A war-plan for Canada: Buy gold, sell oil, build

Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the G7 summit, which Mr. Trump left early, citing the growing conflict in the Middle East.Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Who can say why Donald Trump left the G7 Summit early? But amid the dramatic events of the last week, the message to Canadians can arguably be summed up as: buy gold,…