Canada is in free fall. So far, there is no resistance or element that stands in its way to prevent or slow the effects of the fall. It is a perfectly rectilinear and uniformly accelerated movement -the time it is taking to fall is proportional to its gravitational cause- in this case, its internal political rifts and absence of leadership.

The hazards coming into view now are Trump’s tariffs, a possible surrender of sovereignty and independence, or the United States annexing Canada. But the “divide and conquer” principle is evident in how other geopolitical actors have taken advantage of the circumstances, and with good reason.

There is no one so blind as he who refuses to see, just like Prime Minister Mark Carney, who in his speeches blames only the United States for the threat of the country’s imminent collapse, vehemently claiming that Trump is seeking to weaken Canada, when the screaming truth is that Canada is already mortally wounded, not precisely by external attacks, but by its own party.

Trudeau’s tricks to stay in power, with the tacit approval of the Liberal Party which kept him in place for twelve long years until his unpopularity became so unsustainable that he could hide no longer, have taken their toll. By mid-December, it was clear that Parliament would remove him with a vote of no confidence and call him to trial. So, he resigned, in a desperate measure, but not before giving Canada the final push toward the abyss. To save himself, his party, and his not-so-laudable interests, he decided to prorogue Parliament, leaving the state in limbo, without a government and without a parliament, for more than two months.

A disturbing fact is that this measure, gravely unconstitutional and undemocratic, could not be possible without the approval of the Head of State, the British Crown, which has so far remained silent, but which at the time gave its approval for Trudeau to do with Canada as he pleased.

It’s striking that such an arbitrary decision hasn’t been condemned by the media, or at least not enough. How is it possible that in 2025 a so-called first world country could be left ungoverned for almost twelve weeks due to the behaviour of a single unpopular individual? Canada was denigrated in full view of everyone, and now they’re tearing their clothes over a tax increase.

Of course, Carney and his party – seeking to gain legitimacy after the damage caused by Trudeau’s leadership and his proroguing of Parliament – are calling parliamentary elections at the end of April. However, this isn’t a superficial injury that can be dealt with using a band-aid solution; it’s a deep, internal wound that hasn’t been diagnosed or treated for far too long. The country needs to regain the integrity it has gradually lost, especially under the Trudeau era, when attention was diverted from truly important policies while promoting woke ideologies and allocating public spending to aberrant and unconstitutional measures, ignoring the pressing needs of Canadians.

Canada hasn’t completely fallen yet, it hasn’t hit rock bottom. There are things which can be done to arrest the country’s decline. The important thing is that it reacts now and does not forget or ignore the mistakes of its recent past. It must recover its identity, its freedom (too long suppressed), its democracy, its sovereignty, and then it will be able to move forward.