Kenneth Frankel, president of the Canadian Council for the Americas: ‘Some people have called Trump’s actions the Ukraineization of Canada’
The expert and regional analyst provides an overview of the situation facing Canada ahead of upcoming elections that will be defined by the turbulent relationship with Washington
Canada is in turmoil. Newly inaugurated Prime Minister Mark Carney is about to call snap elections for next month. And the campaign, which has not officially started, will be defined by the country’s most pressing matter. On April 2, Donald Trump has said he will set new tariffs on a wide selection of products from Canada and elsewhere, while also repeating over and again how nice it would be to make his northern neighbor the 51st state. Kenneth Frankel, president of the Canadian Council for the Americas, spoke with EL PAÍS from New York via a video call to discuss the current temperature of Canadian politics, the tariff dispute which has morphed into an existential threat, and the future outlook for his country.
