Canadian media has long had a habit of twisting narratives, but this one takes propaganda to a new level. A recent article from CTV News opens with a claim so outrageous it belongs in a satirical tabloid. It suggests that Donald Trump has a “stated goal” of annexing Canada through economic force and might even be planning a military invasion. Where is the proof? There isn’t any.
Trump has never declared any intention to absorb Canada, yet the article presents this fiction as established fact. No quotes. No sources. No evidence. The reader is simply expected to accept it. This is not an isolated case—Canadian media has been pushing this same narrative for months, and much of the population seems willing to believe it. It’s a textbook case of media-driven hysteria.
This pattern isn’t new. Canadian outlets frequently paint Trump as an existential threat, playing on fears rather than facts. Misinformation spreads easily when the press becomes an echo chamber. The suggestion that Trump is drafting war plans against Canada is so far removed from reality that it would be laughable—if not for the fact that many take it seriously.
What’s more troubling is the broader trend. The public relies on media to inform, not mislead. When established outlets push sensational fiction as news, they create a climate where critical thinking collapses. If they are willing to fabricate something this absurd, what else are they distorting?
American invasion of Canada would spark decades-long insurgency, expert predicts
HALIFAX — If U.S. President Donald Trump fails in his stated goal of annexing Canada through economic force, what would happen if he ordered the world’s most powerful military to invade?
Some experts and academics say it’s a notion too preposterous to even contemplate. But Aisha Ahmad isn’t one of them.
“When you look at the power (imbalance) between the U.S. and Canada, an invasion would immediately result in the defeat of the Canadian Armed Forces,” said the University of Toronto political science professor, who last month published an essay on the subject in The Conversation.
“But a conventional military victory is not the end of this story. It’s just the beginning.”
Trump started openly musing about making Canada the 51st state in December, and on Jan. 7 he said the United States might use the military to seize control of Greenland and the Panama Canal. When asked that day if he would use military force to annex Canada, he said: “No, economic force.” The incendiary comments left Canadians wondering just how far Trump would go to achieve such an audacious power grab.
Ahmad, who has studied insurgencies for more than 20 years, says that if the United States were “reckless” enough to invade its northern neighbour, a violent repression of the Canadian population would herald the beginning of a decades-long resistance.