David Crane: Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

January 14, 2026

David Crane: What we do know is that difficult days lie ahead, that U.S. pressures will aim to divide Canadians both between industries and between regions, that the U.S. seeks to dominate the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, and sees us as a vassal state. Canadian resolve will be sorely tested, and there will be influential Canadians arguing for costly appeasement…