What Would Be The Point?
There comes a time in every relationship, whether in business, personal or intimate, where if you cannot answer this question in the affirmative, then there is no point in continuing.
As far as Canadians, and not their politicians are concerned, we’ve passed that particular point in time. Irrespective of what ever the Great Sociopath wants, says, or agrees to, it’s all smoke and mirrors.
It’s farce, and it means virtually nothing.
It’s impossible to point to any agreement that the U.S. has made in the last 15 months, that hasn’t been broken.
America may actually be less trustworthy than Russia.
So with a ‘pending non-binding agreement in principle’ under discussion with the United States, that being the upcoming CUSMA discussions, I find it wholly unrealistic, even irrational to trust the United States, who have broken the two previous agreements and told a litany of lies in relation to why they have done so.
Personally, I would rather see Canada impose a new ‘transactional approach’ to the relationship, whereby all product shipped to the U.S. must be ‘’paid in full” prior to shipment.
If that sounds like Canadians don’t trust Americans, that would indeed be the correct inference.
We don’t.
Future Realities
In the future, this will very likely be the reality going forward. America has proven that it cannot be trusted. It tends to illustrate quite clearly and unequivocally that it cannot be trusted.
So why then will Canada trade with the U.S. at all?
Canada will, when it serves Canada’s interests, purchase from the U.S., but only when such is the case.
So far, threats, coercion and extortion have been the norm, so there is little point in talking about ‘faith’ or ‘trust’.
We don’t have any in relation to America.
Military Procurement
Yesterday, Canada approved the purchase of eight GlobalEye AWAC aircraft, built on Bombardier 6500 airframes. The next pending purchase, that of 72 Saab Gripen Jas39 fighters, to be built in Montreal, Quebec, is a much more significant statement in relation to rejecting the further purchase of F35 aircraft from the United States.
The primary reason?
Trust.
We honestly believe that America will at a time and place where Canada can be further extorted, make the aircraft ‘unavailable’ to Canada.
This is wholly unacceptable and entirely irrational, were one an actual ally and partner.
America is not.
Canada has agreed to purchase 27 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Systems from the U.S., and eight Predator Drone Aircraft, however, should America decide to not deliver or delay these purchases, Canada is in joint discussion with the Republic of Korea to purchase the Chunmoo MLRS K-239 equivalent, and with a Polish company to purchase their drones.
Canada’s purchase of the OTH-AR system for the Arctic rather than an American system, also boils down to trust and Canadian sovereignty.
Canada’s future IFV’s and Main Battle Tanks will likely be purchased from either the ROK or Germany, as will Canada’s new AIP submarines.
In fact, every major military purchase in the future will be made through SAFE membership in Europe or with Japan or the ROK.
Canada’s surface combatant River Class Destroyers, Corvettes and AOPV’s are being purchased in Canada and built in Canada.
Even Canada’s new standard infantry weapon has been purchased in Canada for manufacture and delivery, in Canada.
Trust, which America eschews, is, for Canada, essential.
There is no point in being in a relationship where trust is not an integral component of the contract.
And so it is that Canada will no longer maintain ‘contracts’ with the U.S. that can be broken, abrogated, denied or contested.
We’ll buy what we want, from whom we want, when we want.
That is the sum total level of trust and agreement that Canada has with the United States of America.
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