Also I've seen the cope that Canada will trade with the EU to stick up to America. But would trans-atlantic trade really compensate against trading with your neighbor right next door?
I will continue to make the point - the Canadian governments at all levels have to think about the long term economic health of the country and all governments in living memory have failed at that.
Reality, you need to cultivate multiple markets for your good particularly commodities such as form the bulk of Canadian exports (oil, lumber, natural gas etc) and it take decades to do that and build the infrastructure to do so.
Believe me, the Euros are not lining up to kiss Canada's butt, and when they suggest a good idea, the response of fools like Trudeau is "there is no economic case for that".
Government should not be doing this, but rather enabling and encouraging it and making sure that the private sector has reliable regulatory regimes, sensible laws, competitive taxes and reasonable environmental constraints.
Trudeau in particular has failed spectacularly in all dimensions of this and guess what...surprise, surprise, surprise....we are a single market player, we are loaded down with regulations, taxes, and barriers to enterprises.
Failure after failure mark Canadian governance, right along with Canadian entrepreneurship, witness the Nortel and Blackberry fiascos.
So, now, after decades of this, NOW they want us all to wrap ourselves in the flag and fight for Team Canada..
Not me, not ever.
I am hoping and praying Canada finally falls apart and the pieces go their separate ways, hopefully to find a better set of structures, whether that be joining the USA or making several smaller nations.
D.
