While Trump threatens Canada with tariffs and talks about renaming Lake Ontario, Canada is starting to do something far more important: use the fight to build more of what we need ourselves.
Yeah the Lake America nonsense is jsut a clown show off to the side of the main act. I can spare a moment to look over and laugh at the clown, but I'm not worried about it nor do I think anyone else really is. He can call it whatever he likes, it will always be Lake Ontario
I don’t know, it’s partly “distraction” but, I live right on Lake Ontario and it feels more personal to me than being just about something else IN the U.S.
So, I m all excited about the PM s commitment to open negotiations with Europe this fall. As soon as next week? Because the world looks like it s got to make a lot of reinvestment in supply and war economies and that means more money going in new places and why not us? Seems to me if they want to keep an eye on what the US is up to they ll do well to be building over here just like we did in Europe post war.
We need to open new transport systems, eg to Chuchill and I hope lots more rail. We ll need people from everywhere which means feeing and housing and moving and educating and amusing and so on.
The weather s changing which is harsh but also holds promise for the North to open more.
It s going to be a very different world in 25 years and I wish I could see it.
The USA will be hot or melted or drowned or diseased; the Four Horsemen will take. a heavy toll and maybe we ll finally get a solid border. The 21 Century will be Canada s.
An advantage here is that Canada already has a CEPA with EU/UK - it's just encouraging businesses on "both sides of the pond" to really start using it, if they aren't already.
One of the reasons why Trump is really going out of his way to economically and rhetorically punish us is that the USA cannot afford for the bully's victims to stand up against the bully en masse (gotta through in a French term here, to annoy him!). If Europe/UK/Canada suddenly start doing more things visibly, and then Oceania joins in, then S. Korean/Japan . . . . the theoretical talk has been happening for 1.5 years now. But if we DO it, that crashes Trump's influence. And heaven help him if India joins in, with Mexico/Brazil . . . and if China behaves itself (and doesn't act American here . . . .).
He did say he s gonna take his army to us if we don t do what he wants.The Army might have other ideas by this point but it seems to be understood they won t do very well if they try us. And it s going to be spread pretty thin with all the enemies that their prez is making now.
I believe he dragged the military up on the weekend again, although he was biting himself in rage at that point. I do wonder how long those cholesterol packed arteries will keep running, wish I had the secret. As for unthinkable threat of violence yes true but I also remember vising my mother in Florida back in the 90s when one of the other park residents, I believe a retired prof, warned us young ones to watch out for the Christian Right because they had some shocking ideas and we d be hearing hard things from them. And there was always an undercurrant of violent rage and hate there under the pretty sunshiny pastels. Snowbirds were especialy held in contempt.
Love it. perfect response. and to the US supporters who think they ll keep going after Trump. Perhaps with a more presentable front man. But we re showing the world how decency s done again. It s the bigger move.
As per my earlier comment about Mark Carney attending and speaking at the European meetings, I have a feeling that a major part of his agenda is to rally all of the European countries, a joining of middle powers if you will, to muster a unified economic plan counter to everything Trump is trying to destroy.
Bev, that last line is the part that grabbed me... “The 21st Century will be Canada’s.”
I don’t know if I’m brave enough to predict that, but I think we have a hell of an opportunity in front of us.
Europe needs reliable partners.
Canada needs customers other than the United States.
And if we’re serious about that, then you’re right... ports, rail, Churchill, Arctic infrastructure, housing, energy and all the rest have to come with it.
What excites me most is that we’re finally being forced to think beyond simply shipping everything north-south because that was easiest.
I’m 74, Bev.
I’d like to see the world 25 years from now too.
But I’ll settle for watching Canada get the damn thing started. 😁
They used to say the 20C would be Canada s but of course it wasnt.Though we did bloom from the 1867 bud. I say this about our future because while there are military mights around, with all the threats coming to the planet and the systems in place, we re the country that still has room to grow and right now our influence seems to be surging with good prospects. I m no political economist but I look back at my intuitions over the years and they were pretty good. So I m listening to them beckon.
