Briefing · Canada in the world
Lead Story
This Canada Day, Canada Faces Bigger Question Than CUSMA's Survival
As Washington signals it may let CUSMA lapse rather than renew it, the 2026 review is becoming the clearest test yet of Carney's bet that Canada can afford to walk away from a bad deal.
Briefings
All briefs →Explainers
All explainers →Reference pieces on the institutions, agreements, and relationships that shape Canada’s global role.
Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty Claims, Explained
What Canada claims in the North, where its claims are contested, and why the Northwest Passage sits at the centre of the dispute.
How CUSMA/USMCA Works
The trade agreement that governs roughly three-quarters of Canada’s exports — how it replaced NAFTA, what changed, and why its 2026 review matters.
What Is NORAD?
The binational command at the centre of Canada–U.S. continental defence — what it does, how it is run, and why its modernization matters now.
Themes
Security
Defence, alliances, and Canada’s strategic posture.
Trade
Supply chains, agreements, and export policy.
Migration
Immigration, students, labour, and diaspora.
International Development
Aid, humanitarian work, and multilateral engagement.
Environment & Arctic
Climate diplomacy, clean tech, and the North.
About
Read more →Canada’s international engagements are increasingly consequential — and increasingly underreported. Global Canada exists to close that gap: structured, accessible analysis for readers who want to understand what Canada is doing in the world and why it matters. The goal is not to advocate. It is to explain.