Canada’s Independence Is at Risk— And Its Best Option isn’t the USA

Once your partner abuses you once, you leave. Nothing ever good comes out of sticking around.

Of course Canada should seek ADDITIONAL NOT ALTERNATIVE trading partners. Any country with only one primary trading partner is at risk. Diversification in trading partners is simply common sense. Agree with the guest.

The current US regime doesn't seem to want a valued partner...They want a new colony

Canada has lots of options, so let's use them. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity, it's not working with the US, so let's move on.

If we kiss and make up, we will always be at risk. Pretty stupid idea to try and fix the problem with the ideas that caused the problem. trying the same thing hoping for a different result.

History is important and it was the Conservatives that pushed the first NAFTA agreement with the US. The Liberals, under John Turner in the 1980's, pushed back against NAFTA and said we could not maintain our sovereignty if we were economically dependent on the US. Fast forward today, and John Turner was correct. NAFTA also "hemmed" us in and reduced our ambitions outside of the US relationship. Cutting taxes, cutting healthcare and education, and privatizing publicly owned assets that generate income for the public purse creates inequity. The typo of neoliberal policies do not work and eventually create political de-stabilizing because of the inequity such economic policies create. The evidence for this goes back over 100 years and it is shocking that such policies, which are contrary to the evidence, continue to be pushed by specific political parties in Canada (and the US). The world is complex. This means that thoughtful, nuances and creative solutions are required in order to create an economic policy that works for corporations but also the people. Cutting taxes and cutting the social safety net are overly simplistic solutions to complex problems.

Canada should have become independent a long time ago . Cause we would be a lot stronger these days in every aspect

Why can’t I find the stats that show Canada is the slowest growing G7 country as of 2024? Is this supposed to be IMF based? Is it a selective use of statistics to reinforce the Conservative ‘Canada is Broken’ talking point. I appreciate your guests emphasis on stability. He states that as Canadians we should have no desire to downplay our stability.

Every country should strive to be independent.

apparently this dude isn't paying close attention to the situation on the ground in Canada. Jay isn't in Indonesia because he likes the food.