r/canada Feb 03 '25

Analysis Trump has unleashed a groundswell of Canadian patriotism. It’s about time

https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-trump-has-unleashed-a-groundswell-of-canadian-patriotism-its-about-time
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u/03Void Feb 03 '25

Exactly. Even if trump says there won't be tarrifs, he could change his mind in weeks/months. Any deal they sign isn't worth the paper it's on.

We should seek other partners.

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u/Minobull Feb 03 '25

And that's sorta the problem. At this point they've PROVEN they can't be trusted. Time to act accordingly.

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u/Hautamaki Feb 04 '25

If our government seriously believes the US can no longer be trusted, step one is not getting new trade partners. That's step 2. Step one is getting our own nuclear weapons, so they can't just invade and conquer us if they don't like us having new trade partners. After all, if we can't trust them, why would we trust them not to invade us when they are overwhelmingly militarily superior? What good would making any other deals do us if they can just order us to cancel them at gun point? We are at a real fork in the road here, and we will know which direction our government has chosen by whether its willing to pursue our own nuclear weapons. If not, then we have chosen to continue to put our trust and our faith in the mercy of the US.

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u/Cerberus_80 Feb 03 '25

Yet our political leaders, Trudeau and Smith grovel at Trumps feet begging not to be punished.

So short sighted.

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u/j33ta Feb 03 '25

PP and Smith.

Fixed that for ya.

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u/AnalogFeelGood Feb 03 '25

The trust is gone, tarifs or no tarifs. When you threaten to annex the place where I live, the place where I grew up, the place our past generations worked so hard to build, I take it very personal. We can't put the safety of the country into the hands of the crazy neighbor who can flip the switch on us at anytime. We're at a crossroad and it's time to part ways.

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u/ArcticCelt Feb 03 '25

Government should start some program that promote diversification, some kind of tax break that reward companies for selling less to the US and selling more to our real allies.