PROJECT CANADA

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WHEN MACLEAN'S published a special issue on the surge in patriotic spirit spurred by Trump's belligerence, Canadians were still frozen in shock, rage and not a little grief at the sudden betrayal of a best friend.

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We indulged in small, individual acts of rebellion: buying Canadian, cancelling our U.S. travel plans, standing for "O Canada" at backyard barbecues. But all that performative elbows-upism was about as productive as banging pots and pans during the first weeks of COVID.