Canada

Canada features as a tariff target in Jim Rickards’s account of surging U.S. protectionism, with claims that new U.S. measures included 50% tariffs on Canada and that tariffs are rising and here to stay ¹. Grant Williams groups Canada among Western countries that, he says, will be forced into a gold-centric reset despite having no gold, contrasting them with China’s accumulation strategy ³. Adam Tooze situates Canada historically among the eight richest per‑capita economies circa 1900 as part of an Anglo, settler‑commodity model alongside the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and others ⁴. Marko Papic comments on Canada’s World Cup exit, gives Canada “a bit of slack,” and proposes radical confederation realignments (Canada to UEFA) to foster competition; he separately argues Quebec sovereignty is unrealistic today and urges Quebec to redefine Canadian identity rather than secede ⁶⁷.