Nodding to the “Fortress North America” concept floated by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and some U.S. interests, which prioritizes continental co-operation in the face of Chinese economic threats, Carney said this new relationship would “re-imagine co-operation in specific sectors deeply challenged by global competition.”
Carney said the U.S. is dependent on Canadian oil, natural gas, electricity, aluminum, potash, nickel, copper and industrial components, and the two sides should do more business together in these sectors, not less.
“That is mutual strength. Canada Strong will help make America great again. The examples are legion where we should work together and compete with the world together,” he said.
Carney was the best person for the job, as of the last election. That doesn’t make him a good choice, nor does it justify his actions.
He keeps sounding great in speeches to Canadians and Europeans, and then behaving horribly. The amount of damage his policies and cuts will do to the environment is devastating. His unwillingness to shut down Smith months ago hashelped produc the shitshow in Alberta. And he keeps saying elbows up, while accommodating Trump.
What I would like to see would be polite disregard for the US. Meet with Mexico and get a draft agreement pencilled ahead of the CUSMA talks. Get serious about building Gripens in Canada and politely shift away from the F-38, not because we don’t want to work with the US, but because it’s not in Canada’s best interests.
Fighting the US (financially or militarily) will go badly for us, but he shouldn’t go out of his way to deal with them any more than necessary.
Mexico is already talking with the US.