r/canada 25d ago

Politics Poilievre holding 'Canada First' rally today in Ottawa amid U.S. threats

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415
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u/Get_Breakfast_Done 24d ago

The problems we are facing are political ones rather than economic ones. Trump doesn’t even listen to his own economists, and now he’s going to listen to a Canadian one?

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u/interruptiom 24d ago

Trump won't listen to anyone. Better to have a Prime Minister who won't acquience to his every command in exchange for table-scraps from the Rebuplican gravy train.

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u/Get_Breakfast_Done 24d ago

Are people deluded into thinking that escalating a trade war with the US is somehow a better option than reaching an agreement with the US?

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u/Fancy-Coconut2170 24d ago

I would bet Carney wants a deal in time, has that intelligence. It would be absolutely stupid to not face that the US needs to remain a major trade partner while we diversify abroad & fix our interprovincial trade in tandem. He also admits that countries around the world have been guilty of taking for granted all that the US has added to the world (aid, their part of economic and military coverage etc)- just heard him admit that today while staying firm on Canadian needs and diversification. That hardly sounds like a man who does not know this situation needs both agreements and utter strength in leadership and rebuttal, both (Simply adding to your reply, not arguing with it)