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The Walrus

The Walrus provokes new thinking and sparks conversation on matters vital to Canadians including politics, the environment, business, and society.

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thewalrus.ca > potash-trump-trade-war

Canada Has a Weapon in Trump???s Trade War. It???s Potash

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (412+ words) Whether, and how, Moe uses that stature and influence in the coming days, weeks, and months could be important not just for Saskatchewan but for Canada as a whole. The stakes could not be higher or clearer. Canada and the…...

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thewalrus.ca > canada-can-make-trump-regret-this-trade-war

Canada Can Make Trump Regret This Trade War

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (510+ words) “You are at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said when meeting reporters on August 22 after his decision to end intensive negotiations to avert fresh American tariffs. Another way to look at this: the…...

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thewalrus.ca > canada-had-no-choice-but-to-walk-away-from-trump

Canada Had No Choice But to Walk Away from Trump

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (383+ words) “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it,” George Orwell wrote in 1984. “It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their…...

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thewalrus.ca > canadas-trade-war-is-a-fight-for-the-free-world

Canada???s Trade War Is a Fight for the Free World

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) Originally published as “Tariff Wars and the End of the Free World” by Michael Ignatieff (Substack). Reprinted with permission of the author. August 31, 2026August 29, 2026 August 28, 2026August 29, 2026 August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 As we brace for this trade war, remember that the sharpest weapon aimed at us…...

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thewalrus.ca > trade-talk-collapse-experts

Seven Experts on How Canada Survives Trump???s Trade War

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1274+ words) Throughout the weekend, The Walrus spoke to economists, policy experts, and political observers about what exactly has changed and what this new period might demand of Canada. Their responses follow, sometimes edited for length and clarity. “Greed and a fixation…...

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thewalrus.ca > alberta-flag

I Hate Watching the Alberta Flag Become a Symbol of Separatism

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (380+ words) Earlier this summer, I walked out of the journalism building at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology where I teach and heard a helicopter overhead. I stopped and squinted as it flew toward Calgary’s downtown with a giant royal-blue flag…...

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thewalrus.ca > the-russian-money-behind-albertas-separatist-movement

The Russian Money Behind Alberta???s Separatist Movement

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (525+ words) In the lead-up to the 2024 United States presidential election, the same claims kept cropping up on social media. They were a hodgepodge of anti-vaccine rhetoric, voter-fraud conspiracies, and lies about the candidates. The posts had two things in common: they…...