It’s Time for Canada to Get the Bomb (Not Really)Threats against Canadian sovereignty from the incoming Trump administration should, however, focus the national mind on a plan for managing...whatever it is we're facing....Donald Trump is threatening to annex Canada with “economic force.” At a press conference earlier this week he said he wouldn’t use military force — what a relief! No, he’d stick to the economic tools in his toolbox as he takes aim at the border, which he called an arbitrary line. (I didn’t have Trump becoming an open-border activist on my 2025 Bingo card, but here we are.)Politicians in Canada came out to say no way to Trump’s proposition-threat. Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Doug Ford, Mรฉlanie Joly, etc., etc., etc. Their statements are all variations on a theme: Canada is a sovereign state and will remain so. And that’s mostly and probably true.Probably...
...It’s time to surface assumptions, unspoken anxieties, worst-case scenarios and taboos about Canada’s relationship with the US and place in the world, and then debate them in plain view. Who do we want to be and what do we want to protect? With whom do we wish to do business and to what extent? How many baskets should we arrange for our eggs? Is this country worth defending and, if so, why, how, and to what extent and consequence?If we can’t come up with answers to these questions, then that will be an answer in and of itself. But I think we can and should come up with answers — and we don’t even need the bomb to do so.
All clear now? Whatever the end game may be, this country is under attack. By our neighbours.
— Andrew Coyne ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฉ (@acoyne) January 7, 2025
The basic assumption of Canadian history, that we would always have a stable, democratic ally to our south, is over. They are not stable, not likely to remain democratic for much…
Listen, folks. If *Canada* can't trust the USA anymore, literally no one in the world can. Please keep this in mind as you keep normalizing this insane rhetoric, US media.
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) January 7, 2025
You wanted cheaper eggs and accidentally got a tyrannical group of oligarchs challenging the sovereignty of our closest allies.
— Cooper (@justcuuper) January 7, 2025
Oops
Despite his best efforts, even Trump can't poison the relationship between Canada and the United States, which is much bigger than him or any one person. Still, American friends should note that something snapped today in Canada: Trump's insults and threats have gone too far.
— Roland Paris (@rolandparis) January 7, 2025
This is the year 2025 and the incoming felon elect of United States of America was just asked by the press in all seriousness, if he was going to “use military force to acquire Canada.”
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) January 7, 2025
Military force to acquire Fucking Canada!!!!!
This is where we are now.
Holy fucking shit.
Thanks, Charlie!am I the only one who finds it insane that reporters keep asking if Trump plans to "acquire" Canada like it's a fucking rare car and not a sovereign nation https://t.co/DGky8VDL4i
— ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐๐ง (@ManishaKrishnan) January 7, 2025
Here's a song about the last time an American president tried to annex Canada and lo and behold, we burned down the White House to the ground. Such a great singalong. We will teach it to our kids. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aue-...
— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) January 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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— Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) January 8, 2025 at 9:14 PMAnd this:
While Trump threatens to invade Canada and his MAGA movement bullies and harasses Canadians and other US allies, Canadians are busy saving USians from burning alive. Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire
— Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) January 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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