America’s growing discord with Canada exemplifies the extraordinary damage President Trump is wreaking on the United States’ standing in the world.

In the Donald Trump era, Canadians say it's no longer enough to just be proud of their heritage. It's time to stand up and proclaim it.

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The US President has sent Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney a letter, also published on social media, with the vow to slap the tariff in just three weeks.

The upcoming tariffs, which mark an increase over the 25% tariff rates that Trump first imposed on Canadian imports in March.

In this sense, and perhaps this sense only, Canadians have become more American than the Americans. This year, July Fourth may have come three days early. I’ve always found something charming about Canada Day, the July 1 national celebration, landing just three days before America’s Independence Day.

Amid the rhetoric from Trump, political changes in Ottawa have also followed this year. Though the governing Liberal Party held onto power in the April election, it did so under a new leader — Prime Minister Mark Carney — whose campaign emphasized standing firm in Canada’s relationship with the United States.

Stratford Festival organizers changed their tune and broke with tradition to push back against the repeated annexation taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Fourth of July party hosted by the U.S. ambassador to Canada occurred this year amid strained relations and resurgent Canadian patriotism.