While the U.S. obsesses over tariffs and leverage, Canada is quietly wiring itself into a global trade network that doesn’t depend on American permission.
I definitely agree. Let’s just hope that the Canadian people are patient and willing to accept that the Carney strategy is a long haul but without any sound alternatives. For the sake of Canada, I do hope that the Canadians understand this.
Well written and concise piece once again Fred. I agree with you when you say that Canada should have started earlier.
When Trump was elected in 2016 he did finally sign the CUSMA agreement, but even then he had to change the name as if that made a big difference from NAFTA.
If both the government and the opposition had been looking and paying attention to what he was saying, and what he was doing, we should've known that this was a possibility.
I realize that no one in government can be a fortuneteller. With Trump, it wouldn't matter because he's so irrational. You'd have to be as psychotic and narcissistic as what he is to try to even figure it out. He thinks tariffs help and tariffs punish the countries when in fact, tariffs punish his own people .
But dumb is as dumb does!
You know I have some concerns about going to India as there has been interference from them in our election and there may be proof of interference from China previously so we have to be very cautious. However, Carney is a very intelligent and cautious man or he would not have run both the bank of Canada and the bank of England as excellently as he did.
I know that the conservatives are saying well he hasn't kept his election promise of making an agreement and a deal with the states. Have they been watching what rump has been doing to everyone to every country around the world? Except of course to Russia. He put tariffs on an island where only penguins lived. That's how idiotic this is.
The gang down south or should I say rump and his gang decided they could make Canada weak financially and then they could take us over. When Canadians, not just the government, but the people fought back by not taking vacations or cancelling trips for any reason. Canadians started selling their homes that they've had for years down in the US then Canadians stopped buying US products at the grocery store. This is not just a government Thing going on.
What Prime Minister Carney and the trade delegation is doing is for all of Canada for every Canadian to protect us from the bully to the south.
You’re absolutely right about the timing. Canada should have started diversifying years ago. But the reality is governments tend to move when pressure forces them to, not before.
On India, I share the caution. Trade relationships don’t require blind trust... they require leverage, safeguards, and clear interests.
That’s where experience matters, and Carney does bring a lot of that to the table.
What’s been most fascinating to watch, honestly, is the public response.
Canadians aren’t just spectators in this... they’re participants.
Consumer choices, travel decisions, investment shifts… those signals matter more than people realize.
We’re living through a structural reset whether people like it or not.
If only we could have Carney in an external trade relations role and a fiscal hawk as PM. He’s doing good things diversifying but needs to stop the Liberal spend and grift and stop blocking resource & pipeline plays in Canada.
Well done Canada ,a true politician 👏🇬🇧
I definitely agree. Let’s just hope that the Canadian people are patient and willing to accept that the Carney strategy is a long haul but without any sound alternatives. For the sake of Canada, I do hope that the Canadians understand this.
Well written and concise piece once again Fred. I agree with you when you say that Canada should have started earlier.
When Trump was elected in 2016 he did finally sign the CUSMA agreement, but even then he had to change the name as if that made a big difference from NAFTA.
If both the government and the opposition had been looking and paying attention to what he was saying, and what he was doing, we should've known that this was a possibility.
I realize that no one in government can be a fortuneteller. With Trump, it wouldn't matter because he's so irrational. You'd have to be as psychotic and narcissistic as what he is to try to even figure it out. He thinks tariffs help and tariffs punish the countries when in fact, tariffs punish his own people .
But dumb is as dumb does!
You know I have some concerns about going to India as there has been interference from them in our election and there may be proof of interference from China previously so we have to be very cautious. However, Carney is a very intelligent and cautious man or he would not have run both the bank of Canada and the bank of England as excellently as he did.
I know that the conservatives are saying well he hasn't kept his election promise of making an agreement and a deal with the states. Have they been watching what rump has been doing to everyone to every country around the world? Except of course to Russia. He put tariffs on an island where only penguins lived. That's how idiotic this is.
The gang down south or should I say rump and his gang decided they could make Canada weak financially and then they could take us over. When Canadians, not just the government, but the people fought back by not taking vacations or cancelling trips for any reason. Canadians started selling their homes that they've had for years down in the US then Canadians stopped buying US products at the grocery store. This is not just a government Thing going on.
What Prime Minister Carney and the trade delegation is doing is for all of Canada for every Canadian to protect us from the bully to the south.
Thanks Gail... I really appreciate that.
You’re absolutely right about the timing. Canada should have started diversifying years ago. But the reality is governments tend to move when pressure forces them to, not before.
On India, I share the caution. Trade relationships don’t require blind trust... they require leverage, safeguards, and clear interests.
That’s where experience matters, and Carney does bring a lot of that to the table.
What’s been most fascinating to watch, honestly, is the public response.
Canadians aren’t just spectators in this... they’re participants.
Consumer choices, travel decisions, investment shifts… those signals matter more than people realize.
We’re living through a structural reset whether people like it or not.
Completely correct... I believe rump is finding out what most Canadians think 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
If only we could have Carney in an external trade relations role and a fiscal hawk as PM. He’s doing good things diversifying but needs to stop the Liberal spend and grift and stop blocking resource & pipeline plays in Canada.
That’s a fair perspective, Philip.
Diversification and domestic capacity aren’t mutually exclusive... Canada actually needs both.
Expanding trade relationships while also unlocking responsible resource development would strengthen our leverage internationally.
Where the debate usually lands is how to do that... timelines, environmental standards, investment risk, and market demand.
What’s clear right now is that relying too heavily on a single customer created vulnerability.
That lesson is finally being absorbed across the political spectrum.
All good news.
Carney is pure class Trump is pure arse
There’s an argument to be made that external pressure forces countries to adapt faster than they otherwise would.
Canada probably should have diversified trade years ago. The current situation just accelerated the timeline.
Big structural shifts rarely come from comfort... they usually come from disruption.