In a moment when the old certainties of North American economic integration are fraying, Canada has stepped forward with a deliberate and ambitious offer: stability, speed, and scale. Prime Minister Mark Carney gathered the stewards of more than $120 trillion in global assets in Toronto, presenting over 160 investment projects and a vision of Canada as the predictable partner the world is searching for. The summit is less a trade show than a philosophical statement — that a nation can choose, in real time, to reorient its place in the global order. Whether that choice holds depends on whether