Donald Trump, in his second term, threatens Canada’s economy, its security, its very future. But the American President is also a catalyst.
For too many years, Canadian political leaders have turned away from long-standing difficulties. The Trump Challenge forces us to reckon with the country’s future.
We have always been an improbable country, occupying the cold half of the North American continent, much of the population strung out across a 9,000-km border with the United States. There is a certain logic to Mr. Trump’s suggestion that we simply become part of the U.S., especially because so much of our history has been marked by linguistic, cultural and regional division. And new demographic, population, generational and cultural shifts have left us more divided than ever.
