Trade War and Attacks on National Sovereignty

Trade War and Attacks on National Sovereignty

The United States has launched a full-scale attack on our economy and our very existence as a sovereign country. Canadians have responded by boycotting US products, buying Canadian, and cancelling travel plans to the US. But as unionists, how can we respond collectively through our unions? What should be the role of the labour movement? The media, together with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, want to po…

Trump’s threats to National Sovereignty - Searchlight

On Wednesday April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump who seems to be increasingly living in his own fools’ paradise, announced a new round of tariffs in his incessant war on the rest of the world. Seemingly aimed at China and insisting that these latest actions will benefit the US economy while being part of making America “great again”, the latest protective measures are, by the prognostications of economists far...