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 […]
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 […]
Canada needs a Grand Coalition – By Thomas d’Aquino and J.D.M. Stewart
To Meet This Moment, Canada Needs a New Grand Coalition
A Canadian Business Strategy for Winning Trump’s Tariff War – By Thomas d’Aquino
A Canadian Business Strategy for Winning Trump’s Tariff War
Canada’s Carpe Diem Moment – The hard facts behind Trump’s tariff threat, and how Canada should respond – By Thomas d’Aquino
Canada’s Carpe Diem Moment
Thomas d’Aquino: A Christmas message for President-elect Donald Trump
Thomas d’Aquino: A Christmas message for President-elect Donald Trump
Investiture in the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun – Gold and Silver Star
On June 18, 2024, I was invested in the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun – Gold and Silver Star. This great honor was bestowed on me by Japanese Ambassador to Canada, Kanji Yamanouchi, at the behest of the His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. See my remarks accompanying the acceptance of the honour.
Canada: Far From Broken But Dangerously Complacent
Excerpt from an address to the Harvard Club of Ottawa, January 30, 2024 The final chapter “Reaching for Gold” in my recent book “Private Power Public Purpose” challenges Canadians to capitalize on our country’s many unparalleled advantages and aspire to make Canada “the best country in the world in which to live, work, invest and grow”. In no-holds-barred language, I discuss the major challenges we face including assaults on political civility and Canadian identity, and the problems in the domains of immigration, the economy, energy, the environment, healthcare, foreign policy and defence, and Canada – United States relations. I conclude that with bold leadership matched with good public policy we can resolve our problems and that only complacency stands in our way. Read the full address: Canada: Far From Broken But Dangerously Complacent
Championing Canada as its Business Ambassador
He once counselled prime ministers and CEOs as one of this country’s leading global business ambassadors. Thomas d’Aquino spoke to Steve Paikin about his memoir, “Private Power, Public Purpose: Adventures in Business, Politics, and the Arts.”
The Exchange: Thomas d’Aquino, Canada and the World
On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Thomas d’Aquino about his new book Private Power, Public Purpose and his reflections on Canada and its place in the world.
