After Davos: The True North Truly Free?

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After Davos: The True North Truly Free?

QUOTE: "Now is a good time to reexamine what sovereignty means for Canada in the 21st century."

Alex Cool-Fergus - The Energy Mix Weekender - January 24, 2026 - * * * INTERNAL LINKS * * *

EXCERPT: "Today, although our governments pay a lot of lip service to the notion of sovereignty, it sometimes feels more like a tool to win elections (or referenda) than a real, tangible objective.

At least, it did until earlier this week, when Prime Minister Mark Carney took the world by storm [ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/world- ... -9.7056702 ] with his speech [ https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/cana ... s-72f0ab78 ] t the World Economic Forum in Davos. [ https://thewalrus.ca/carney-speech-worl ... mic-forum/ ]

Whether it be Trump’s chaotic invasion of Venezuela, [ https://energymixweekender.substack.com ... arney-must ] his threats against Greenland [ https://energymixweekender.substack.com ... -the-world ] and Canada, [ https://energymixweekender.substack.com ... as-already ] the growing likelihood that there will be referenda on separation in Québec and Alberta, or the fact that a significant proportion of Canadians [ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/tru ... 3f6c0.html ] think the federal government should impose a pipeline on First Nations whether they like it or not, now is a good time to reexamine what sovereignty means for Canada in the 21st century. . . . ."

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