You might well make the 25 years if you take care of yourself. 99 is doable. Aim high!
Speaking of connecting with Europe, Mark Carney will be attending the European State of the Union and giving a speech to the European Parliament in September. As a Canadian, I am very proud of the man leading our country.
Frank, I think “a joining of middle powers” is exactly the idea worth watching.
Whether that’s specifically Carney’s agenda in Europe or not, the logic certainly makes sense.
Canada alone isn’t going to rewrite the economic rules of the world. Neither is Britain, France, Germany, Japan or Australia.
But put enough countries together that still believe in predictable trade, sovereignty and countries keeping their word, and suddenly the middle powers aren’t so bloody “middle” anymore. 😁
That’s also why Carney showing up and speaking directly to Europeans matters to me.
Canada needs to be in those rooms, building relationships while the old economic order is being rearranged.
Trump may be trying to make America the indispensable country.
He may accidentally be teaching everybody else why they shouldn’t have an indispensable country. 🇨🇦
I awake every morning to the shimmering waters of Lake Ontario. Ontario is an Iroquois word for shimmering waters and trust me they do shimmer in every weather during every season.Beautiful!!!
Now if we change the name to Lake America, that would bring images of graft , greed, racism, and most importantly arrogance. Now that’s an insult to a most beautiful natural phenomenon.
Fred you are so right. I am fully aware that I probably do not fully understand all the risks we face.I am not aware of all the dangers ahead but I am overwhelmed with a sense of opportunity to be part of a great awakening and revival of a modern nation, a new world order, a cleansing of past mistakes, a brighter kinder, more civilized future.
Keep Building Canada!! We are the world’s “shimmering waters”
John, this may be one of my favourite comments you've left here.
“We are the world’s shimmering waters.”
That’s a beautiful way to put it.
And I think you’ve captured something I’m feeling too.
I don’t pretend to know all the dangers ahead either.
But somewhere along the way, my concern about what Trump was doing to Canada started turning into excitement about what Canada might become because we were forced to wake up.
Build the ships. Build the railways.
Build the energy corridors.
Build new relationships around the world.
And maybe most importantly, rebuild some confidence in ourselves.
We spent a long time thinking geography had already decided Canada's economic future for us.
Maybe it hadn’t.
And for the record, John... it will always be Lake Ontario.
I was looking through some of our proposed counter-to-the-counter-to-the-counter-to-the-illegal/original tariffs. Essentially, what are the new items we're proposing to tariff. In the spirit of "building something," a little thing stood out:
Honey.
In the bunch of counters that Trump introduced this weekend, one Canadian industry that was targeted was Canadian honey. Several prairie apiaries announced "I'm out of business with this - 90% of my sales go to the USA, and my customers there can't afford a 50% increase in price."
But in yesterday's counter-to-that-counter (going into effect Sep 8), Canada will tariff USA honey. So what that SHOULD encourage, is for Canadian companies to drop their American imports -- and presumably purchase from the "out of business" apiaries here in Canada!
So, are we building a Canadian supply chain here, for Canadian businesses at both ends? Most definitely. Hopefully the costs related to this (cross-Canada distribution) are practical enough so that when/if all the tariffs end, the Canadian supply chain will remain.
I wonder about that too. Seems to me there s a lot of world out there that needs feeding and maybe they ll take a bit of a hit on pofit but still be able to sell. New markets. Government should be helping identify who and facilitate access. Also I believe honey keeps, maybe we need to build some national supply base.
Grant, THIS is exactly what I mean by building something.
Everybody notices the $11-billion icebreaker contract because it’s enormous.
But Canadian honey replacing American honey on Canadian shelves may illustrate the same idea in a way anybody can understand.
An apiary that suddenly loses its American customers needs new customers.
A Canadian company that suddenly finds American honey more expensive needs a new supplier.
