The point of CUSMA negotiations the whole time has been to try to maintain a position that benefits from deep integration with the US. What did people think it was about? Diversification is about hedging, reducing risk, and gaining leverage but the whole point of CUSMA negotiations is just trying to get the most favourable terms possible while trying to stay deeply integrated. Carney touts us having the best trade terms with them all the time. Our energy minister is touting Canada’s role in US energy dominance and pushing the idea of Fortress North America. We are integrating with NSA laws on border security, integrating with the Golden Dome, integrating on critical minerals, we are embracing massive military spending at their request while we won’t say shit about their illegal wars. There’s a disturbing trend towards blind patriotism in a segment of Carney supporters where they have fallen so hard for “elbows up” nationalism and Canadian exceptionalism that they turn anything into 4D chess kool-aid and deceive themselves into not trusting what’s right in front of their noses.
Is that what you think he was elected to do? I don’t recall anyone running on ending CUSMA. It was all about how to manage it and get a good deal. It has always been about how to get the best deal to maintain access by avoiding tarrifs and saving highly-integrated cross-border industry. Every candidate was running on their skills to save CUSMA from the threat of Trump, not getting out CUSMA and getting out of business with the US.
Yeah, the direction of the US seemed pretty obvious last year and it has just been accelerating since. I don’t like their direction, or that we are so deeply intertwined with them, but the forces supporting integration in energy, tech, minerals, defense etc are all very powerful. It’s not good.
The point of CUSMA negotiations the whole time has been to try to maintain a position that benefits from deep integration with the US. What did people think it was about? Diversification is about hedging, reducing risk, and gaining leverage but the whole point of CUSMA negotiations is just trying to get the most favourable terms possible while trying to stay deeply integrated. Carney touts us having the best trade terms with them all the time. Our energy minister is touting Canada’s role in US energy dominance and pushing the idea of Fortress North America. We are integrating with NSA laws on border security, integrating with the Golden Dome, integrating on critical minerals, we are embracing massive military spending at their request while we won’t say shit about their illegal wars. There’s a disturbing trend towards blind patriotism in a segment of Carney supporters where they have fallen so hard for “elbows up” nationalism and Canadian exceptionalism that they turn anything into 4D chess kool-aid and deceive themselves into not trusting what’s right in front of their noses.
Getting us out of it, like he was elected to do.
Is that what you think he was elected to do? I don’t recall anyone running on ending CUSMA. It was all about how to manage it and get a good deal. It has always been about how to get the best deal to maintain access by avoiding tarrifs and saving highly-integrated cross-border industry. Every candidate was running on their skills to save CUSMA from the threat of Trump, not getting out CUSMA and getting out of business with the US.
Then we need to organize to prevent that because these agreements help the US not us.
Yeah, the direction of the US seemed pretty obvious last year and it has just been accelerating since. I don’t like their direction, or that we are so deeply intertwined with them, but the forces supporting integration in energy, tech, minerals, defense etc are all very powerful. It’s not good.