“The Gathering Storm – That Feels Like 1936”
As Canadians tire of the ‘Game’ being played by Trump, which is doing significant damage to other nation’s economies including Canada, the loss of jobs, taxation, not to mention the angst and worry that is now infecting every family and individual in this country, it may well be time to end Canada’s relationship with the United States completely, at the earliest opportunity.
Living next to a delusional sociopath, who is willing to abrogate every agreement he has made only days or weeks earlier, illustrates that maintaining any form of a relationship is pointless.
As Canada continues to drop its trade with the U.S. and inks new agreements with nations that actually keep their word, are not extortionists, and actually know how to tell fact from fiction, it should remove any further trade in relation to the future commodities, minerals, or products provided by Canada.
Canada will find new buyers for virtually every product now being sent to the U.S., including everything from oil to fertilizers, as well as car parts, timber, steel, aluminum, minerals and rare earth minerals.
As trade dips, with every removal, the embargoing of each product, in turn to America, will create a situation where Canada will be completely independent of the United States at some point in the future.
Canada will essentially be self-sufficient. As for Trump’s lies of self-sufficiency, they will become all too clearly illustrated over time.
Canadians will boycott America in relation to travel as well, as we still have at least 70% more of a reduction to achieve in that respect.
My hope is that since the United States is truly not a friend of Canada, ground transportation and shipping across the border will increasingly shrink to a fraction of what it is today, while transport companies will replace routing shipments to the U.S. with shipments east, west and probably, within four years, north to tidewater out of Hudson’s Bay as well.
Air travel is diminishing rapidly with Canada’s major airlines removing dozens of routes to the U.S. starting in the fall and winter when Canadian snowbirds travel south. They are being replaced with all the destinations that Canadians now frequent, with at least 21 completely new offerings to Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
This is important, as no foreign carriers can fly domestically in Canada, thereby making travel to destinations of foreign carriers, more expensive, which in turn stimulates Canadians visiting destinations that Canadian carries fly.
How The Gathering Storm Affects the Military
Canadian military procurement will be entirely from Europe, Korea, or the U.K., and Canada will in turn provide Europe with “safe manufacturing” beyond the reach of Russia.
Canada should, and likely will, look after its own defence entirely, across the entire physical geography of Canada by 2030, as Canada will be procuring new fighter aircraft, air refuelling tankers, new ships, submarines and military hardware for an enlarged army, airforce, coast guard and navy.
Canada is procuring over the horizon radar for the north that can see Russian aircraft, well before they leave Russian air space. The new AIP Submarines with lithium batteries will be able to stay submerged for three weeks and will be equipped with ballistic missiles launch tubes as well as anti-ship missiles, heavy torpedoes or cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles and heavy torpedoes.
Three new naval and air bases will be build on the Northwest Passage and two of the largest icebreakers in the world have been built or on order to keep winter ice access open throughout Hudson Bay and the Northwest Passage, both to the east and the west.
The new fighters, and AWACs Aircraft and Anti-submarine coastal long range aircraft yet to be finalized from Europe and Canada’s Army will increase in size and capability with new armour, likely from the MARTE program in Europe, that will provide the most advanced armour and IFV’s on earth.
Manufacturing of some of this military hardware may well occur in Canada under contract to MARTE’s manufacturers. (The following paragraph is from the Geopolitical Economist on Medium. For additional information click on MARTE, follow the link below.
Apart from its battlefield potential, the MARTE program reflects broader geopolitical and strategic rebalancing. Europe’s reliance on US military hardware — especially since World War II — has created dependencies that are now viewed by many as vulnerabilities. The United States remains a key NATO ally, but divergence in global strategy and growing uncertainty about American political stability have prompted the nations of Europe to seek greater defense autonomy. MARTE, thus, is as much a technological undertaking as it is a statement of intent: Europe is signaling that it can assume a greater share of its own defense and that it is ready to lead in future military technologies rather than simply follow.
Canada, as a member of NATO, and as a new member of the EU’s new military procurement program, will likely wish to ensure that the equipment it procures not have an American footprint, for obvious reasons.”
Due to America’s new aggressive and adversarial behaviour, both in trade, international relations, and geopolitical orientation, (not to mention Trump’s politically unstable machinations), Canada will no longer maintain the previous trade or military relationship with the U.S.. And while this will not be adversarial, (at least from Canada’s perspective), it will now be less collaborative and more distant from America.
Storms are gathering on the horizon, some North, some South. The nature of those storms will determine Canada’s future actions in relation to every aspect of Canada’s governance.
And, as was the case in the late 1930’s, the storms are both dangerous and less predictable, but one thing is certain. Canada will prepare for whatever comes and do everything in its power to maintain its sovereignty and the relationships with its allies and partners that respect all of the members interests, whether it includes only European nations or not.
Domestic Food, Hard Goods, Clothing, Electronics, & Machinery Consumption
In the past, Canada would buy a substantive amount of its fruits and vegetables from the U.S., particularly during the winter months. Now, the focus is on diversification of supply from South America, Central America and Mexico. Except for most citrus products, Canada can produce its own fruits and vegetables, in season.
By replacing American foods, especially fruits with increased supplies from the global south, Canada becomes less exposed to American tariffs and trade. As for dairy products, and manufactured food stuffs, Canada will remain self-sufficient. This is one situation where global warming may well add frost free days to the growth of specific fruits, that have in the past been more susceptible to the vagaries of weather, but particularly cold.
Virtually all other products that Canadians consume are available from alternative providers, particularly China, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Korea and Japan. From electronics to clothing to machinery and computers, Canada will import products from the Pacific Rim countries and ASEAN, as long as any American tariffs remain. It will be cheaper and the product quality will be as good as anywhere else in the world.
The future for Canada is becoming much clearer and Canadians more resolute in achieving goals that strengthen Canada and Canadian products and services.
While America’s actions will undoubtedly hurt Canada, — in the long run, Canada will be independent, stronger and more inherently stable.
As for America?
Time will tell…and based on what has transpired in the last six months? it won’t take long.
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