Congratulations to Mark Carney on winning a landslide election to become Prime Minister of Canada!

Canada has progressive rules about linguistics. People don’t have to say that they feel peaceful and love each other there. But Canadians are not allowed to incite hatred either. That’s a very uniquely linguistically compassionate regulation compared with countries globally. Canada recently eliminated a religious exemption to the rule, which understandably pleased the Vatican.

There were no casualties at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto after gunfire there on March 10, 2026, according to the media. This immediately followed events in Iran.

The Canadian and U.S. governments both need revenue to address significant debt burdens. Canada had good reason to view U.S. trade negotiations as “trade peace“ as a result. Canada imports close to a trillion Canadian dollars worth of goods. So the Canadian government can do very well.

President Trump surfaced an ambitious idea during trade negotiations of Canada joining fully with the United States. Canada would probably be welcomed by U.S. Congress as well to join the union. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismissed the idea. But there are a sufficient number of shared interests for the countries to revisit the idea in the future. (Canada and the U.S. would both gain a lot from a completely free flow of people and trade across borders.)

Although loyally following NATO's lead, including on adventures into foreign lands, Canadians love peace and have been a calming - even soothing - influence at the United Nations. They're sometimes the voice of reason. Heads of state of both NATO-aligned and non-aligned countries developed excellent relationships with Prime Minister Trudeau as a result.

According to Russian media in August 2024, Canada sanctioned several very influential people from Belarus. NATO has flaunted a peace treaty with Russia named after the Belarusian capital city, Minsk. So there is currently significant need for improvement in Canadian-Belarusian relations.

There is a very good chance that Ukraine and Russia will be resolving their differences diplomatically and peacefully, because of leadership on peace from U.S. President Donald Trump . That may help improve Canadian-Belarusian relations.

President Trump’s newspaper indicates that there will be an across the board 25% tariff for Canadian goods sold into the United States. This writer believes the Canadian government may appreciate revenue as well, and therefore be happy with negotiations, as long as both governments benefit. Trade negotiations sometimes improve relations between aligned countries.