The previous column laid out the formation, governance, and current divisions in Canada and the lack of a common purpose. The US has survived national challenges described therein mostly because of the strength of its institutions.
One of the risks of Canada as a nation, and reasons for Quebec and/or Alberta to withdraw, is the paucity of institutions reflecting a common purpose; and are seen as fair to all Canadians.
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Food prices in Canada rose 6.2% year over year in December, with grocery store prices up 5.0% and restaurant prices jumping 8.5%. That alone would be troubling. What makes it more alarming is that inflation came in well above expectations, pushing Canada to its highest food inflation rate since August 2023.
Leftist American former Yale professor Jason Stanley is revered in the bowels of leftist academia. He once felt protected at Yale, until Trump retaliated against the Marxist takeover of campuses. Now he’s escaped to Canada to his safe space at the University of Toronto, where he’s on a roll. “Yale professor who fled US because of Trump is now scolding Canadians who still want to visit or move to America,” by Alexa Cimino, Daily Mail, January 14, 2026…
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Steve Bannon: “You’re seeing a rapid shift in Canada.
25% of Canada’s population is foreign born. These people are hostile to the US.
Canada could be the next Ukraine.”
I live here – and, I think he’s right. 😥 pic.twitter.com/o8mPNv5KH6
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 18, 2026
That is the story Statistics Canada’s December 2025 Consumer Price Index quietly tells, even if Ottawa would prefer Canadians stop reading after the headline number.
Uber called out by service dog users who are fed up with ride rejections
Salome Solomon, who is legally blind, relies on two things to get around Ottawa: her guide dog, Zurich, and Uber.
But she says Canada’s dominant rideshare service keeps letting her down by failing to uphold her legal right to ride with a service animal.
There’s a video at the link and it’s obvious the Uber driver is a foreigner from an incompatible culture. Most likely a Muslim, a cult with a filthy aversion to man’s best friend.
The CBC being Islamist apologists won’t mention the painfully obvious of course.
First of two. Go here for part 2.
The saga of how one extended family transformed their wealth from China into roughly $60 million worth of property in Canada, specifically in Metro Vancouver, has come to light in a lawsuit that has been working its way through B.C. courts.
The case, presided over by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gordon Funt, tells a remarkable story that blends the trans-national transfer of huge sums out of China with the yearning of migrating families for a more secure lifestyle abroad.
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According to polling by the Environics Institute, 70 per cent of Canadians are either very or somewhat satisfied with “the way democracy works in Canada.”
Is that good?
At the very least, it could certainly be worse. And Environics surveys show that the share of Canadians expressing satisfaction has held relatively steady over the last 15 years — it was 70 per cent in 2010, rose gradually to 79 per cent in 2017, fell to 65 per cent in 2023 and then rebounded back to 70 per cent last year.
Canada has drawn up plans to send a small contingent of soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with NATO allies in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to acquire the semi-autonomous Arctic territory, two senior government officials say.
The officials told The Globe and Mail that the Canadian Armed Forces are awaiting final political approval from Prime Minister Mark Carney before sending the soldiers.
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Germany already bugged-out – German soldiers leave Greenland
Should Canadians be prepared for the United States to use military coercion to achieve its goals?
Economic coercion is the more viable choice for President Donald Trump if he presses his objectives in Canada, since he has the means to apply that pressure without the unpopular move of sending in troops, said University of Windsor political science Prof. Jamey Essex
In the year since US President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term, he has brought with him significant global shifts.
Like many countries, Canada – America’s closest neighbour to the north – has felt the impact and seen a change in the long-standing relationship with its close security ally and trading partner.
Trump has imposed tariffs on several key Canadian sectors and has warned of more to come. He has also referred to Canada as “the 51st state” — a jab that has been met with a mix of anxiety and an uncharactaristically fierce display of patriotism.
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The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.
As Trump’s advisers work toward his goal of acquiring Greenland, the president has privately grown more exercised about what he sees as Canada’s similar inability to defend its borders against any encroachment from Russia or China, specifically arguing Canada needs to spend more on defense, the officials said. They said his push has accelerated internal discussions about a broader Arctic strategy and potentially reaching an agreement with Canada this year to fortify its northern border.
President Trump’s overtures to Greenland might have shocked Denmark, but they certainly haven’t shocked historians of American territorial ambition. Talking about the rendition of President Maduro, Trump called it an example of the “Donroe Doctrine”: a repurposing of the 1823 “Monroe Doctrine” which had declared the Western Hemisphere closed to European interference. It meant that the United States of America, independent for less than a generation, would be the boss of its own backyard. Trump’s interest in Greenland is merely an extension of this.
A Canadian immigration control official who warned of influence from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s Beijing–Montreal business networks, predicted the types of outcomes unfolding under Carney.
This abridged 2023 Bureau investigation is being reposted in the aftermath of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to Beijing. It offers a plausible lens on how Ottawa can arrive at policy choices that may ultimately damage the interests of most Canadians—and erode Canada’s standing as a Western middle power.
PM Carney pre-election (2025):
“Our biggest security threat is China”PM Carney post-election (2026):
“Our partnership with China sets us up well for the New World Order” pic.twitter.com/ZLZfAH9hR3— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 16, 2026
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The agency responsible for investigating Chinese Police stations in Canada
is the RCMP..!
…who just signed an MOU with the People's Police of China for enforcement cooperation.
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) January 17, 2026
Enduring countries have common interests and value systems, and feature strong institutions. During the English debate in the 2025 federal election, Yves Blanchet, the leader of the Bloc, said, “Canada is an artificial country.” He may be right.
Strong countries also have shared objectives.
Hard to be a viable nation when governed by a criminal conspiracy.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is selling out to China, and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping is loving it.
Over the past few days, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been in China in an open attempt to pivot to China and spurn Canada’s relationship with the United States. In a jubilant press release on Friday, the prime minister’s office declared that Carney is “forg[ing] [a] new strategic partnership with the People’s Republic of China.” The government went on to repeatedly tout this “new strategic partnership,” framing the relationship as entirely overhauled.
Further, Carney announced that Canada is dropping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from 100 percent to 6.1 percent, opening the door to importing cheap Chinese cars (heavily subsidized by the communist government) that promise to sink the Canadian car industry. That decision signals a major break from Canada’s previously united stance with the U.S. against such vehicles.
