I’ve been finding it increasingly difficult to write something new on the worsening US/Canada divide because I hate being negative all the time, yet finding something more positive to say is like the proverbial grasping at straws. So check out this hopeful post by Heather Delaney Reese.
In his recent article “We must not underestimate the peril for democracy,” Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf has issued a stark warning about the global state of democracy. International monitoring groups still rank Canada among the worldโs strongest democracies, yet Canadaโs sovereignty, public institutions, and civic culture require vigilance and active defence.
The globally de-stabilizing, illegal attack on Iran by Trumpโs USA and Netanyahuโs Israel may have one positive benefit. It may take other countries openly coveted by Trump off his immediate radar screen. Yet when Canadaโs very existence is at stake, all of us need to make it a priority to stand unified against external threatsโand internal threats fueled by external actors. Period.
From my perspective, one of the most disturbing aspects of the February 28, 2026 bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girlsโ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, has been the limited attention it received in Canadian and much of the American media. If the attack is not understood as part of a formal act of war, it is difficult to see it as anything other than the mass killing of civilians โ in this case, children. This raises a troubling question: why has media coverage been so restrained?
Separating fact from fiction in a U.S. presidential address is therefore not an exercise in partisan nit-picking. It is an act of civic responsibility. A resilient Canada requires an informed citizenry that understands both the substance and the implications of what is being said in Washington.
Ten Quiet Ways Canadians Can Build Resilience and Hold the Line (TL;DR) Canadians are facing a kind of pressure that doesnโt look like invasion or open conflict. Itโs quieter than thatโand often more effective. Economic leverage, digital dependence, narrative...
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