There they are. Introduce the two of them. 😁
Of course, as you point out, the economics still have to work... transportation, volumes, contracts and price all matter.
But the really interesting part comes later.
Suppose those Canadian relationships get built because of the tariffs…and then the tariffs disappear.
Why go back?
If the Canadian supplier is competitive and dependable, we've turned Trump's trade war into a permanent piece of Canadian domestic trade that might never have existed otherwise.
Multiply that little jar of honey by hundreds or thousands of products and businesses and that starts getting very interesting.
Hell, Grant... you may have just found me another article. 🍯
I hear you, Fred. I've spent the summer gradually ridding myself of the pain of unfocussed anger by replacing it with the joy of shared accomplishment. I now refuse to read almost anything that's about the USA dilemma and choose news about the Great Canadian Nation Building. I'm so proud of our country that I could burst!! Anger may provide short term relief but joy is long term pleasure.
What a great frame for our thinking pivot - what did Canada build today? Many of our plans will far outlast the current US administration, and that is oh so good for our country!
The distinction between the two concepts was so well done! 👏 Thank you for yet another clarifying article. Nothing extraneous taking the focus off into the hinterland. Truly a gift well shared! 🇨🇦
A great piece. I know that opinions are varied across Canada regarding our walking away from the trade talks, but it really was the smart decision. Would we expect anything different from PM Carney? No. He’s a smart man who is focused on what’s best for Canada and all Canadians. Your column lays that all out. For the naysayers, stop freaking out and think a little; stop being so afraid and you’ll see IQ47 will pull a TACO.
Walking away from a bad deal isn’t failure to negotiate.
Sometimes it’s the most important part of negotiating.
I think Canadians have spent so many years assuming we must reach an agreement with the United States that saying “No, those terms aren’t acceptable” feels frightening.
But fear is lousy leverage.
Maybe Trump eventually TACO’s, maybe he doesn’t. 😁
I wouldn’t build Canada’s future around predicting what that man does next.
I’d rather build it around making sure we have enough customers, suppliers, infrastructure and options that his next threat matters less.
Fred, I agree with you on the Canadian tariff plan to mostly go after American products where we have Canadian or other offshore options. In a perfect world that makes great sense. However, as we already see in the US, when an import has a tariff attached to it making it more expensive for the local market, the domestic producers of that same item tend to raise their prices to just below the new tariff rate. So, in theory, these targeted tariffs look great. In reality, our domestic producers need to play nice, do what is best for Canada, maintain their prices and reap the benefit of increased sales, and keep prices stable for Canadians.
Lake America.....just another shiny distraction. Canadian friends, just look away and don't pay attention to anything the orange pedo rapist felon says. He's been using this same distraction tactic on his own people for the last year and a half to take their attention away from his despicable crimes and connections with Epstein. You can expect him to throw more garbage our way and just remember it is nothing but drivel from a flim flam con artist.
Talking about building, the investment conference coming up in Toronto (nuclear)and the acquisitions being made by MDA in satatilite manufacturing and rocket launch technology, they're building a nice order book!
There's going to be some great opportunities, especially with capt Poopy Pants making So Many friends lately......and Our guy has been spreading the word, sewing the seeds of Canada, it's becoming ours too loose.
Yeah the Lake America nonsense is jsut a clown show off to the side of the main act. I can spare a moment to look over and laugh at the clown, but I'm not worried about it nor do I think anyone else really is. He can call it whatever he likes, it will always be Lake Ontario
Exactly, Goose.
That’s the point I was trying to get at.
Let him rename every lake in Canada from his keyboard if it keeps him entertained. 😂
What matters to me is what we’re doing while he’s making the noise...
building Canadian capacity, finding other markets and making ourselves less
vulnerable to the next threat.
The clown show gets the headlines.
The building is the story.
He will NEVER call our lake by that disgusting name.
More distraction from the Trump Files... they must contain some spectacular stuff!
