Last week, our feature on Trump’s fixation with Canada’s natural resources pulled in 150,000 readers in just over forty‐eight hours. That makes it one of the fastest‐performing articles we’ve ever published.
It’s not hard to understand why. The story was sharp, timely, and it explained Canada’s rising strategic value in a resource‐hungry world. “Canada must now confront the very real possibility,” writes Christopher Pollon, “that the current US federal government could eventually use critical minerals and water as a pretext to take control of North American territory it considers critical to its future security and affluence.”
That’s a chilling idea, and readers clearly felt it. This is The Walrus doing what it does best: surfacing under‐covered threats, blending analysis with storytelling, and making it matter to Canadians.
I’m very proud of the editorial team that steered this story, and grateful to the readers who showed up in force and proved, again, that there’s an appetite for this kind of reporting.
If you haven’t already, please read The US Badly Needs Rare Minerals and Fresh Water. Guess Who Has Them? And don’t keep this one to yourself. Share our newsletter with your friends, family, and colleagues—anyone in your life who cares about where the country is headed.
— Carmine Starnino, editor-in-chief, The Walrus
