Norman Hillmer on Canada becoming the 51st State of the US | LCSC

March 10, 2025 | Norman Hillmer, a Slater Family Visiting Scholar spoke on “Canada as the 51^st State? A History and a Reckoning,” at the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canadian History, Wilfrid Laurier University. President Donald Trump wants Canada to be his 51st State. This isn’t the first time that an American leader thought this way. One of the leading historians of the Canadian-American relationship reflects on how Canada resisted the United States in the past, and Norman asks whether and how much present challenges are different from yesterday’s.