I haven’t watched The Simpsons for a long time, but one of my favourite episodes was “Homer the Great” from the sixth season, where Homer joins an ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters. Homer ends up becoming the leader of the Stonecutters Lodge, then he alienates all the other members so much that they […]
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A few years ago, there was a term sometimes applied to the United States: The Indispensable Nation. The problem in 2025, with Trump’s return to power, is that Canada and our other allies might have to find a way to make the US dispensable – or at least, as dispensable as we can manage. It
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The Trump administration continues its rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st American state, most recently with Secretary of State Marco Rubio defending the idea on Canadian soil. New data from the Angus Reid Institute shows that virtually all Canadians remain resolutely opposed to the idea – with the notable exception of a sizeable minority of
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There are a number of times when I get suspicious about unanimity – when everyone seems to agree about something and there is no real dissent or criticism, except for voices so extreme or untrustworthy that most people automatically tune them out. Canadian defence policy seems to be one of those areas, where even the
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Like most Canadians, I was sick of Trump even before he was sworn in on January 20th. Now, pretty well everything that comes out of his mouth is a half-true, ignorant opinion, based on someone else’s ignorant opinion, or a total fabrication. His repeated claims that he wants to make Canada the 51st state show
Foreign policy includes a variety of objectives, including economic ones. During the Cold War, up to around 1990, Canada’s role in the world was pretty clear. We were part of NATO, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the G7. We worked with those groups – and other allies when possible (Australia, South Korea, Israel,
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In the days before the US election, the major news media in Canada and the US (newspapers, TV networks, and cable channels etc., excluding Fox News) were saying that the US election was so close in the polls that they could not predict a winner. The polls for the 7 or so swing states had
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Last week, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly made a surprise visit to Beijing – the first face-to-face talks in China’s capital involving a Canadian foreign minister in seven years. Joly’s office described the visit as a chance to “exchange views on concrete ways to enhance the already deep ties between the people of
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