Canada’s recent progressive record stands in stark contrast to other countries of the Americas. While Canadians ask “Why doesn’t Canada already have a stronger relationship with Mexico?” what they may not realize is how several years of progressive governance in Mexico has left Canada behind. Mexico’s Minister of Women Citlalli Hernandez Mora pointed to 2025 being the “Year of the Indigenous Woman” with the Sheinbaum government coordinating states and municipalities to implement water and sanitation programs in Indigenous communities. Meanwhile in Canada, Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez looks to make cuts of over 80 per cent to her department and First Nations raise alarms over the Carney government’s lack of consultation on infrastructure projects.

The strategy of President Sheinbaum’s daily Mañanera del Pueblo livestreams on YouTube reaches more than 1.3 million subscribers daily was also discussed as a powerful tool to reach the country’s working-class. On fighting misinformation in the media, President Lula da Silva’s government in Brazil is taking on US big tech—in Canada, we put our elbows down on the Digital Services Tax without a fight.