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Ottawa: There are weeks in politics when events accumulate rather than unfold, when gestures, absences, and carefully chosen words matter as much as treaties signed or tariffs lifted. The week of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing was one such moment. It began with the quiet recall of two Liberal MPs from a parliamentary visit to Taiwan, continued through a cautious thaw in Canada-China relations, and ended with Ottawa speaking openly—if still carefully—about a “new world order” taking shape around us.
To treat these events as isolated would be a mistake. Together, they form a coherent response to a world that has become less predictable, less rulebound, and far less forgiving of middle powers that fail to adapt.
The immediate backdrop is Washington. Under Donald Trump, American foreign and trade policy has become episodic, transactional, and increasingly...
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