{"id":213665,"date":"2026-01-11T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=213665"},"modified":"2026-01-11T19:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:50:26","slug":"canadassovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/canadassovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! Is Canada\u2019s sovereignty at risk? | Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cYou can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else. But we live in a world, in the real world \u2026 that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world that have existed since the beginning of time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014Stephe<em>n Miller<\/em>, Deputy White House Chief of Staff\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I have never before heard international law referred to as \u2018international niceties,\u2019 but I guess that fits with the intention of the United States government to completely ignore it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It certainly fits nicely with the National Security Strategy released by the United States government a few weeks ago, now dubbed the \u2018Donroe\u2019 Doctrine. It emulates in part the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. It frankly asserts that the dominance of the Western Hemisphere belongs to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone believes there is wiggle room in that, or that it can never happen, they should heed the recent four-word statement from the U.S. Department of State: \u201cThis is our Hemisphere.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this new National Security Strategy, Donald Trump intends to \u201cre-assert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere and to protect our homeland and <strong>our access to key geographies throughout the region<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Donald Trump\u2019s view, as President of the United States, he can extract whatever he wants, be it people or natural resources, and he can intervene in and control the governing process of any country within the Western Hemisphere, if he believes it will benefit the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was made pretty clear when the United States government put boots on the ground recently in Venezuela. Their stated rationale was to extract the corrupt president of that country, who was under indictment in the U.S., and to bring him to justice. They did that. That one is done and dusted.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Americans have stayed in Venezuela, taken control of their natural resources, and vowed to \u201crun\u201d that country for the foreseeable future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next on the agenda appears to be Greenland. Although the Americans already have a military base there, President Trump believes they have to \u201cown\u201d the island in order to protect America\u2019s security in relation to Russia and China.\u201d No doubt, Putin and Xi are laughing in their teacups over that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump argues that Denmark has no legitimate claim to Greenland and, in recent days, has said that America will take control of Greenland, \u201dthe easy way or the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question Canadians must ask themselves is, who will be next? President Trump has made no secret about wanting Canada to become America\u2019s 51<sup>st<\/sup> State. We really have to ask ourselves, if he wants to occupy Canada, who is going to stop him?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent article, journalist Martin Regg Cohn wrote that Venezuela, now occupied by the United States government, is 1727 kilometers away from America, but Canada is precisely zero kilometers from our undefended border with America, a border that President Trump has said is nothing more than a line in the sand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I continue to be surprised at the number of people I hear from in Canada who do not believe that the Trump Administration is a threat to Canada\u2019s sovereignty. A few of those perhaps would be quite happy for the United States to take over Canada, but many more simply don\u2019t believe it will ever happen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my view, the writing is on the wall, and we ignore this risk at our peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob Rae, unleashed from his responsibilities as Canada\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations, is now speaking out forcibly about his concern for Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with journalist Susan Delacourt, Rae acknowledged that his own worry had started to radically spiral when he read President Trump\u2019s recently released National Security Strategy that declared that the Western Hemisphere belonged to the United States and that the U.S. would do whatever it alone deemed necessary to assert its dominance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd yes,&#8221; says Rae, \u201cthat means Canada too, even if the document didn\u2019t declare it outright. Canadians need to be aware of the game we are now in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her article, Susan Delacourt noted that Rae \u201craised the spectre of Alberta and Quebec separatist movements \u2013 both very real as we enter 2026 \u2013 as fodder for Trump to interfere in this country. Just this week, Politico reported that Alberta separatists have been meeting with Trump officials in Washington.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan Delacourt also writes that Rae says that we have to confront the fact that any separatist referendum in Canada will destabilize the federation, which plays right into Trump\u2019s hemispheric ambitions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this, in my view, does not have to end in a doomsday prophecy. But as former Canadian Ambassador Bob Rae has said, more gently than perhaps he should have, Canadians need to be aware of the game they are now in. We cannot pretend it isn\u2019t happening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not business as usual. We cannot allow any cracks in our sovereignty that can provide Donald Trump with an excuse to intervene. Canadian unity is an absolute essential as we deal with the hemispheric reality of the Trump Administration. Canada, in my view, is under greater potential threat now than during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that if there was ever a need for a Canadian Unity Council, this is it. Provincial and territorial leaders, along with the prime minister and federal party leaders, need to act as one when it comes to Canadian sovereignty. That includes Quebec and Alberta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Conservatives need to come to grips with the fact that Mark Carney is the Prime Minister of Canada. They need to get over the reality that they missed the boat this time around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Carney, on the other hand, must recognize that this is a time when all political leaders at the federal and provincial levels need to be at the table in a meaningful way during this pivotal crisis. As hard as it may be, the shouting, the name-calling, and the blame games must be paused.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada needs to put more emphasis on its military capabilities, and it needs to have a greater military presence in the Canadian Arctic. If NATO falls apart because the United States, a key NATO member, attacks other NATO members, then Canada must play a leading role in uniting other nations, both formerly in NATO and in South America to form a military alliance. That cannot happen if those countries do not see Canada as a country fulfilling its own military responsibilities, as limited as those may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada has a great deal of respect internationally, and Prime Minister Carney is right to place an emphasis on those relationships and to seek new partnerships. He is also right to keep his cool with the United States government, but he cannot back down from any principles or proposals that threaten Canadian sovereignty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reality we must face is that the United States government is currently operating unilaterally outside of international law and even American law, and Canada is right on their doorstep. So far, no one is stopping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is simply no time for those of us on this side of the border to bury our heads in the sand.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204836\" style=\"width:283px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-576x432.jpg 576w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new-630x473.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/09\/nrru9l7j-Hugh-Mackenzie-new.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh Mackenzie has held elected office as a trustee on the Muskoka Board of Education, a Huntsville councillor, a District councillor, and mayor of Huntsville. He has also served as chairman of the District of Muskoka and as chief of staff to former premier of Ontario, Frank Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hugh has also served on a number of provincial, federal and local boards, including chair of the Ontario Health Disciplines Board, vice-chair of the Ontario Family Health Network, vice-chair of the Ontario Election Finance Commission, and board member of Roy Thomson Hall, the National Theatre School of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada. Locally, he has served as president of the Huntsville Rotary Club, chair of Huntsville District Memorial Hospital, chair of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, president of Huntsville Festival of the Arts, and board member of Community Living Huntsville.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In business, Hugh Mackenzie has a background in radio and newspaper publishing. He was also a founding partner and CEO of Enterprise Canada, a national public affairs and strategic communications firm established in 1986.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Currently, Hugh is president of C3 Digital Media Inc., the parent company of Doppler Online, and he enjoys writing commentary for Huntsville Doppler.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else. 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