That being said, we also need to understand the situation from all angles. It is in our best interests to have the US as a reliable trading partner. Sharing such a large geographic border with them gives us access to their large market, meaning that we can buy their products and services, and sell ours. Free trade generally tends to be a very very good thing, and we must hope for that.
BUT, we must also staunchly defend our sovereignty. The current American admin is extremely hostile ofc. Looking at this, we should now be building our own products and services (those that are key to maintaining our sovereignty). It does not matter if it is economically a worse choice in the short term. The price we pay for this onshoring is the price of national security. What would these industries be in my opinion?
They would be:
Selling and consuming our own natural resources independently.
Anything involving information. This means news, social media and so on. We should continue funding “Canadian culture” related media.
Maybe the automobile sector, but I’m not really educated on how sovereign we already are/are not in that area.
Food maybe, but again, I’m not sure how independent we are there. If someone knows about this, I’d love to learn more.
So in short, here’s what I’m saying:
We must defend our sovereignty right now and in the long term. But, if an opportunity for economic cooperation presents itself in the future with the Americans, we must take it (while defending our sovereignty long term). Free trade with someone who isn’t a psychopath is good and we must not forget that.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
That being said, we also need to understand the situation from all angles. It is in our best interests to have the US as a reliable trading partner. Sharing such a large geographic border with them gives us access to their large market, meaning that we can buy their products and services, and sell ours. Free trade generally tends to be a very very good thing, and we must hope for that.
BUT, we must also staunchly defend our sovereignty. The current American admin is extremely hostile ofc. Looking at this, we should now be building our own products and services (those that are key to maintaining our sovereignty). It does not matter if it is economically a worse choice in the short term. The price we pay for this onshoring is the price of national security. What would these industries be in my opinion? They would be:
So in short, here’s what I’m saying: We must defend our sovereignty right now and in the long term. But, if an opportunity for economic cooperation presents itself in the future with the Americans, we must take it (while defending our sovereignty long term). Free trade with someone who isn’t a psychopath is good and we must not forget that.