I don’t know, it’s partly “distraction” but, I live right on Lake Ontario and it feels more personal to me than being just about something else IN the U.S.
So, I m all excited about the PM s commitment to open negotiations with Europe this fall. As soon as next week? Because the world looks like it s got to make a lot of reinvestment in supply and war economies and that means more money going in new places and why not us? Seems to me if they want to keep an eye on what the US is up to they ll do well to be building over here just like we did in Europe post war.
We need to open new transport systems, eg to Chuchill and I hope lots more rail. We ll need people from everywhere which means feeing and housing and moving and educating and amusing and so on.
The weather s changing which is harsh but also holds promise for the North to open more.
It s going to be a very different world in 25 years and I wish I could see it.
The USA will be hot or melted or drowned or diseased; the Four Horsemen will take. a heavy toll and maybe we ll finally get a solid border. The 21 Century will be Canada s.
An advantage here is that Canada already has a CEPA with EU/UK - it's just encouraging businesses on "both sides of the pond" to really start using it, if they aren't already.
One of the reasons why Trump is really going out of his way to economically and rhetorically punish us is that the USA cannot afford for the bully's victims to stand up against the bully en masse (gotta through in a French term here, to annoy him!). If Europe/UK/Canada suddenly start doing more things visibly, and then Oceania joins in, then S. Korean/Japan . . . . the theoretical talk has been happening for 1.5 years now. But if we DO it, that crashes Trump's influence. And heaven help him if India joins in, with Mexico/Brazil . . . and if China behaves itself (and doesn't act American here . . . .).
Grant, I think that’s the part Trump may have badly miscalculated.
One country trying to reduce its dependence on the U.S. is manageable.
A whole collection of major economies doing it en masse...
there you go, I annoyed him too 😁
becomes something entirely different.
And we don’t have to stop trading with America to do it.
We simply need more doors to knock on.
Europe, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Mexico, Brazil...
every new relationship reduces the power of the threat...
“Do what we want or we’ll shut you out of our market.”
That’s why I keep coming back to the same word... options.
Canada doesn’t need to beat the United States at anything.
We need to make sure no American president ever again gets to believe Canada has nowhere else to go.
He did say he s gonna take his army to us if we don t do what he wants.The Army might have other ideas by this point but it seems to be understood they won t do very well if they try us. And it s going to be spread pretty thin with all the enemies that their prez is making now.
Bev, I share the concern about how far the rhetoric has gone, but I want to be careful with one part of this.
When Trump was directly asked whether he would use military force against Canada, he said no... “economic force.”
And right now that economic pressure is very real.
That’s frightening enough without us making it bigger than the evidence supports.
What bothers me more is that Canadians are even having conversations like this about our closest ally and neighbour.
A few years ago that would have sounded ridiculous.
Which brings me right back to the point of this article.
Canada needs to become strong enough, diversified enough and independent enough that threats from any country carry less weight.
I’d much rather spend my energy building that Canada than worrying every morning about what Trump might do next.
I believe he dragged the military up on the weekend again, although he was biting himself in rage at that point. I do wonder how long those cholesterol packed arteries will keep running, wish I had the secret. As for unthinkable threat of violence yes true but I also remember vising my mother in Florida back in the 90s when one of the other park residents, I believe a retired prof, warned us young ones to watch out for the Christian Right because they had some shocking ideas and we d be hearing hard things from them. And there was always an undercurrant of violent rage and hate there under the pretty sunshiny pastels. Snowbirds were especialy held in contempt.
Love it. perfect response. and to the US supporters who think they ll keep going after Trump. Perhaps with a more presentable front man. But we re showing the world how decency s done again. It s the bigger move.
As per my earlier comment about Mark Carney attending and speaking at the European meetings, I have a feeling that a major part of his agenda is to rally all of the European countries, a joining of middle powers if you will, to muster a unified economic plan counter to everything Trump is trying to destroy.
