Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption

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Canada’s Other Anti-Trump Weapon: Fighting Corruption

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Beyond waging a tariff war, target the US president’s dependence on dirty money.

Kristofer Harrison - February 17, 2025 - The Tyee

Kristofer Harrison is co-founder and president of the Dekleptocracy Project, a U.S. anti-corruption NGO. He was a senior official at the Department of State under President George W. Bush. The US author offers five tools Canadians can be proud to use in resisting Trump’s assault on their economy. Photo by Darren Calabrese, the Canadian Press.

Canada, stay angry.

Donald Trump has sparked yet another trade war with you. You probably figured out that he predicated his first try in 2018 on a made-up issue before he decided to exempt your country from steel tariffs. Who knows the motive behind this one? There will always be something. But you have leverage that you aren’t yet using.

I humbly offer this advice as a former U.S. Republican who heads a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting corruption.

In my view, Canada can inflict real personal pain on Trump using nothing but domestic legislation, your regulations and diplomatic savvy. Do it right and you can also effectively pressure his broligarch enablers.

Trump’s drive to install corrupt authoritarianism gives Canada leverage over the U.S. president that Russia only wishes it had. Here are five weapons in your arsenal: . . . . . "

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