Today the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom joined Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in defending Greenland’s sovereignty in the wake of Trump’s comments about Greenland. 

For decades, Canada and the United States have been strategic allies and defence partners. But it wasn’t always that way. U.S. President Donald Trump is not the first American to say that he wanted to possess Canada, argued journalist and author Madelaine Drohan. (Source: National Post).

Over a period of about three decades during the 18th century, at the time when there were major tensions between British colonists and French colonists. Benjamin Franklin pushed the idea that Canada should actually be part of the American colonies and then eventually the United States. The  territory covet was basically the province of Quebec extended below the Great Lakes.  

Drohan, a senior teacher at the University of Ottawa and longtime journalist argues that Franklin’s desire to annex Canada came from his fears regarding national security, projected population growth and his desire to seek opportunities to spread American influence to the North. (Source: National Post)

Since his election, Donald Trump has repeatedly mentioned his expansionist ambitions, including making Canada the 51st state or annexing Greenland to the United States. as well as, more recently, taking tough stances towards Mexico, Cuba and Colombia. 

The American operation in Venezuela demonstrates that it is imperative for Canada to reduce its economic and military dependence on the United States, argued Mr. Charest, former Premier of Quebec, on the TVA network.

According to Adam Gordon, researcher at the Cascade Institute, who served as the senior legal and policy adviser to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. 

Donald Trump promised that under his leadership the U.S. would eschew nation building, forever wars, regime change, and violent foreign engagements more generally. Yet since his second inauguration, he’s ordered military action in Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Iraq; bombed Iran’s nuclear weapons complexes; and blown up more than a score of boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean. In just the past two weeks, he has launched missiles against Islamic terrorists in northern Nigeria, declared that the U.S. was locked and loaded for another attack on Iran, and now decapitated Venezuela’s government. In this context, Canadians must acknowledge the real risk that Mr. Trump will use military coercion against our country, argued Gordon. (Source: Globe and Mail)

For Gordon the plausible scenario for U.S. application of military force against Canada to seize canadian oil resources goes like this.

An independence referendum in Alberta – during which separatists receive a huge infusion of grey MAGA money – sees a majority vote to remain part of Canada, but with 30 per cent or more voting for separation. Mr. Trump declares the result is fake and that actual support for separation was well over 50 per cent. Alberta separatists then appeal to the U.S. for help, claiming various kinds of oppression. The U.S. moves troops to the northern Montana border and tells the rest of Canada that Alberta must be allowed to join America as the 51st (Source: Globe and Mail)

During the presentation of its latest economic budget, Mark Carney government announced its intention to increase the defense budget by $150 billion over a 10-year period to secure Canada’s borders and defense. But canadian will never be able to wage an aggression against the United States. Yet canadian territory is sandwiched between three superpowers. On the Pacific Ocean side we have China, to the South we have the United States, and to the North Russia. 

Canadian Arctic sovereignty is threatened by a vast U.S military project

The Arctic is threatened by a vast military project that will completely transform the territory of the Inuit peoples and threaten animal and plant species.

Recently, the Trudeau government stated that NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO will ensure Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic. 

However, NORAD and NATO are not part of Canada. NORAD which is led by the United States has his headquartered in Colorado Springs, while NATO  headquartered are in Brussels. This decision by the federal government gives disproportionate control over the Canadian Arctic threatens Inuit sovereignty and the balance of the already fragile ecosystem.

The takeover of the Arctic territory will push Canada even further into a defensive position vis-à-vis Russia and China and increase geopolitical tension. 

Canada has a major role to play in the next few years. But the Canadian government is on the wrong track by choosing to increase armament and defensive mechanism to secure the borders. On the contrary Canada must reaffirm its commitment to international law and the various treaties that promote diplomacy and non-violent conflict resolutions and re-establish dialogue with Russia and China.

It is ironic that the decision of Canada, a country that is not a superpower, can tip the world towards more geopolitical tensions and more conflicts or towards the reduction of tensions.

Carney must be bold and acknowledge the desire from the U.S. to annex Canada and give back the sovereignty of the Arctic to the Inuit people.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) proposal to create conditions for peace and humanity well-being

Unlike the Canadian, American, and Russian governments, the Inuit peoples of Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia have been cooperating since 1977 through the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). The Council represents more than 180,000 Inuit and holds consultative status with the United Nations. Despite the war in Ukraine, ICC members continue their work and collaboration to protect and maintain the Arctic as a zone of peace.

In March 2022, ICC President at the time, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk spoke about the importance of the Inuit right to peace and explained the priority of making their territory a zone of peace.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council is based on values ​​that are essential to creating conditions for peace for all humanity:

  • disarmament, nonviolent conflict resolution, and international cooperation, including with Russia.

In July 2024, in a press release, the members of the Arctic Council reiterated their position and their commitment to ensuring that the Arctic remains a zone of peace.

The Inuit Circumpolar Council values is crucial for the continuation of peaceful cooperation in the region. As a founding member, the Council played a pivotal role in establishing the Arctic Council, a historic and important consensus-based body for cooperation in the Arctic. The Council provides the tools for conflict resolution through dialogue, diplomacy and nonviolence.

The canadian government must choose to follow the Circumpolar Council values over the take over of the Arctic Cercle by NORAD and NATO.

They canadian government have to put the canadian well-being before the insatiable appetite of the American military industry. 

The Canadian government must restore diplomatic relations and open dialogue with China and Russia. Obviously the Americans and Europeans will be totally in disagreement with this position in the short term, but in the long term humanity as a whole be able to breathe more calmly and restored international law as a value more important than oil, money and religious beliefs.

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Source: 

    • National Post, The forgotten history of how Benjamin Franklin tried to annex Canada,January 1st, 2026
    • Globe and Mail, We need to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. uses military coercion against Canada, January 5th 2026
    • Reseau TVA, Intervention au Venezuela: Le Québec et le Canada devraient porter attention au message envoyé, interview with former Prime minister Jean Charest, January 6th 2026
    • International year of glaciers preservation, Pressenza
    • The environmental impact of Trumps massive tax and spending bill in the canadian arctic region, Pressenza
    • Run This Way youth campaign We demand the maintenance of the zone of peace and non-violence in the Canadian Arctic, Pressenza