Podcast Series
New North America Initiative x The Hub Dialogues
About the Podcast
From the shifting ideologies of the new Right and the new Left in the U.S., this multi-month series will bring Canadians inside debates on trade, globalization, and power that are likely to shape America’s policy direction—and Canada’s interests—for the years and decades to come. Produced in partnership with The Hub.
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Episode One
‘We cannot afford to be complacent’: Why Canada needs a radical rethink of North American relations
Feb. 5, 2026
Martha Hall Findlay, Director of the School of Public Policy
Carlo Dade, Director, International Policy, School of Public Policy
This conversation unpacks how Canada has repeatedly misread the signals coming out of Washington—mistaking deep, structural shifts in U.S. politics for temporary disruptions—and examines the forces reshaping North America, why old political labels no longer apply, and what Canada must do to adapt to a fundamentally changed relationship with its closest ally.
The New Left and the New Right are remaking America—Canada should be paying attention
Feb. 16, 2026
By: Carlo Dade, Sean Speer, and Alex Giordano
Donald Trump’s sustained political rise over the past decade has been disjunctive. Although he’s neither sufficiently curious nor consistently disciplined to impose a new political paradigm, his presidency has scrambled prevailing assumptions...