In a national emergency, Canada does not have a moment to lose

It should have been clear in November, 2024, when Donald Trump won re-election that Canada needed to act with urgency to end the drift of (especially) the last decade, during which the federal government dangerously neglected the basics of safeguarding national sovereignty.

The alarm bells were seemingly heeded last spring, when Mr. Trump launched his trade war and started greedily eyeing Canada as the 51st state. Against the odds, the Liberals won re-election under Mark Carney on the promise of an elbows-up response to Mr. Trump’s provocations.

But that promised response has not materialized, despite other worrying developments. In November, the U.S. administration published a National Security Strategy that would dramatically curtail the sovereignty of any Western Hemisphere country, Canada included. ---More...

All the showboating and theatrical signing ceremonies have amounted to nothing a year into Mark Carney.

Still no free trade across provinces. Every Trudeau anti-resource law remains. No new pipelines approved. Not one foreign country has cut tariffs on Canada. Deficit has…

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre)January 5, 2026

All the showboating and theatrical signing ceremonies have amounted to nothing a year into Mark Carney.

Still no free trade across provinces. Every Trudeau anti-resource law remains. No new pipelines approved. Not one foreign country has cut tariffs on Canada. Deficit has doubled. Grocery prices are rising 2.5X faster than in the U.S.

Mark Carney is proving to be the most overhyped and overrated Prime Minister in a generation.