Canada-U.S. Relations

My Work

Chats on Canada/US

I am hosting an ongoing series of short chats on Canada-US relations with a focus on current trade and diplomatic issues.  For around 20 minutes I talk with experts and practitioners about the consequences and implications for Canada of the changing nature of our relationship with the USA, and the possible ways in which we can respond to these developments.

Episode 1: Dr. Laura Dawson, Executive Director, Future Borders Coalition

Episode 2: The Honourable Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

Episode 3: Sean Strickland, Executive Director, Canada's Building Trades Unions

Panel Discussion on Canada-U.S. Tariffs

The Progressive Senate Group hosted a panel discussion of experts from different economic sectors. This discussion focused on the economic and strategic challenges and potential solutions for Canada in the face of President Trump’s proposed tariffs and the changing dynamics of Canada-U.S. trade relations. 

Report: Panel Discussion on Canada-U.S. Tariffs, Senate of Canada, February 2025

Video: Panel Discussion on Canada-U.S. Tariffs, Senate of Canada, February 2025

Other Videos

Talking tariffs in DC! I was in DC with other Canadian Senators and MPs for a series of meetings with our US counterparts. Watch my video report here.

Other Resources

Tariffs and Trade

Robert Lighthizer, ‘Want Free Trade? May I Introduce You to the Tariff’, New York Times, February 2025

Stephen Miran, ‘A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System’, Hudson Bay Capital, November 2024

Jim Stanford, 'Trump is Wrong. The US Does Not Subsidize Canada', The Tyee, January 2025

Renewing the Canadian Economy

Matthew Mendelsohn, 'Concepts of a Plan to Confront the new United States', Social Capital Partners, January 2025

Gordon Laxer, 'Why Seek Closer Economic Ties with a U.S. Dictatorship?', Edmonton Journal, November 2024

Gordon Laxer, 'With Trumps Tariffs its Time for a More Self-Reliant Canada', Edmonton Journal, January 2025

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer, 'Canada is in for a real fight. Becoming more competitive than America is the only way to win', The Hub, December 2024

Bea Bruske and Candace Laing, 'Unity, Not Division, Is the Path Forward', National Newswatch, February 2025

Thomas d'Aquino, 'A Canadian Business Strategy for Winning Trump's Tariff War', Policy Magazine, February 2025

James Skinner, 'Step by Step: The Path for CANZUK Amid U.S. Tariffs', CANZUK International, March 2025

'Twelve Outrageous Ways to Counter US Tariffs!', Social Canada, March 2025

Emma Paling, 'The U.S. Has Undermined Canadian Sovereignty for Decades', The Maple Leaf, January 2025

International Relations

Michael Beckley, ‘Rogue Superpower: Why This Could Be an Illiberal American Century’, Foreign Affairs, October 2020

Howard Anglin, 'Canada's Days of Comfort Are Over', The Hub, March 2025