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By: Lt.-Gen. (Ret’d.) Christopher Coates

Let’s not sugar coat things. The tariff turmoil and calls for Canada to become the “51st state” have been tough.

Canadians feel abandoned by a neighbour they had trusted, and the world was tossed around by Washington’s actions affecting every hemisphere. But economic turmoil may not be the only uncertainty Canadians will experience.

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What if Canadians wake up tomorrow and find a world that’s turned completely upside down, diplomatically and defensively — facing an untrustworthy information environment, imminent security threats, and an unrecognizable diplomatic scene where familiar forms of engagement no longer deliver results?

Many Canadians describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs as a wake-up call. They realize the post-Second World War order — which delivered so much prosperity — is in its dying stages, and the globe is........

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