Is Canada at risk of becoming the 51st state?

American and Canadian flag at the U.S./Canada border crossing at the Thousand Islands border in Lansdowne, Ont., on Nov. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

By Analysis by The Big Story podcast

Posted December 4, 2024 5:14 am.

Last Updated December 4, 2024 5:18 am.

It may have been a joke at the Mar-a-Lago dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, but the question is out there: is there a risk of Canada becoming the 51st state?

On top of that, what is the future of Canadian-U.S. relations with Trump coming back to office?

Host Cormac Mac Sweeney is speaking with Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne.

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