The world has changed a lot over the last 30 or 40 years, but in the last two years, I have begun to think that Canadians have not fully grasped this. This is particularly the case for our leaders, thinkers, and people of influence who still have an outdated mindset which the election of Trump […]
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Provinces Can Resist Post-Nationalism The current arrangement of power and representation disfavours a truly nationalist and pro-Canadian federal policy. Fortunately, the provincial level shelters a second and underfortified bastion from which to prevent the permanent degeneration of Canada into a post-national project of economic development. In Ontario, the Progressive Conservatives have secured commanding majority after
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Whenever the topic of “nationalism” is broached, there seems to be a cloud of taboo surrounding the usage of that word. Patriotism is permitted, and chauvinism can be tolerated, but to be nationalist? For many, that is a bridge too far. This has resulted in a convoluted conceptual web surrounding nationalism within its typical understanding
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Introduction In preparing this article I am indebted to Professor Kari Levitt on whose pioneering work, Silent Surrender (1970), I have relied for the information on how multinationals operating in Canada have undermined Canadian sovereignty. Silent Surrender, which is a monumental work on political economy of Canada, was not well received by orthodox economists. To illustrate the mindset
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The earliest manifestation of Canadian nationalism began just before the First World War. The person leading the movement was Henri Bourassa who was considered the ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism. However he established the Canadian Nationalist League in 1903 with the aim of instilling pan-Canadian nationalist spirit among the French-Canadian population. Shortly before the start of the Great
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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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