The Sunday Magazine for June 8, 2025
This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay:
How Canada should prepare for less U.S. involvement on the world stage
As world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis, Alta next Sunday, one topic that will definitely be on the minds of attendees is how deeply global defence alliances have shifted since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office. President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute David Perry and Carleton University's Paterson Chair in International Affairs Stephen Saideman join Chattopadhyay to make sense of the changes, how NATO allies are responding and what Canada needs to do to prepare for a reduced U.S. presence on the world stage.
Customs brokers are cross-border trade gurus. With tariff whiplash, they're facing 'toxic uncertainty'
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from 25 to 50 per cent, increasing the turbulence that's long been on full display for Canadian workers, industries and consumers. Behind the scenes, there's another group of people who are key to helping goods flow across the border… but whose role often goes overlooked. In her documentary, The Brokers, Julia Pagel takes us inside the little-known world of customs brokers, whose work has been turned upside down by the trade war.
The 'skeleton key' to understanding the second Trump presidency
It's been another busy week in Washington, between new travel bans, new tariff hikes and continued wrangling over a "big beautiful bill" that would add trillions to the deficit and leave millions without health insurance. And if you're struggling to make sense of Donald Trump's second term moves, David A. Graham says look no further than Project 2025. The conservative policy playbook was disavowed by Trump on the campaign trail last year. But Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the new book The Project, tells Chattopadhyay that it's a "skeleton key" to understanding Trump 2.0.
Molly Jong-Fast, daughter of Erica Jong, on the fraught family stories we tell
Erica Jong became a literary sensation and feminist icon in the 1970s and 80s for her depictions of female agency, sexuality and relationships. And her work often drew from her real life, with friends and family members inspiring her characters... including her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast. Jong-Fast joins Chattopadhyay to discuss her new memoir How to Lose Your Mother, which lays bare her perspective on her upbringing, relationship with her mom – and the conundrum of competing narratives in families.