https://c2cjournal.ca/2025/02/not-bluffing-donald-trump-and-canadas-role-in-the-defence-of-north-america/
“The geopolitical stakes could not be higher for the U.S. No longer fully protected by two vast oceans and all-but impenetrable expanses of Arctic ice and tundra, the world’s threats are lapping at its shores and encroaching upon its land borders.”

“ It is also worth noting that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, whose idea for a Canadian “border czar” became the basis for the recent creation of a Canadian “fentanyl czar”, recently suggested that Canada and the U.S. jointly build a large NORAD operating base in the Arctic. So far, just one small Canadian base of this sort is actually under construction.

Whatever one might think of Donald Trump the man – and it seems millions of Canadians have chosen to hate him – people need to set aside their emotions sufficiently to at least recognize that Trump the President is dead-serious in his foreign policy goals, including or perhaps especially as it concerns the security of the regions ringing his country. Placed under threat of tariffs, Mexico just one week ago agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to its northern border to help interdict drugs and illegal migrants. Canadians – and Canada’s federal government – need to accept that Trump clearly expects action and not just soothing multi-media “narrative”. For Canada, the U.S. President’s defence spending demands are almost certainly just the beginning.”