In an era in which no single power can enforce peace or manage global challenges alone, the potential of the United Nations as a platform for coordination and compromise is more critical than ever. But to fulfill that potential, the institution must be fundamentally reimagined.
For decades, Canada operated under the belief it shared a monogamous economic and strategic relationship with the United States. Under a new reality that lays bare the one-way nature of this partnership, the new Canadian prime minister must reckon with the opportunity to build a new future for Canada.
The most significant factor propelling new spending would be bipartisan and broad public support. The most obvious problem may be the notoriously slow and bureaucratic process by which Canada acquires defence systems.
Canadians, with a cherished mythology as the world’s peacekeepers, are going to have to get used to a radically new outlook on national security and defence, one that pivots toward an unprecedented threat to our sovereignty.
DeepSeek’s success challenges the notion that the country will always be a follower in AI innovation.