In Defense of a (Cautious) Canadian Nationalism
Canada is a contested idea. We are not all in this together. But a broad sense of Canadian mission and identity can motivate progressive struggles at this hinge moment in our history.
Canada is a contested idea. We are not all in this together. But a broad sense of Canadian mission and identity can motivate progressive struggles at this hinge moment in our history.

Renewed patriotism is being used to justify neoliberalism’s life support, rather than political and economic transformation. There is another way forward as progressive pockets are demonstrating around the world.

With the collapse of 2026 US-Canada trade negotiations in August and the implementation of counter-tariffs by Prime Minister Mark Carney in early September, Canadians are left wondering what happened and what comes next.

What happens when Canadian cultural policy becomes subject to American political pressure before it is even implemented?


