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Jennifer Abbott, Director of The Corporation (2004)

THEY WANT OUR LAND, THEY WANT OUR RESOURCES, THEY WANT OUR COUNTRY

Mark Carney, 2025

Donald Trump’s tariff and annexation threats have awoken us to a crude reality: that Canada is fatefully tied to the United States.

How did we get here? When did “partnership” become dependency?

How to Buy a Country is a 4-part docuseries, narrated by Jesse Wente, which unravels the history of growing U.S. influence in Canada – and what we can do to prevent ourselves from becoming the 51st state.

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