Canadian Elections and Political Polarization

After declaring victory in yesterday’s Canadian election, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the “old relationship” with the United States is over. Over the past few months, President Donald Trump’s on-and-off tariffs and repeated annexation threats have caused Canadians to reconsider the United States as its leading trading partner and ally. But Patricia Goff, professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University, said the idea of disentangling the two economies is unrealistic. On the show today, Goff explains how Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats influenced the Canadian election, how Canadian industries are navigating the trade war, and what this all could mean for the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Plus, we’ll hear a pitch for a new “Make Me Smart”-themed rear window sticker. And, what one psychologist got wrong about burnout.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

"Trump knows exactly what he just triggered in Canada" from CBC News

"Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton" from CBC News

"Canada-U.S. Relations Continue to Reach Lows Over Tariffs and Annexation Threats" from The New York Times

"Mike Myers Is Ready to Defend Canada" from The New York Times

"Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what?" From Politico 

"The future of the USMCA" from the Peterson Institute for International Economics

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