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JOHNSON: Canada strides onto the world stage

A brave, new, and often frightening world

Something new is happening for Canada and it bodes well for our future. For most of our history as a country dating back to 1867, Canada has seldom been a major player on the world stage. But that is beginning to change, first thanks to U.S. president Donald Trump, and then to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Once he returned to the White House in 2025, Trump couldn’t wait to turn his venom on Canada and Canadians. Then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was nothing more than a governor; Canada was just a 51st state in waiting.

According to Trump, Canada is not a real country but just a place that rips off America at every turn. Canada has no real history, the border between the two countries is just a line drawn on a map, and all Canadians would love to become Americans.

It was this idiocy spewing from the White House that doomed Pierre Poilievre’s chances of winning our 2025 federal election. Mark Carney rose to the fore as the one national leader trusted by most Canadians to defend Canada’s economic, social, and political interests from a predatory American president.

But then, in early January........

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