Bev, that last line is the part that grabbed me... “The 21st Century will be Canada’s.”
I don’t know if I’m brave enough to predict that, but I think we have a hell of an opportunity in front of us.
Europe needs reliable partners.
Canada needs customers other than the United States.
And if we’re serious about that, then you’re right... ports, rail, Churchill, Arctic infrastructure, housing, energy and all the rest have to come with it.
What excites me most is that we’re finally being forced to think beyond simply shipping everything north-south because that was easiest.
I’m 74, Bev.
I’d like to see the world 25 years from now too.
But I’ll settle for watching Canada get the damn thing started. 😁
They used to say the 20C would be Canada s but of course it wasnt.Though we did bloom from the 1867 bud. I say this about our future because while there are military mights around, with all the threats coming to the planet and the systems in place, we re the country that still has room to grow and right now our influence seems to be surging with good prospects. I m no political economist but I look back at my intuitions over the years and they were pretty good. So I m listening to them beckon.
You might well make the 25 years if you take care of yourself. 99 is doable. Aim high!
Speaking of connecting with Europe, Mark Carney will be attending the European State of the Union and giving a speech to the European Parliament in September. As a Canadian, I am very proud of the man leading our country.
Frank, I think “a joining of middle powers” is exactly the idea worth watching.
Whether that’s specifically Carney’s agenda in Europe or not, the logic certainly makes sense.
Canada alone isn’t going to rewrite the economic rules of the world. Neither is Britain, France, Germany, Japan or Australia.
But put enough countries together that still believe in predictable trade, sovereignty and countries keeping their word, and suddenly the middle powers aren’t so bloody “middle” anymore. 😁
That’s also why Carney showing up and speaking directly to Europeans matters to me.
Canada needs to be in those rooms, building relationships while the old economic order is being rearranged.
Trump may be trying to make America the indispensable country.
He may accidentally be teaching everybody else why they shouldn’t have an indispensable country. 🇨🇦
I awake every morning to the shimmering waters of Lake Ontario. Ontario is an Iroquois word for shimmering waters and trust me they do shimmer in every weather during every season.Beautiful!!!
Now if we change the name to Lake America, that would bring images of graft , greed, racism, and most importantly arrogance. Now that’s an insult to a most beautiful natural phenomenon.
Fred you are so right. I am fully aware that I probably do not fully understand all the risks we face.I am not aware of all the dangers ahead but I am overwhelmed with a sense of opportunity to be part of a great awakening and revival of a modern nation, a new world order, a cleansing of past mistakes, a brighter kinder, more civilized future.
Keep Building Canada!! We are the world’s “shimmering waters”
John, this may be one of my favourite comments you've left here.
“We are the world’s shimmering waters.”
That’s a beautiful way to put it.
And I think you’ve captured something I’m feeling too.
I don’t pretend to know all the dangers ahead either.
But somewhere along the way, my concern about what Trump was doing to Canada started turning into excitement about what Canada might become because we were forced to wake up.
Build the ships. Build the railways.
Build the energy corridors.
Build new relationships around the world.
And maybe most importantly, rebuild some confidence in ourselves.
We spent a long time thinking geography had already decided Canada's economic future for us.
Maybe it hadn’t.
And for the record, John... it will always be Lake Ontario.
Keep Building Canada.
I was looking through some of our proposed counter-to-the-counter-to-the-counter-to-the-illegal/original tariffs. Essentially, what are the new items we're proposing to tariff. In the spirit of "building something," a little thing stood out:
Honey.
In the bunch of counters that Trump introduced this weekend, one Canadian industry that was targeted was Canadian honey. Several prairie apiaries announced "I'm out of business with this - 90% of my sales go to the USA, and my customers there can't afford a 50% increase in price."
But in yesterday's counter-to-that-counter (going into effect Sep 8), Canada will tariff USA honey. So what that SHOULD encourage, is for Canadian companies to drop their American imports -- and presumably purchase from the "out of business" apiaries here in Canada!
