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Michael Taube: Carney underplays U.S. cancellation of 86-year defence partnership with Canada

Carney must treat this humiliating rift as the national security crisis it is

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Canada-U.S. relations have reached the lowest point in our collective lifetime. Frustrations with U.S. President Donald Trump and tariffs largely changed the course of last year’s federal election. There’s been a staggering rise in Canadian nationalism and anti-American sentiments in the Great White North. Unfounded fears about annexation ran wild for a spell. Cross-border business and tourism, retail and supply chain issues have been affected, too.

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The latest break in the relationship between our two countries is the one that I and many others feared would eventually materialize: safety and security in North America.

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