Since early November, the spectacle of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s second administration has featured unseemly and unpresidential attacks on Canada and its economy. The implications for Canada’s interests and global standing are serious and stark. But for those of us who have for decades been called “protectionist,” “anti-global” and “economic nationalists” because of our advocacy for sovereign approaches, the eruption of a twittering cacophony now calling for sovereign responses and strategies is another spectacle altogether.