Description: As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to propose absorbing Canada, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe disregards the threat — but says Canada needs to prioritize energy and food security to avoid putting itself in a ‘vulnerable position,’ and criticizes a ‘lack of leadership’ from the federal Liberal government.
He’s trying to dunk on Trudeau&co, but he’s not wrong.
There were calls for Canada to reduce internal trade barriers as a reaction to NAFTA in the 90s. We didn’t. Similarly, we haven’t prioritized trade with other partners in any meaningful way. Even after the first Trump presidency.
Federal and provincial politicians could have done any of the things they’re rushing towards now, but they didn’t care.
I’m sure Moe takes his share of responsibility for that in the interview. 😬
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think none of these things ensure Canadian sovereignty. Anything outside of nuclear weapons, and likely a significantly bigger army, is not contributing meaningfully to sovereignty.
Actually I think the better we’re doing economically, the more attractive annexation target we are. Imagine being in a super envious position to the poor bastard with the biggest army in the world looking in.
We’ve been so discombobulated over the past few months because we don’t have a backup plan. It’s easy to joke about us being the 51st state because we are so tightly integrated with the US already.
If we were less reliant on US trade, unilateral US tariffs would be less effective. We would have partners and allies elsewhere. If Germany was reliant on our steel, or India was reliant on our aluminum, we would hopefully be able to wring support out of them.
We’re talking hypotheticals, so it’s hard to know what would change if we’d made different choices in the past. But, generally, bullies pick on those they can victimize. We’re easy to victimize because we don’t have an economic plan B.