Donald Trump’s latest round of threats—a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods and repeated jabs that Canada “only works” as America’s 51st state—landed like grenades here at home. But they also revealed an uncomfortable truth: it’s hard for Canada to project strength internationally when we haven’t built the foundations of a strong, modern country domestically. We need homes our children can afford, infrastructure that connects a vast nation, a resource sector that gets to “yes”—and yes, a military capable of defending our sovereignty.
