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 continue his bullying with new demands
CANADA SHOULD REACT WITH A TARIFF FOR TARIFF, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR RESPONSE?
My answer again ‘WRONG’. Why punish Canadians. Reciprocal tariffs will only make the effects on Canada worse.
A REALISTIC PLAN
Economic ‘JUDO’ – Use your adversary’s momentum against him. American Tariffs on Canadian goods will hurt Americans. Canada should go along with that result and support that. Canada should take actions that will contribute to increased U.S. prices. Remove US Products from store shelves. Apply export taxes to oil, gas, potash, minerals, and lumber. Cancel current contracts for American F35s, Boeing patrol aircraft, and General Dynamics’ drones, as well as any contracts for US military equipment related to the River Class destroyers. Europe has alternatives for all of these items. Add export tariffs and fees to oil, gas, steel, aluminum, potash and minerals. Reduce production of minerals and provide companies with subsidies for lost revenue, increased border inspections for goods coming into and going out of Canada. Have a thorough inspection of vehicles coming into Canada, looking for guns, and drugs. Add additional export requirements. These actions will slow down U.S. industry and increase cost. Demand global prices for oil and gas, this would add $2 per barrel to US cost.
MILITARY SPENDING
Establish a ten-year moratorium on the purchase of defense products from the U.S. Announce that in four years Canada will defend Canada itself and will exit NORAD.
BUT WE DO STILL NEED A GOVERNMENT
Of course, many of these actions would require a federal government to act. Canada currently has no federal government, so we need an election, Jagmeet Singh’s party will continue to bow down to any strong leader so they will probably surrender to Trump if he gives Singh a lifetime salary. Carney and his liberals will drive Canada into bankruptcy while making Carney one of Trumps Oligarchs. There is only one federal party with the integrity, motivation, brains, and a plan to achieve a reasonable Canada first strategy. Canada needs to move away from U.S. integration and dependance. We need to grow our economy in ways that benefit us. Its not because conservatives are that great, but they have a plan to develop our country, to build our economy rather than tax our people to death. We’ve been told that Canada was on the high moral ground for ten years while the earth beneath our feet was crumbling. We were told that we Canadians must force the world to understand the errors of their ways. Truth is the world didn’t listen and aren’t listening because they weren’t good ideas in the first place. I’m not saying global warming isn’t real, that would be ridiculous, but other countries have much better ideas of how to deal with the problems. Norway for instance has used their oil revenues to finance green technologies, while Canada restricted our own oil and taxed our people instead
