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- ISBN 9781049808345
- Weight: 1g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Nov 2026
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Hardback
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Canada stands at a precarious crossroads. For decades, Canadians enjoyed the comforts of a protected North American market and the assurance of US security. That era is ending, as the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the weaponization of trade, mounting great-power rivalry, and emerging threats to Canada’s North have exposed the fragility of Canada’s strategic and economic position.
Canada Rising offers a sophisticated, urgent analysis of this watershed moment and argues that reliance on the United States for prosperity and protection is no longer viable. Moving beyond diagnosis, the authors propose a comprehensive blueprint for Canada to reclaim its national destiny and achieve genuine strategic sovereignty. Canadian politics and economics experts Perrin Beatty and Fen Osler Hampson call for a fundamental transformation of the Canadian state and economy: dismantling archaic internal trade barriers, overcoming bureaucratic inertia, renewing innovation, and forging a more dynamic partnership between business and government. Externally, they advocate rebuilding Canada’s depleted military capabilities and diversifying trade relations beyond the United States.
Canada Rising contends that unless Canadians act with resolve to shape a post-American world order that reflects their own interests and values, they risk being consigned to the margins.
Perrin Beatty, PC, OC was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1972 and went on to serve in the cabinets of three prime ministers, holding portfolios across Defence, National Health and Welfare, and Foreign Affairs. Following his parliamentary career, he served as president and CEO of both the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, before becoming the longest-serving president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Fen Osler Hampson is chancellor’s professor and professor of international affairs at Carleton University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author of fifteen books including the bestselling The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War and the editor of thirty-five volumes on international affairs. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy, among others. He is a columnist for Policy magazine and Diplomat & International Canada magazine.
