White supremacy is a pandemic. In this moment in time, the shared global narrative centers around COVID-19. But white supremacy is a more pernicious virus, permeating every strata of human life for at least the last 500 years.
The Hudson's Bay Company matters to Canada's past and to many of its present debates because the enterprise sat at the crossroads of almost every major current that formed the country: economy, geography, politics, Indigenous relations and national identity.
Mr. Carney also announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending to carry out year-round military exercises in the Arctic and to build up vital infrastructure for the Indigenous communities that make up most of the population there.