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Trump: a window of opportunity

Donald Trump’s minions may not have told him yet, but last week was not just a temporary setback in his crusade for high tariffs. It was the end of that road. Bring those tariffs back in 90 days, and the bond market will shut him down even faster next time.

Navigating a new global era

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

These volatile times call for broadening our relationships with countries beyond North America, moving promptly to pay our NATO dues, and thinking more militarily.

There goes the neighbourhood

If our old relationship with the U.S. ‘is over,’ then we can learn from our southernmost neighbour how to be creative in rethinking what constitutes defence spending in Canada.

Annexation threat just a diversion: Ottawa letter writer

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Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your editorial about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. During her appearance with Ben Shapiro she stated, regarding Canada as the 51st state, “That would be like adding another California to your electoral system, […]