The USA versus Canada 4

For bloggers like me, the Trump administration is the gift that keeps on giving. There's always something new and exciting to write about. It looks like the current clash between the US and Canada over trade, immigration, and geopolitics is not going away so I'm adding a blog topic, Canada - US, and will likely be posting every week or two about it, depending on events.

Jim Cuddy: "We Used To Be the Best of Friends"

So here's this week's installment.

• What are the impacts of a Canadian election dominated by the man in the White House? "U.S. President Trump is poised to be the top ballot box issue with the Canadian federal election campaign underway."
• Canada Just Checked Trump’s Ego: Carney’s Super-Corridor Sets Stage for a Global Power Shift Without America. "The Maple Curtain Drops: Carney’s Corridor will turn Canada into a Global Superpower as America Watches Helplessly." The author is more optimistic about Canada's future prospects than I am, but it's clear that the US is headed for a period of decline (at the very least) and Canada is well poised to take advantage of that. 
• A Hostile Northern Border. "The idea that Canada is making defense-adjacent security agreements for the purposes of excluding the U.S. is simply unimaginable. And yet it’s happening. Because the United States made it necessary."
• I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. "After more than a decade practicing emergency medicine in the United States, I very recently began working shifts in Canada. The differences hit me immediately, and are profound."
• Stanley from Yale to Toronto. "Jason Stanley, currently professor of philosophy at Yale University, will be moving to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto (with a partial appointment in Toronto’s Department of Philosophy)." In a moment of sychronicity, he is being interviewed by CBC Radio as I type this. 
• Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+. This is going to have a big impact on US locations that rely on Canadian tourism. 
• With talk of a 51st state, a mystery: Why is Trump obsessed with Canada? (gift link) "Canadians say President Trump’s 51st-state rhetoric is a threat to national security. They’re also perplexed by the origin of his vision for Canadian annexation."