MAGA skids on maple syrup: US-Canada ties on a slippery slope

Carney claimed that Trump’s demands are reaching beyond tariffs into the country’s national identity and sovereignty. (AP Photo)TOI correspondent From Washington: Canada has long been seen as America’s best friend, even sibling: close enough to borrow sugar (or maple syrup) from, harmless enough to tease with quips like how the country is like a loft apartment over a great party (Robin Williams) and “I don’t even know what street Canada is on” (Al Capone). Even a looming trade war did not dull the humour.Now, Prime Minister Mark Carney says US President Donald Trump is embarking on something rather more serious and provocative than demanding better access for American dairy farmers: he wants to change Canada culturally and linguistically.Invoking Quebec, the most distinctly French-speaking