So, are we building a Canadian supply chain here, for Canadian businesses at both ends? Most definitely. Hopefully the costs related to this (cross-Canada distribution) are practical enough so that when/if all the tariffs end, the Canadian supply chain will remain.
Fingers crossed
#ElbowsUp #GlovesOff
I wonder about that too. Seems to me there s a lot of world out there that needs feeding and maybe they ll take a bit of a hit on pofit but still be able to sell. New markets. Government should be helping identify who and facilitate access. Also I believe honey keeps, maybe we need to build some national supply base.
Grant, THIS is exactly what I mean by building something.
Everybody notices the $11-billion icebreaker contract because it’s enormous.
But Canadian honey replacing American honey on Canadian shelves may illustrate the same idea in a way anybody can understand.
An apiary that suddenly loses its American customers needs new customers.
A Canadian company that suddenly finds American honey more expensive needs a new supplier.
There they are. Introduce the two of them. 😁
Of course, as you point out, the economics still have to work... transportation, volumes, contracts and price all matter.
But the really interesting part comes later.
Suppose those Canadian relationships get built because of the tariffs…and then the tariffs disappear.
Why go back?
If the Canadian supplier is competitive and dependable, we've turned Trump's trade war into a permanent piece of Canadian domestic trade that might never have existed otherwise.
Multiply that little jar of honey by hundreds or thousands of products and businesses and that starts getting very interesting.
Hell, Grant... you may have just found me another article. 🍯
I hear you, Fred. I've spent the summer gradually ridding myself of the pain of unfocussed anger by replacing it with the joy of shared accomplishment. I now refuse to read almost anything that's about the USA dilemma and choose news about the Great Canadian Nation Building. I'm so proud of our country that I could burst!! Anger may provide short term relief but joy is long term pleasure.
Jim, I think you’ve just put into words something that has been happening to me too.
At first, so much of this was anger.
What did Trump say?
What did he threaten?
What do we do back?
Somewhere along the way my attention started shifting from what America is doing to us to what Canada is doing for itself.
And bloody hell, that’s a much better place to live every day. 😁
Ships being built.
New trade relationships.
Energy corridors. Railways.
Arctic infrastructure.
Canadian businesses finding Canadian suppliers.
There are still serious threats and I’m not going to ignore them.
But I don't want Trump deciding what Canadians think about every morning either.
Anger reacts. Building creates.
I think you’ve given me something to chew on there, Jim.
Maybe the next chapter of GeezerWise needs a little less “Look what Trump did now” and a lot more “Look what Canada is doing next.”
Well said Jim, I don't think that Canadian pride in our country and in our leadership has been this high since after WWII.
What a great frame for our thinking pivot - what did Canada build today? Many of our plans will far outlast the current US administration, and that is oh so good for our country!
The distinction between the two concepts was so well done! 👏 Thank you for yet another clarifying article. Nothing extraneous taking the focus off into the hinterland. Truly a gift well shared! 🇨🇦
Patricia, thank you.
That means a lot because clarifying rather than complicating is exactly what I’m trying to do here.
There’s enough noise flying around already without me adding another truckload to the pile. 😁
Find the part that matters, explain why it matters, and let people decide what they think about it.
And lately I’m finding the most interesting story isn’t what Trump is saying anyway.
It’s what Canada is doing.
Thanks for being here, Patricia.
Truly my pleasure Fred! With thanks!
A great piece. I know that opinions are varied across Canada regarding our walking away from the trade talks, but it really was the smart decision. Would we expect anything different from PM Carney? No. He’s a smart man who is focused on what’s best for Canada and all Canadians. Your column lays that all out. For the naysayers, stop freaking out and think a little; stop being so afraid and you’ll see IQ47 will pull a TACO.
Barb, I’m with you on the central point.
Walking away from a bad deal isn’t failure to negotiate.
Sometimes it’s the most important part of negotiating.
