The Greek poet, Aeschylus famously observed that in war, truth is the first casualty. Peter L. Biro FRSA argues that, in the wake of the Trump presidency and of the democratic backsliding that has been in process throughout the West, in the war on truth, the first casualty is democracy. He explores this with an eye on Canada’s opportunity to provide leadership in a global effort to rehabilitate public confidence in the importance of a shared truth and in a functioning marketplace of ideas.