It's interesting to see more Canadians start to understand how bad the trade war is now. But Canadian small and medium sized businesses have been dealing with this problem for nearly two years already, and I have been complaining about it here relentlessly.
I have been trying to find a way around america since trump got elected again so I could find other markets for my jewelry products. No luck so far, and that business is now gone even though CUSMA still applies legally and we should have American market access.
The danger for Canada is that our gov will use the trade trauma to further their own interests over and above the interests of ordinary Canadians. A kind of trade war profiteering that will let government insiders maximize their personal power or profit while the population is panicked, traumatized or afraid.
Watch for it.
This is why we need Parliament back in session and a free press. We have neither. We need Parliament back as this is a national security emergency. Canadians have zero clue what carney will announce in Europe next week, but we should have an idea at least. It is our country here after all, not his. He is only here temporarily. He is keeping Canadians in the dark.
Having lived in war zones and trade war zones before, I suspect the next american bully moves will relate to blocking Canadian business travel or other travel across the border with visa restrictions or large fees or extended visa application cycles, or perhaps brutalizing a Canadian or two at the border crossings which will spread across social media to dissuade Canadians from crossing. Changes to border crossings will be sudden and should be expected soon I think. Shutting Canadian business travelers out of the US can be done with a stroke of a pen by executive order in an instant.
Prepare for this.
I have no confidence in our present government as they have demonstrated no competence in any matter over the last decade. But I have absolute confidence in we Canadians, who may be slow to snap to attention, but clearly define being Canadian as Not Being American. Not being american is exactly right.
I am deeply proud of not being american. My Canadian patriotism is tied to my country very deeply, to the earth here itself, the plants, the animals, the cities, Canada's modern and old history, and not to any politician who happens to be in power.
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