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As we move into a trade war with the United States, it is important remember how we got into this mess, and the powerful movement opposing free trade leading up the 1988 election. There are interesting parallels – even as the threat of American imperialism was tied to free trade then and to the imposition […]

By Benjamin Christensen President-elect Donald J. Trump has made Canada his personal punching bag since winning the 2024 US election, publicly joking that Canada will become the “51st state” while at the same time promising to slap a 25% tariff on all Canadian exports his first day in office. While Canadians are coming to the realization of what this means for our economic security, Trump’s rhetoric

Tony Clarke, a key activist in the movement against the 1988 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, passed away last month, on 4 December 2024. Heading up the social action department of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and representing the CCCB on the Working Group for Social Solidarity, he played a key role in moving

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