Watching U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra discussing current U.S-Canada trade dynamics is to be witnessing one man behind enemy lines trying to explain a situation the audience cannot fathom. It really is remarkable.
The longer he is assigned to this almost hopeless task, the more he develops an ‘I don’t give a damn‘ attitude, regardless of the audience size. It’s completely understandable.
The Canadian government controls the information available to the entire country. The Canadian media push that skewed information to the entire country. Then there’s Ambassador Hoekstra; the guy with completely different information, trying against all odds to present a viewpoint that is so fundamentally different the audience cannot grasp it.
In this video segment all of the dynamics come into play, but that’s not the real value in this capture. WATCH:
What I would recommend to all those who have followed this genuinely bizarre disassociation topic, is to go to YouTube and read the comments underneath this CTV video – GO HERE.
I love and respect our Canadian Treepers who are here with us in the CTH branches of discussion. I cannot fathom what it must be like to live in Canada amid this level of social, cognitive dissonance. You have my utmost respect and sympathy.
Within all of the Canadian free trade agreements (FTAs), regardless of nation, there is something called a baseline memorandum of understanding (MOU). That MOU outlines how the trade agreement for goods sold into Canada are contingent upon Canada retaining access to the U.S. market. When the USMCA is dissolved, almost every single FTA organized by the Canadian government that matters, collapses. Canadians have no concept of what is coming.
The problem with Canadians is they’re Canadians.
Practically all have the same sense of snobbery as do Europeans.
A hard rain’s gonna fall.
Do not make the mistake of classifying a whole people by those scurvy dogs at the bottom. There are still many Canadians who would stand next to you in the fight we are in; in fact they reside in every western nation, but just like us they suffer from the exact same corrupt oligarchy.
You speak the truth John. I live behind enemy lines in Massachusetts, and feel empathy for like minders up north.
One of my friends in Canada feels it goes all the way back to the Revolution, when the loyalists had to flee they went north. The Boston area loyalists had to flee early in the war, most going to Halifax, Nova Scotia, by boat because the land routes weren’t safe for the likes of them.
A figure such as President Trump gives heart to the trapped.
So does this site, aptly named The Last Refuge!
I am one of those Canadians, JS. But sadly, we are definitely the exceptions that DO NOT discount the rule
You may be the minority Mark, but I don’t think so.
In a state with effective control of information such as you live in, and the ability to spread propaganda at will, it can become totally controlled through mass psychosis formation such as in NAZI Germany; but Germany’s history before and after Prussian unification bred an exceptionally compliant people, who would not question authority.
It is difficult to change the nature of a people derived over centuries; take the Soviet Union for example, after seventy years of near complete control, Russians were still Russians.
Although dated, my own personal experience with Canadians, with the exception of Quebecois, was the love of being Canadian and the desire to differentiate themselves from Americans. All were polite, but I certainly felt that their were moral lines that would never be crossed. In WWII when backs were up against walls Canadians punched above their weight. Even with all the migration, I don’t think that fortitude disappears that quickly, and I think that when the time comes you will see it come to the forefront quickly.
One of the major tenets of psychological warfare is to make you feel outnumbered and alone, to sap your will to resist; the near absolute control of the information, legal, and judicial battlespace by the Canadian government is designed to inculcate fear of speaking up, but once a triggering event happens–a few people speak up, and then a second group joins them; then once the millions realize they are actually the hidden majority, a preference cascade happens. I think one is coming shortly.
Keep the faith, and maybe read Canadian Elizabeth Nickson at Absurdistan for some uplift.
Hmmm. So I suppose I could say to you, all Americans are like leftists? Is that a fair statement?
Ill hold my tongue and hold back from telling you what I really think of your comment.
You really need to start thinking before you post.
We are NOT all leftist morons. SMH.
Just like all Americans are not Demorats.
And thank you Sundance. We appreciate ya and your support. We are behind enemy lines, being trampled by the Communists…..
Canadians follow their Government’s behavior like lemmings because for more than 150 years their Government has made a living by reminding them that the USA cannot be trusted beyond giving them jobs and paying for the stuff they help produce. They think we are nothing more than carpet baggers and they think they deserve more of our largesse. For them, we owe it to them to give them favorable treatment.
I once lived and worked for an American seismic exploration company that had an office and several crews working in the Canadian oil provinces. All of our employees were required to be Canadian citizens unless they could not be replaced by qualified Canadians. When I moved there our company had to spend thousands of dollars attempting to replace me with a qualified Canadian worker. We couldn’t even get many Canadians to even apply for my job, but they all new that I was required to exhaust every effort to find my replacement. This went on for nearly a year before I was able to apply for Landed Immigrant status as a foreign worker who could actually have his job legally. Do you think they give a damn about putting any of the many people, who arrive in Canada without jobs, through that type of red tape before granting them safe haven in their Country?
