‘No money, no fanfare’: questions loom over scope of belated Africa strategy

Not having any cabinet ministers on hand to release the plan suggests the government doesn’t view it as a priority, says NDP MP Heather McPherson.
Trump’s lies are like ‘psychological warfare,’ say political experts

U.S. President Donald Trump’s lies ‘keep us off balance’ and have ‘psychological effects on the country,’ but they are also part of his strategy, to get what he wants.
Trump’s word = the square root of bugger all

How bad is U.S. President Donald Trump’s crazed trade war? Just a day after imposing illegal and punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Captain Chaos has had to revisit the issue. In just one day.
Q&A | Offer no concessions to U.S. ‘bullies,’ says Flavio Volpe

‘Every day is a new threat by people who only know how to threaten,’ and won’t follow through if Americans ‘rise up,’ says Flavio Volpe, the head of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association.
Australia and Canada natural allies to bring stability in uncertain times

It’s more important than ever for economic allies to navigate the future together.
Nova Scotia delivers interprovincial trade ‘game changer’ while feds offer ‘symbolic’ gesture, say observers

The Hill Times reached out to all provincial and territorial governments asking if they would adopt Nova Scotia’s proposal. Most did not reply, and none of them offered a clear ‘yes.’
Facing tariffs, Canada has a clever, cleaner trade-compliant tool to support its steel and aluminum industries

The time is ripe for the import of good ideas. While Trump pulls back from policies that are already supporting clean, domestic industries in the U.S., let’s help our own steel and aluminum companies by buying clean right here at home.
U.S. has to ‘feel the pain’ from Canada’s counter-tariffs but it will take time, warns trade expert

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Donald Trump’s tariffs ‘a very dumb thing to do,’ when announcing Canada’s response to the U.S. president’s ‘illegal’ March 4 move.
Trump does not rule the world

The Trump administration cannot be allowed to get away with this thuggish behaviour that risks global depression, global peace and security and sustainability. It can be stopped and we have to do everything, with allies, to ensure that.
U.S. ‘hacking away’ at world order means Canada must strengthen ties with allies, say foreign policy experts

World politics are undergoing a major power transition that only comes around once a century, says Aaron Ettinger. ‘We don’t know what a liberal world order looks like without the United States, and that is the great unknown in all of this.’