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Clear analysis on what Canada is doing in the world — and why it matters.
Structured, non-partisan briefings across security, trade, migration, development, environment, and the Arctic. No noise. No advocacy. Just what happened, why it matters, and what to watch.
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Canada’s NATO Spending Debate, Explained
Ottawa has finally hit NATO’s 2% defence target. The alliance has already moved the goalposts to 5%.
Explainers
All explainers →Evergreen reference pieces on the institutions, agreements, and relationships that shape Canada’s global role.
Environment & Arctic Evergreen
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.
Trade Evergreen
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.
Migration Evergreen
How Canada’s Immigration System Works
A plain-language guide to the streams, targets, and institutions behind Canada’s immigration system — and the policy debate now reshaping it.
Security Evergreen
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.
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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.