which may be even more threatening than in the past.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in Ottawa. Canada needs a sovereign broadband backbone that links Canadians coast to coast, and builds network access to Europe and Asia without having to go through U.S.-controlled networks. It means Canadian-owned and controlled so that only Canadian agencies have access to what is stored, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 12, 2026

TORONTO—You might call it our time of reckoning. In a useful paper just published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Canadian Paul Samson argues that while economic integration with the United States has generated prosperity for Canada, this has come with a...

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