Things On my mind
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Things On my mind

Canadian Identity, The Fat Orange Golfer Guy, Canadian Leadership, and the CPTPP, the EU and Canada There are several things on my mind these days, Canadian Identity (apparently, we don’t have one), The Fat Orange Dictator’s threats, Canada’s leadership, or lack of it, Canadian unity, a possible Canada/ CPTPP / EU economic alliance, and an…

U.S. Reviewing AUKUS submarine agreement – An opportunity for Canada.
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U.S. Reviewing AUKUS submarine agreement – An opportunity for Canada.

The Trump administration is threatening to cancel the AUKUS submarine deal with Australia.  Why – because Trump can. But Trump’s move may just create a benefit for both Canada and Australia. Not all Australians supported the deal originally and that was before Trump’s tariffs.  Today there may just be a large degree of buyer’s remorse. …

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Two Views on Dealing with Trump, Both Wrong

CANADA SHOULD OFFER  TRUMP A GRAND DEFENCE AND ECONOMIC BARGAIN? My answer to this is a resounding ‘NOT A CHANCE’ You don’t deal with a bully by trying to appease him.  The result will be two-fold, he will take advantage and let you appease him, and then, when he has what he wants, he will…

Who Needs Who? -Trump Tariff affect on Canada, U.S.
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Who Needs Who? -Trump Tariff affect on Canada, U.S.

Recently I’ve heard several American commentators on news programs or on-line, state that “Obviously Canada relies on the U.S. far more than the U.S. Relies on Canada and therefore Canada will suffer much more from Trump’s tariffs than the U.S. will.  Trump has stated multiple times that the U.S. doesn’t need anything from Canada.  But…

Trump vs Poilievre – An Analysis
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Trump vs Poilievre – An Analysis

Many on the left, particularly in Canada have taken to portraying Pierre Poilievre, Canada’s Conservative party leader to Donald Trump, an American ultra-conservative, want-to-be dictator.  This essay is meant to point out the obvious inaccuracy of this portrayal.  I will look at the background of the two men, the policies that they propose, and their…