I think Canadians have spent so many years assuming we must reach an agreement with the United States that saying “No, those terms aren’t acceptable” feels frightening.
But fear is lousy leverage.
Maybe Trump eventually TACO’s, maybe he doesn’t. 😁
I wouldn’t build Canada’s future around predicting what that man does next.
I’d rather build it around making sure we have enough customers, suppliers, infrastructure and options that his next threat matters less.
That’s the Canada I’m getting excited about.
Lake Ontario is based on an Indigenous word - possibly Iroquois - from way back. It was firmed up as Lake Ontario in 1641.
Janet, and that makes Trump’s “Lake America” silliness even more ridiculous. 😁
The name Ontario has roots that go back centuries before Donald Trump ever discovered his Sharpie.
There’s something rather fitting about that.
Politicians come and go.
Empires come and go.
Borders and governments change.
The lake keeps shimmering and the name Ontario keeps surviving.
I think we’ll be okay. 😁
Fred, I agree with you on the Canadian tariff plan to mostly go after American products where we have Canadian or other offshore options. In a perfect world that makes great sense. However, as we already see in the US, when an import has a tariff attached to it making it more expensive for the local market, the domestic producers of that same item tend to raise their prices to just below the new tariff rate. So, in theory, these targeted tariffs look great. In reality, our domestic producers need to play nice, do what is best for Canada, maintain their prices and reap the benefit of increased sales, and keep prices stable for Canadians.
Frank, that’s an excellent caution and one I probably should have included in the article.
A tariff can make the American competitor more expensive and give a Canadian producer an opportunity.
But if the Canadian producer simply says, “Beauty!
Now I can charge almost as much as the tariffed American guy,” we haven't accomplished nearly as much as we think. 😁
The win should be increased Canadian sales, stronger Canadian companies, more Canadian production and eventually more Canadian competition...
not simply higher prices for Canadians.
Grant’s honey example fits perfectly here.
If Canadian apiaries replace tariffed American honey, terrific.
But the long-term prize is building a competitive Canadian supply chain that survives even after the tariffs disappear.
That’s really the test of this whole strategy...
Did we merely retaliate against America, or did we use the retaliation to make Canada stronger?
I’m interested in the second one.
Lake America.....just another shiny distraction. Canadian friends, just look away and don't pay attention to anything the orange pedo rapist felon says. He's been using this same distraction tactic on his own people for the last year and a half to take their attention away from his despicable crimes and connections with Epstein. You can expect him to throw more garbage our way and just remember it is nothing but drivel from a flim flam con artist.
Excellent analysis Fred, let's focus on what we can change. These changes are welcome and long needed
Awesome message there Fred & I agree 100% Keep Canada Strong!!!!
Talking about building, the investment conference coming up in Toronto (nuclear)and the acquisitions being made by MDA in satatilite manufacturing and rocket launch technology, they're building a nice order book!
There's going to be some great opportunities, especially with capt Poopy Pants making So Many friends lately......and Our guy has been spreading the word, sewing the seeds of Canada, it's becoming ours too loose.
Bernie, you’re pointing at another piece of this “build Canada” story that I haven't paid nearly enough attention to... space.
I went digging after reading your comment and bloody hell, there’s a story there.
MDA is expanding satellite manufacturing in Montréal, building a serious order book and pushing into international markets.
And here’s the part that really caught me...
we can build the satellites in Canada, but we still have to send them somewhere else to launch them.
Well, there’s another Canadian supply chain waiting to be built. 😁
Ships.
Rail.
Nuclear.
Energy.
Critical minerals.
Satellites.
Maybe eventually Canadian-built satellites riding Canadian launch systems from Canadian soil.
That’s what is starting to excite me about this whole mess.
Trump thinks the story is about what Canada might lose.
I’m becoming much more interested in what Canada might build.
Keep feeding me these rabbit holes, Bernie. 😁
Fred, we are making the ice breakers to drown out the noise in the whitehouse! haha