While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Fen Osler Hampson.
For the most part since coming to office, Prime Minister Mark Carney has deftly used a mixture of discretion and flattery in managing Donald Trump. The process has been remarkably successful – it’s even been several days since Trump last talked about annexing Canada. Unfortunately, at a moment when Canada most needed to tread carefully, we’ve managed to score a...
While Donald Trump has now agreed to a 30-day pause on his threatened 25% tariffs against Canada, that threat remains active, now linked to a vague “economic deal” per his social media post on the subject. The iron laws of economics and US politics will eventually defeat Trump’s use of tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China. But it will take...
While Donald Trump’s second presidency is generating anticipatory anxiety in capitals across the world, here in Canada, all eyes are on January 20 awaiting an answer to a very specific question: “Will he or won’t he?” Will he or won’t he levy an across-the-board 25 percent tariff on Canadian and Mexican goods?” Though, by now, it should be clear that...