While I was there, I made every effort to fit into their culture, I even learned to ice skate and I tried to play hockey with my employees. I still have a ticket I bought for the final game of the 1986 Stanley Cup and I still treasure it. But, for the most part Canadians never trusted me, and I could never trust them either. Whenever I tried to bid for contract work for my employer, I was usually given the opportunity to bid, but I was never given a contract by any Canadian Company, even though all of my bids were very competitive. After nearly two years, I decided to moved back to the USA. My career suffered because of that, but I thank God that I decide to do it.
There is more to this story, but I wanted to show how Americans have always been treated by the Canadian Government. The USMCA was negotiated by idiots to allow Canada to continue its tariff free grift of the US economy. Since they do not support us in any way, they should be cut off from the hind tit of our economy.
Their forebears went with the Crown, we opted for liberty. They haven’t learned much.
My experience with Canadians, though of much shorter duration, was completely opposite, even in Quebec, though I wasn’t attempting to work in their country. They were warm, welcoming, easy to engage in respectful conversation, quick to share a meal, and slow to anger.
Yes, they have their fair share of lemmings, but I would hazard the percentage of lemmings here in the US is quite close to the same level.
You have identified the real cause which is the Canadian government, which is the same here.
Pokey – I lived in Canada in the 70’s. I was married to a Canadian. I had the same experience that you had. I was never accepted. I had to work for a foreign company in Toronto because none of the Canadian companies would hire an American, even though I was in a Canadian family. When we moved to a more remote area, I could not get a job, no matter what it was.
I had to move back to the US. I’m sure it had a lot to do with the breakup of my marriage.
I feel for the real Canadians, the salt of the earth Canadians, who understand and represent the best of western civilization. I will always be inspired by the trucker led protest, whose participants demonstrated such great courage, resolve, and tenacity in the face of both the literal cold of a Canadian winter, as well as the figurative blizzard of Canadian traitors and despots.
Hopefully it is not to late for them, and us, and for all the oppressed freedom loving peoples of Europe to reclaim our birthright and heritage. In the name of God, please let it be so.
The trucker protest was so much fun! I didn’t go to Ottawa but I did get involved with the trucker convoy on Vancouver Island that began in the north island and ended at Victoria, BC’s capital city located at the southern tip of the island. It was organized to show solidarity towards the truckers in Ottawa. The right lane of the island highway was lined solid with vehicles sporting Canadian flags. The trip from Nanaimo to Victoria would normally take 1.5 hours but it took us many hours to get there. By the time we arrived many of main events were already finished but there were still masses of people. My grandkids found it very exciting and I’m sure it had a huge impact on them. The atmosphere was joyful and festive. While we were driving to get there we passed masses of protestors on the sides of the highway and on the overpasses waving flags and cheering us on. This was my first foray into protests. I’d never been to one before. Since then I have attended several.
I had to push through a Palestine protest to get to a Pierre Poilievre rally. The feel of their protest was militant. Organized chanting with a loudspeaker and trying to physically block people from attending the rally. The RCMP were there to keep order so they had to allow us passage to the venue. But the atmosphere with them was much different then what I experienced with the freedom protests. These were not happy people. They were arrogant and bullying.
Canada is a weird place, 70/75% live right next to the United States. Second largest landmass in the world and most of them live close enough to the U.S. they can spit across the border. Now that right there should tell the Canadians they are nearly 100% dependent on the U.S. for their way of life. Not Britian not Europe and most definitely not China.
Those countries will not help you, they are all TALK. Heck, they depend on the United States for most everything.
Just read a few. Screw those commenters. The rest of the world has drained us for decades. I live in a state that borders Canada. Some great people but…Good luck.
All I can say is it is brutal up here – people are clueless and wallow in their ignorance – plus it’s pride month – the virtue signaling is off the charts.
Can someone remind people that pride is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian theology? In fact pride is the very first sin mentioned.
