Thomas d’Aquino

PROUD CANADIAN AND GLOBAL CITIZEN
entrepreneur, policy innovator, author, educator, philanthropist, art patron, and lover of early music, medieval and modern architecture, great gardens, fly fishing, world history

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Words and Deeds

Defeating the Trump Threat – A Winning Canada Strategy – Notes for remarks to the Rockcliffe Park Speakers Series

Notes for remarks to the Rockcliffe Park Speakers Series March 26, 2025 By Thomas d’Aquino   Donald Trump has declared an unjustified economic war against our country and has repeatedly expressed his desire to annex Canada as the 51st state. Canadians have responded with defiance and a surge of patriotism unmatched since World War II.  The Canadian response has also been sensible: we have endeavoured to persuade Trump and his Administration to retreat from the tariff war he seeks to impose on America’s closest ally and friend; we have argued that the tariffs will destroy jobs and investment on both sides of the border; we have said clearly that proposed annexation is a pipe dream and that he should cease and desist his insulting and inflammatory language.  We have taken measures to strengthen our shared borders and aggressively counter the small quantities of fentanyl that cross into the United States […]

March 26, 2025

DEFEATING THE TRUMP THREAT – A WINNING CANADA STRATEGY – By Thomas d’Aquino

Summary of my key points before the Progressive Senate Group at the Senate of Canada By Thomas d’Aquino Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Donald Trump has declared economic war on Canada and has repeatedly called for our country to become the 51st state. The attachment contains a summary of the key points drawn from my remarks before the Progressive Senate Group at the Senate of Canada earlier this week. Donald Trump has declared an unjustified economic war against our country and has repeatedly expressed his desire to annex Canada as the 51st state.  Canadians have responded with defiance and a surge of patriotism unmatched since World War II.  The Canadian response has also been sensible: we have endeavoured to persuade Trump and his Administration to retreat from the tariff war he seeks to impose on America’s closest ally and friend; we have argued that the tariffs will destroy jobs and investment on […]

March 11, 2025

Canada needs a Grand Coalition – By Thomas d’Aquino and J.D.M. Stewart

To Meet This Moment, Canada Needs a New Grand Coalition

March 4, 2025

A Canadian Business Strategy for Winning Trump’s Tariff War – By Thomas d’Aquino

A Canadian Business Strategy for Winning Trump’s Tariff War

February 13, 2025
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