The motion to rename “Trump Avenue” in the city’s Central Park neighborhood was brought forward by River Ward councillor Riley Brockington on Sept. 9 and swiftly received support from other local officials. “I don't like the idea of anything that's named for Donald Trump, who's demonstrated hostility towards Canada,” Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said at a news conference after the vote.
The streets in Ottawa’s Central Park neighborhood were named after New York City institutions in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Trump was primarily known for his businesses and real estate ventures, long before his political aspirations came to fruition.
“I could speak at great length why I believe, strongly, it is time to rename ‘Trump Avenue,’ but I don't want to give a platform anymore to the person who is on the current street sign blades,” Brockington said. “I do believe this is about a new beginning, and I want this to be a community-led process where the community ultimately will select and recommend to City Council what that new name will be.”
TIME has reached out to Ottawa's City Council for comment.
In late August, he signed an Executive Order renaming Lake Ontario, which borders the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York, as “Lake America.” The order applies to U.S. federal references of the lake and does not determine how Canada—or others—refer to the body of water. Several lawmakers across both countries have rejected the new moniker.
“Polls have repeatedly [shown] how extremely unpopular Trump is, and how his targeting of Canada on trade, and his trolling on social media, have made him and the U.S. unpopular,” he tells TIME.
The 'Trump Avenue' street sign is seen in a suburb of Ottawa on Jan. 26, 2021. —Michel Comte––Getty Images
In a new interview, Carney admitted he had prepared over the past 12 months or so for the “extreme tail risk” that Trump might order military action against Canada, amid the U.S. President’s repeated mentions of his desire to annex the country.
Juneau says the “risk of American military intervention against Canada is extremely low,” but reasons that just because Canada “shouldn't take [Trump’s] threat literally, it doesn't mean they shouldn't take it seriously.”
Carney, in line with other Canadian officials, has vehemently pushed back against the idea, stressing that Canada is “not for sale.” In June, after Trump revived talk of his ambitions to annex Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford simply stated “Canada will never be the 51st state.”
“Trump is actively trying to choke off the Canadian economy," says Juneau, noting that a key sticking point in trade negotiations, according to Carney, has been Washington's efforts to restrict Canada’s ability to negotiate trade deals abroad.
Canada seeks international alliances to remove reliance on U.S.
Canada and the U.S. are also deeply integrated through defense arrangements, including their membership in NATO and the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)—a bilateral defense and national security arrangement involving the shared defense of the continent.
“The weaponization of that interdependence by the U.S. makes [Canada] extremely vulnerable in a way that pretty much nobody else is,” insists Juneau, pointing to the urgency of Carney’s task.
In January, Carney met Chinese President Xi Jinping to forge what he called a “new strategic partnership” to end Canada's economic reliance on the American market.
The diversification efforts extend into defensive measures. At the E.U.-Canada summit in June 2025, Canada established a new Security and Defense Partnership with the bloc. Canada later became the first non-European country to participate in the "Security Action for Europe” (SAFE) instrument, which provides low-interest loans to help member states purchase military and defense equipment.
Carney made his pledge to E.U. lawmakers when he addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 17. Touting closer ties with the bloc, he said “Europe and Canada are stronger together” and insisted "we are not fair-weather allies, we believe that our prosperity grows when it is shared."
Juneau warns that despite Carney’s current push to diversify trade and defense away from the U.S., the results of these deals may take a long time to truly stand up, as "in practice, diversifying trade and security relationships is measured in years and decades."
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