I guess it’s just too much to expect ally and a neighbor to want to work together to combat illicit drug trade.
It beginning to look like the Canada has already made its choice over US or China drug trade with China or cooperate with a ally.
Nice to know and makes all future interactions all the simpler to decide on.
Oh, please. Canada implemented a huge border plan and has stepped up to the plate, what you are stating is simply factually inaccurate. Fentanyl coming from Canada makes up a tiny % of what comes into the US and actually since increasing our border security in coordination with the US (btwn implementing helicopters and drones across larger stretches of the border, stricter search requirements, hundreds of millions for developing new methods to detect smuggling/smugglers) we've dramatically increased the amount seized but more importantly it's
mostly been coming from the US into Canada.
You've drank the kool aid, you're repeating propaganda talking points that have been so obviously debunked by the simple reality that Canada has a plan that was approved with Trump last month that has been executed with results and he has still decided to do this in the face of all evidence that fentanyl from Canada is, simultaneously, insignificant and for what it's worth being tackled.
He has
openly stated that there is NOTHING Canada can do to avoid the tariffs, except, in his words, to become the 51st state. There is no other concession he will accept, that is what he has stated and also what his press secretary has stated too.
This was never about fentanyl.
This is an attack on Canada's sovereignty plain and simple.
To, in his words again, use "economic force" to force us into capitulating.
To build his legacy as a leader before his turn's over by expanding the US.
DarkNoon's suggestion is only rational. We can no longer trust or rely on the USA, and we have to prepare for the very real possibility that they move from economic force to military force in the coming years in their lust for our resources and territory. Even if it seems remote, this entire situation seemed impossible/remote before last year, so anything needs to be considered. We should look for guarantees from other countries who can back us up, as well as closer economic relations to replace what is being lost.
Also remember. Canada sends the US raw materials it needs to function - potash, uranium, nickel, oil, lumber - and energy, for the most part, alongside manufactured goods. The US sells back mostly manufactured goods. Jobs will be lost on both sides, but those are replaceable with industry at home over enough time. Natural resources are not, and even if they are miraculously found in the US next year, building the infrastructure to extract and refine any of it takes time.
So while trade with the US might be a bigger % of our economy... it is a much harder to replace, much more load bearing, even if smaller % of the US', they can't easily factory build and stimulus your way around those things if Canada cuts them off (unless they turn to Russia for generally much lower quality, and much more expensive due to transport, supplies of some of these things)... which is not to say we can "win" this trade war - but if the people will it for long enough Canada can do enough damage and stretch this out long enough that we could cause some bigger risks for ourselves if he refuses to back down - because, unfortunately, this is absolutely the stuff actual wars are made of brewing, the one true chip we have if this escalates, cutting off our natural resources and energy, is basically a nuclear option that presents a massive threat to the US both economically and in terms of national security.
