Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it’s taking cues from him

Well written article. Worth reading

Characterizing Trump’s tariff war as an emergency that demands drastic action, the province of British Columbia has passed Bills 14 and 15, expediting resource extraction and development.

In Ontario, Bill 5 was whipped through the legislature in recent weeks, creating Special Economic Zones that the premier says will fast-track mining in the “Ring of Fire” – a vast region of boreal peatlands rich in critical minerals.

Carney has introduced an equally authoritarian legislative proposal called the Building Canada Act, which will grant to cabinet the extraordinary power to waive the application of almost any federal law in respect of projects it deems to be in the “national interest”

These so-called “emergency” levers being pulled in the national interest are a complete stunt. Besides a couple of thousand new security recruits – and a small surge of workers for a short period of construction – there is no job creation here, no reduction in cost of living, no difference to Canadians at the grocery store.

Instead, let’s look at who really gains from this concentration of new power in the executive branches, and who loses.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/18/canada-trump-flood-zone