Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is ...

"Canadians will always stand up for our nation, our country,” Bill Blair said Wednesday in Brussels. “We're prepared to defend ourselves as required." ...

That reaction was lamented by Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair, who spoke to a handful of Washington Post journalists while on a trip last week to the U.S. capital alongside François-Philippe ...

Defence Minister Bill Blair says the U.S. president's repeated remarks about Canada becoming the 51st state are concerning and offensive, but added he does not believe it represents a 'real threat' to ...

Defense Minister Bill Blair said on Wednesday that while President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats are “offensive,” he does not believe Canada is “sincerely threatened.” Blair was ...