We are an excitable lot aren’t we? Much of the Canadian media, I mean, and a certain class of Canadians who fall for implausible nationalist distractions like “Canada first” and “buy Canadian” and “elbows up.” It wasn’t long ago that a brief Central Canadian spasm of performative patriotism saw Alberta Premier Danielle Smith widely pilloried (in certain circles) for displaying insufficient nationalist fervour in countering President Donald Trump’s tariffs. She wanted to protect Alberta’s oil-and-gas industry. Read More