Three-time host Michael Bublé opened the 2025 Juno Awards with a statement that was both somewhat expected, and quite unlike anything heard at a Canadian awards show before.

"We are the greatest nation on Earth," he said of the country he had just finished describing as beautiful, expansive and unique. "And we are not for sale."

Stars-and-stripes level of patriotism isn't something typical for Canadian artists, let alone ones at a ceremony usually just fighting for a reason to exist alongside the…