Aside from the massive budget that Prime Minister Mark Carney just tabled, which shackles future generations of Canadians to unprecedented debt, he is now admitting that Canada can no longer maintain “the same economic union with the United States.”
For once, it’s a rare flash of honesty from Ottawa. And it should make every Canadian stop, think, and ask what exactly his plan is for the country after breaking what’s left of our economic backbone.
If the old relationship really is “over,” as Carney put it, what’s the plan? Because walking away from the American market without a replacement strategy isn’t leadership, it’s negligence.
Canada’s entire economy is built on trade, and roughly 75% of it depends on the US, and pretending otherwise is pure fantasy.
For decades, we’ve enjoyed the illusion of balance: a free-trade deal here, a tariff exemption there, a few polite smiles between prime ministers and presidents.
Meanwhile, our exports, our energy, and even our defence have all become dependent on decisions made in Washington. When America sneezes, Canada catches pneumonia, and lately, the US has had a bad cough.
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