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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: How Canada's next PM should fight against Trump—and support Israel
Description: With just a few days left in Canada’s federal election campaign, U.S. president Donald Trump has once again inserted himself onto the ballot question: the American leader repeated on Wednesday that Canada would “cease to exist” without the United States. Trump also threatened to further increase tariffs on Canadian cars and auto parts.
The sabre-rattling about Canada’s future, on economic independence and our status on the world stage should be top of mind for voters in Monday’s election, says Alan Kessel.
And he would know: Kessel has spent more than 40 years as one of the Canadian g...