Canada is chasing tomorrow with India… while Washington and Mexico start making decisions about today without us. That’s the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to say out loud.
🇨🇦💙 Totally agree but a deep dive into Mark Carney needs to be factored in. Right man, right time doesn’t happen often in history. Carney ushered Canada through the asset back mortgage debacle that almost bankrupted Iceland and ushered Britain through Brexit. He’s a macro economist but with what focus? Most macro economists specialize in a school, (Keynesian or Monetarist or Behaviourist ). Carney treats schools of thought as tools, switching between them depending on the phase of the problem.
He views the supply and demand economy as having behavioural problems. First build like-minded countries cooperating on specific issues, bypassing big broken institutions. Every institution he did join gave him a different tool - finance, climate, trade, security, tech development.
He wasn't collecting credentials. He was building the exact network he'd need to act and react to a changing global economy.
The Davos speech wasn't a new idea — it was the activation of 20 years of relationship and trade architecture. He spoke the world listened.
Trump’s simplistic strategy of divide and conquer is amusing but Carney has yet to retaliate in any meaningful way. I doubt the world has seen a better prepared leader than our Prime Minister.
Mark Carney said this about dealing with the world as the way it is, not as we'd like it to be. It applies to this concern you have pointed out that Mexico and USA are going ahead negotiating without Canada re: CUSMA.
Firstly, it can't be CUSMA without Canada. Otherwise, it's just USMA, or USM.
Also, this process of the US trying to intimidate Canada by seeming to have trade talks with Mexico whilst cutting us out, is an ancient negotiation tactic used in almost every union bargaining session I have ever been involved with, not to mention, in the fascist playbook: divide and conquer.
Guarantee you also, that President Sheinbaum, a very smart lady, knows what's going on and while of course wanting the best deal for Mexico, also believes, as PM Carney does, that no deal is better than a bad deal.
Never underestimate your opponent and always trust your allies. Then it's easier to deal with the way things are, not as you wish they would be. ❤️🇨🇦
We are moving as fast as we can with a skillful leader. All we can do is try our best and be flexible. Unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Carney has built a great deal of trust and goodwill around the world and that can be very useful.
Let the 2 year old dirtbrain play, Mexico is present but she won't betray Canada, she will respect as she has always done. She's dealt with toddlers before, so have we. Distance is good when a big orange ball is the subject! Thanks Fred! Another great mind bender!!! :)
🇨🇦💙 Totally agree but a deep dive into Mark Carney needs to be factored in. Right man, right time doesn’t happen often in history. Carney ushered Canada through the asset back mortgage debacle that almost bankrupted Iceland and ushered Britain through Brexit. He’s a macro economist but with what focus? Most macro economists specialize in a school, (Keynesian or Monetarist or Behaviourist ). Carney treats schools of thought as tools, switching between them depending on the phase of the problem.
He views the supply and demand economy as having behavioural problems. First build like-minded countries cooperating on specific issues, bypassing big broken institutions. Every institution he did join gave him a different tool - finance, climate, trade, security, tech development.
He wasn't collecting credentials. He was building the exact network he'd need to act and react to a changing global economy.
The Davos speech wasn't a new idea — it was the activation of 20 years of relationship and trade architecture. He spoke the world listened.
Trump’s simplistic strategy of divide and conquer is amusing but Carney has yet to retaliate in any meaningful way. I doubt the world has seen a better prepared leader than our Prime Minister.
Increased stress level and at a time when Danielle Smith has decided to go rogue.
Mark Carney said this about dealing with the world as the way it is, not as we'd like it to be. It applies to this concern you have pointed out that Mexico and USA are going ahead negotiating without Canada re: CUSMA.
Firstly, it can't be CUSMA without Canada. Otherwise, it's just USMA, or USM.
Also, this process of the US trying to intimidate Canada by seeming to have trade talks with Mexico whilst cutting us out, is an ancient negotiation tactic used in almost every union bargaining session I have ever been involved with, not to mention, in the fascist playbook: divide and conquer.
Guarantee you also, that President Sheinbaum, a very smart lady, knows what's going on and while of course wanting the best deal for Mexico, also believes, as PM Carney does, that no deal is better than a bad deal.
Never underestimate your opponent and always trust your allies. Then it's easier to deal with the way things are, not as you wish they would be. ❤️🇨🇦
We are moving as fast as we can with a skillful leader. All we can do is try our best and be flexible. Unlike Mr. Trump, Mr. Carney has built a great deal of trust and goodwill around the world and that can be very useful.
We've been meeting with Mexico as well. Without the US in the room. So it's not like Mexico is cutting us out.
Let the 2 year old dirtbrain play, Mexico is present but she won't betray Canada, she will respect as she has always done. She's dealt with toddlers before, so have we. Distance is good when a big orange ball is the subject! Thanks Fred! Another great mind bender!!! :)