As 2025 comes to a close, it’s tempting to reduce the year to headlines or crises. But for many Canadians, this was not a year of rupture — it was a year of carrying. Of discernment, quiet engagement, and a growing refusal to let disagreement become disintegration.
The Global Table | A Quiet Reckoning Chapter 10
Canada has never been the loudest voice in the room — but it has often been the one still standing when others falter. Chapter 10 of A Quiet Reckoning looks at how Canada navigates global power through presence, restraint, and hard-earned credibility, and why that quiet role may matter more than ever in a fractured world.


