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Crisis and Regime Change in Canada, 2025
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In this chapter, Palmer describes US president Donald Trump’s dramatic impact on Canadian politics and how this led to the surprise elevation and then 2025 electoral success of Mark Carney and the Liberal party. He discusses Donald’s Trump’s demand that Canada become America’s “51st state,” and the Canadian public’s response to this annexation threat.
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Bryan D. Palmer
Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. In the fall of 2024, Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500–1890 was published, followed by Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890—1960 in the spring of 2025. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.
