Beneath the set of policies pursued by a prime minister usually rests a conception of what Canada was, is, and should be: Macdonald’s anti-American Canadian nationalism, Diefenbaker’s old-school toryism and affinity for Canada’s British connection, Lester B. Pearson’s liberal internationalism that informed his support for global endeavours such as peacekeeping. For better or worse, even […]
Editor’s note: If you enjoy this article, check out Madelaine Drohan’s book He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure To Annex Canada to learn even more! There was a time when Donald Trump’s jibes about making Canada the 51st state were dismissed in Canada as typical bombast from the American president, a pressure tactic, perhaps,
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At a September 5th press conference in Mississauga, Prime Minister Carney declared the death of a world order based on the endless expansion of free trade, and the dawn of an age of economic nationalism: “The world is changing rapidly. The largest economy, the United States, is fundamentally reshaping all of its trading relationships. And
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For Canadians, the years 1963 and 2025 already seem to have a lot in common. In both years, there were federal elections in April that saw the Liberals win with a new Prime Minister sworn in who represented change (though in 2025, the new PM was sworn in weeks before the election and the outgoing
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With American encroachment on Canada, their threats to our sovereignty alongside the tariffs, Canadians have become emboldened and restless. This has manifested itself in a resurgence of Canadian nationalism amongst our populace and politicians. Ostensibly, Canadian nationalism is a good thing, but in the context of the current mass movement of reaction, its emanations need
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“Our fair Dominion now extends from Cape Race to Nootka Sound. May peace forever be our lot, and plenteous store abound” – Maple Leaf Forever (Canada’s unofficial anthem until the late ‘60s) One day in university, myself and one of my roommates in our slum apartment near the UVic campus were discussing American politics (I
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Editor’s note: When Brian Graff realized there was no digital version of Walter Gordon’s Whither Canada speech, he used OCR to make it available for Canadians to read on Dominion Review! In this article, Graff provides some key background information and analysis of the speech. You can find the whole revived speech by clicking here.
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To me, the Toronto Public Library is an “essential service” since I borrow so many books. This is hardly surprising when my father and my stepfather each ran public library systems in Toronto a few decades back. The TPL has been the victim of a ransomware attack for over a month, with no backup system
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