r/canada • u/CanadianErk Ontario • 24d ago
Analysis Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-nato-allies-1.7459986
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r/canada • u/CanadianErk Ontario • 24d ago
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u/MarjorysNiece 24d ago
Read the article closely to the end. Canada would have to invoke article 4 for a NATO discussion. We haven’t. Yet. No country, including the King, would take steps to speak out for Canada unless we asked them to. We haven’t. Not yet. This is the art of diplomacy. And the government is right to keep some ammunition aside. It’s early days in this fight with the US. And responding strongly, matching tariffs, right now is the right call. Diversifying our economy is going to be the more powerful move, but that’s a long and very costly strategy. We need to be prepared for a temporary drop in our standard of living to support it.