for this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson moderates a panel of prominent experts on Canada-U.S. relations on the mood of Americans during the 2024 Presidential Primaries, and what it could mean for Canada's relationship with the United States.

Participants' bios

- Bruce Stokes is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and senior editor of the 2022 Transatlantic Trends Surve

- David MacNaughton is the Canadian President of Palantir Technologies, a data analytics and software firm based in Denver, Colorado. Prior to this appointment, he was Canada’s 24th Ambassador to the United States for three and a half years.

- Gary Doer was the 23rd Canadian Ambassador to the United States and former Premier of Manitoba.

- Louise Blais is a senior special advisor to the Business Council of Canada. Louise was Canada’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2017-2021.

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read & Watch:

- "The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman", by Gerald Friesen: https://www.amazon.ca/Honourable-John-Norquay-Indigenous-Statesman/dp/1772840580

- "Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine", by David H. Petraeus: https://www.amazon.ca/Conflict-Evolution-Warfare-1945-Ukraine-ebook/dp/B0BSFRDD7F

- "Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty", by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson: https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Nations-Fail-Origins-Prosperity/dp/0307719227

- "Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies", from The Great Courses: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/before-1776-life-in-the-american-colonies

Recording Date: January 25, 2023.