Many of us up here in Alberta will not celebrate Canada Day on July 1. Instead we’ll meet up at The Whistle Stop Cafe (which gained national notoriety during the ‘pandemic’), in Mirror, for “Albertans Day”. Maybe see one or two of you there? Let’s GOOO!
https://www.freedomcalendar.net/event/whistle-stop-cafe-albertans-day/?mc_id=2122
Canada is under the thumb of British empire, as is Australia and New Zealand. Woke nonsense, climate cultist, leaders are appointed, not elected. They are just colonies of old British empire, that’s dying before our eyes. Thank you PDJT.
and people wonder why so many of us folks here in Alberta want to exercise our right to a referendum on separation. We don’t want to be the 51st state – just the right to deal fairly with our neighbours and stop sending billions of hard earned dollars to the east to fund all their stupid social programs. Carney moved his company to the USA just before he became Prime Minister so that says what he really thinks while he publicly spews out all his anti-america rhetoric. God help us all.
It would be something if Alberta left before Quebec.
Absolute banger.
“When the USMCA is dissolved, almost every single FTA organized by the Canadian government that matters, collapses. Canadians have no concept of what is coming.”
Do it now! Dissolve USMCA! Let it collapse! I can’t wait for this asinine pretending to end!
Praying for the Canadians that those seeking to destroy their country will fail and that Godly leaders will rise up and make their economy thrive through free and fair trade.
The Canadians gave us Red Green, and soon Red-Green-level lifestyles will be all they have left.
Dear Lord –
Please help our Canadian neighbors obtain discernment and please guide them to the right path.
In the name of your son Yeshua, I pray.
Amen.
Yes, BUT if the Democrats take power in the next two elections then Canada and China get everything they want as the borders are thrown back open and the persecution of the righteous on behalf of the immoral begins again in earnest like it did before.
Not to mention the punishment for all who dared rebel and vote Trump and MAGA. Democrats are at heart communists, and a vengeant, vicious, petty people, as seen during the AutoPen era.
Today just look at the demonic joy they take in mocking Spencer Pratt (who had an election stolen out from under him in the most obvious way possible), or ripping Trump’s name from the Trump Kennedy Center (on the command of a partisan judge).
If they retake power, expect every deported immigrant to be returned and given citizenship and reparations with our money. Expect oil sales to be stopped, pipelines destroyed, the border wall dismantled, all fair trade deals eviscerated, USAID restored, DOGE laughed out of DC, monuments pulled down, fountains stopped up, felons released, and so on and so forth.
Yeppers, we can bank on it. Most of these young people never got an education and can’t even tell when they are being lied to. Most can’t read with comprehension, nor can most even do grammar school level math. It is not their fault.
Our kids have been taught by leftists since day one. They have been pounded with lies until they can’t tell truth from fiction. Most of them will get fancy degrees handed to them, as long as their parents fork out the required 4 years of ransom money. But very few of them will ever learn much beyond the propaganda they got instead of a real education. You can not teach kids how to use their heads when all you do is try to teach them what to think.
That is what our schools have done and will do until we become the next great country to try the Communist failure. Why wouldn’t our kids follow the Democraps? They think just like mindless Democraps already.
There is no substitute for what our founders tried to give us. What we have now is an impending disaster. Repugs are basically just stupid politicians who always wanted to be the class president. But at least what is left of the real USA includes some of them. Elect any Democrats and we will all pay for it by losing all of our liberties. I am 75 and I expect to see the collapse of our country before I check out.
And if/when the Democrats/Communists get what they want that mindless generation will be slaughtered wholesale.
Is that chic a tranny dude?
Those comments on YouTube seem like they were watching a different video. What exactly do Canadians think they are entitled too from The United States?
Wait until they find out that they will pay for the northern wall.
This comment made my day!
The Canadian political class needs to fall. Canada is too much like California.
Only extended economic pain can expiate the stupidity.
In 2015, Canada’s population was approximately 35.8 million. By early 2026, the population had surged to over 41.4 million, representing a growth of about 15.6%. All the newcomers are 3rd world immigrants, most from India.
They have been put ahead of the native Canadians for government jobs.
30% of the employed work for some level of government.
The fake refugee claimants are put up in hotels costing 1-2 billion.
There are over 2 million temporary workers whose visas expire this year. They will not be going back to India.
This setup must crash and burn.
When the next U.S. president takes office in January 2029, whether Democrat or Republican Uni-party RINO, they will reset trade with Canada restoring USMCA. They will end most of the tariffs and restore a subservient position with China. They will re-start offshoring more U.S. industrial capacity and making us more dependent on China. How do I know this? Because there is no MAGA heir apparent to Trump.
So, close the border, beer, bacon, maple syrup, oil, thats enough
Read the comments, yikes!
I read the comments. Wow! If it is safe to assume that even a tenth of those comments are made by average Canadian citizens then, double wow!