Donald Trump threatened Canada’s Mark Carney during his rambling Davos speech on Wednesday (21 January), where he claimed that the nation “only lives because of the United States”. During his address at the World Economic Forum, the US president said that Ottawa should be “grateful” to Washington for all the “freebies” it receives. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” he said. It comes after Mr Carney warned that the old world order was in the “midst of a rupture” and was “not coming back,” during his own speech in Switzerland on Tuesday (20 January).
I think the smartest thing our current form of government could be doing is investing a bunch of money into spinning up crown corps to kick start our industry, healthcare, and infrastructure. We already have a system in place, we just need to use it. I think cooperation with China is also the right track. While Trump might bluster about it, I can’t see him actually trying to invade Canada. Ultimately, even with Venezuela, nothing much happened side from Maduro kidnapping so far. I think Trump is very averse to getting mired in another long war like Ukraine.
I would love for more investment into the public sphere but the provinces are annoying. I can’t see places like Alberta further investing in healthcare when they are purposefully privatizing everything.
Trump does talk a big game but is very slow to follow through fully, which is not a bad thing.
Completely agree, Our whole system of governance is basically designed to prevent the government from doing any sort of sustained planning at scale. It’s incredibly frustrating to watch.
And I really think Trump’s whole strategy right now is to apply maximum pressure to other countries, and then see who responds with weakness. If he sees countries resisting the moves on to softer targets, if they don’t he starts demanding more.