Canada as the 51st State? With Norman Hillmer

Monday, March 10, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Norman Hillmer

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51st state?

Donald Trump wants Canada to be his 51st State. He isn’t the first American leader to think that way, and he won’t be the last. Dr. Norman Hillmer, one of the leading historians of the Canadian-American relationship, reflects on how Canada resisted the United States in the past, and he asks whether and how much present challenges are different from yesterday’s.

Join Dr. Norman Hillmer at the on March 10 for his lecture.

Two ways to attend:

  • In person at the LCSC, 232 King St N, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ (map below)

This event is presented in partnership with Laurier’s ,Ìý,Ìýand .

Norman Hillmer

is the 2025 Slater Family Scholar at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University, and a . Among his thirty-two books is For Better or For Worse: Canada and the United States into the Twenty-First Century, written with J. L. Granatstein. (Thomas Nelson, 2007).

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