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Supply Management, clean water, and universal health care all offend the Trump administration to the point of wanting it eliminated through annexation. The U.S. constitution is designed for annexation and expansion. It's also not the first time that Washington has threatened Canada with conquest.

Overnight Canada has gone from the most geographically secure, to the most geographically vulnerable country in the world. The threat of Trump is so severe that seemingly every other complaint and concern Canadians are quick to offer, are on hold. How serious are the threats of annexation and what in the world are the origins of it? And why are so few Americans speaking out about this? These three fellows are here to help us unpack it all.

This week, we have:

Adam Sneyd is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Adam has conducted research on trade and the prospects for sustainable development in Tanzania, Senegal, and Cameroon. Back when times were normal, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization invited him to moderate a high-level plenary of trade ministers and heads of international organizations on US trade policy in Africa. Adam is the author of ⁠Hidden Politics in the UN Sustainable Development Goals⁠ (Fernwood Publishing, 2024),

Professor Marc Froese is a scholar of global political economy with degrees from the University of Toronto and York University in Canada. He has written books on the politics of trade dispute settlement and the fragmentation of international economic law. Most recently, Dr. Froese co-authored Has Populism Won? The War on Liberal Democracy (ECW 2022). He and Professor Drache identify the rhetorical tactics and electoral strategies deployed by 35 right-wing populist governments and oppositions around the world.

Blayne Haggart is an associate professor of Political Science at Brock University, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and a BSIA Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, both in Waterloo.. He is the author most recently of The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, co-written with Natasha Tusikov and published in 2023 with Bloomsbury Press

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