U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has made it official. Delivering an official statement today following a discussion between the United States, Mexico and Canada, USTR Jamieson Greer informed the group the USA will not be renewing the USMCA trilateral trade agreement. [SOURCE]
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Unfortunately, yet predictably given how much false information has been pushed on this issue, the Canadian team will now believe they have a period of ten consecutive years of negotiation before the trade deal is over. This is structurally and completely false. The Canadian media will likely continue selling this false hope.
In reality, with the non-renewal announcement now made, President Trump and USTR Greer can now complete the bilateral trade discussions with Mexico (noted in the announcement) and then move to stage two.
Stage two will be the United States announcing a complete withdrawal from the USMCA, which triggers a six-month countdown clock. The formal notification of withdrawal will likely happen once the U.S. and Mexico complete the bilateral free trade agreement.
I understand that I am somewhat of a nerd on this USMCA construct and the Trump approach toward it. Therefore, it is unfair of me to judge perspectives of pundits. I have studied the granular details for several years, read dozens of transcripts from the USTR office, watched every interview and statement from President Trump and USTR Greer; yet I am still gob-smacked at the inability of the Canadian media to recognize what is evident and explain what is about to take place.
There is a possibility in this non-renewal phase the Canadian people might just start to question why they are being misled by their government and the media; however, I am not optimistic they will realize it yet.
As noted by this article from Barrons, the denial is off the charts. [SEE HERE]
President Trump has said repeatedly he does not see value in retaining the USMCA (CUSMA) and the only purpose it served was to eliminate NAFTA. The USMCA had one job, eliminate NAFTA.
Both President Trump and USTR Jamieson Greer have been very clear; Trump in direct words, Greer in direct action.
President Trump has said the USMCA was not a trade agreement he wanted to retain, while USTR Greer has been building a bilateral free trade agreement with Mexico for 18 months. No effort has been extended toward Canada, because the last stage, stage #3, is where a U.S-Canada bilateral trade agreement will be introduced.
Stage #1 – Announce the non-renewal of the USMCA.
Stage #2 – Complete the bilateral trade agreement with Mexico.
Announce the formal withdrawal from the USMCA, trigger the 6-month countdown.
Stage #3 – Begin negotiating with Canada while the 6-month doomsday clock is ticking. This is optimal leverage.
No part of this process should be a surprise. The Canadian government is willfully obtuse, but they are not stupid. They are hearing, reading and seeing the same things as me. They know what is coming. The Canadian government, with the assistance of the Canadian media, are willfully lying to their domestic audience.
The Canadian electorate are angry at the USA. The Canadian electorate should be angry at their media and government.
For some bizarre reason, and I mean this with great seriousness and sadness, the Canadian people do not comprehend the nature of their economic relationship with the United States.
Canada doesn’t sell 75% of their products to the United States. The United States buys 75% of Canadian products.
The USA is the customer in the relationship. Canada is the seller. The customer holds the leverage in this relationship, not the seller.
The customer is under no obligation to purchase goods from a hostile seller: who ridicules them, belittles them, shouts at them, makes each visit uncomfortable for them, tells them how stupid they are, and is generally abusive to them.
For some unknown reason, Canadians just cannot see the nature of this relationship. There is a very weird abusive psychology behind it, created by the Canadian government. It is the strangest thing I have ever witnessed.
{{Steps off Soapbox}}
Bottom line, you all know what is going to come next. {GO DEEP} I love, genuinely love and respect our Canadian Treepers, but Trump is going to unload all of that above sentiment over the next several months.
I doubt seriously anyone of relative importance in Canadian politics has the awareness or capability to grab the people that matter by the scruff of the neck and tell them to ‘knock it off‘ and find some humility. It’s no longer a Canadian trait.
…During this period, President Trump carries massive leverage against Canada. He will likely probe their trade position and willingness to comply with reciprocity after the non-renewal announcement. The outcome of those probes will determine the timeline of his exit announcement.
During this non-renewal phase, we may even see President Trump tease the exit, then retract, then tease the exit again. Each time Trump tests the Canadian government with statements, the Canadian economy will pulsate and weaken; it will drive the Canadian government to either extreme anger, or defeated compliance.
Timing the completion of the U.S-Mexico deal within the probes of Canada will be super interesting. At some point as the U.S. closes in on the deal with Mexico, Canada is going to realize they are naked without any agreement.
The worst-case scenario for Canada is President Trump announcing the USMCA exit on the same day he announces a completed bilateral deal with Mexico. (more)
Last point. Expect the U.K and EU to financially backstop Canada and purchase sovereign debt in an effort to support them financially. It will not be enough, but they will try to offset Trump’s leverage. Keep watching.
Most Americans don’t know anything about this either. I get attacked in comment sections for knowing too much.
I’ve stopped trying to educate this who insist on remaining ignorant. I know the truth, and that’s enough for me.
One can introduce information to a man but you cannot make them think about it critically.
Wilful ignorance is one of the worst things as a man who does not do their own thinking outsources it to others who will do the thinking for them.
Truer words were never spoken.
Oh, boy is this true.
I’ve recently been watching Charlie Kirk debates and ‘Ask Me A Question’ vids from the college campuses. Totally frightening. The Commies/Marxists have to be soooo proud.
The proverbial horse and water.
Exactly!
BTW You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back you have really got something.
Well said.
I use You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. R F your quote is so much better. It is beautiful and true. Your quote ranks up there with Sundance’s Pretend Not to Know.
Most of those that comment on those posts don’t know crap about trade. And yet they huff & puff in gross arrogance.
I have a CTH degree in trade from Sundance University, and am well-schooled, & it’s been delightful learning from him, in an area I knew little about. Thank you, Sundance.
You’re not alone.
At least I know that monstrous noise this afternoon wasn’t just the F-22’s doing a fly-by at the AB down the road. LOL.
When President Trump negotiated the USMCA/CUSMA , were the Canadians really under the false impression that they had ten years to negotiate if it was not renewed? It’s in black & white on the official documents. Their reading comprehension needs work.
They prefer “pretending” as opposed to “reading comprehension.”
Trump wasn’t supposed to win again. By all accounts they may have thought he was going to be in jail.
So just cruise along with the current USMCA and let Pres. Harris tweak it into a new NAFTA.
Or not be in office. 2020 Cheat = unintended consequences
Oh man, I needed that laugh that is so funny. I just laughed and laughed out loud. What a great cartoon or meme or whatever you call it. It’s so funny. Still laughing. They say laughter is a good medicine.
It takes less face muscles to laugh than to frown!
They only heard Trudeau’s conniving idiocy and floored by listening to his slightly more capable replacement.
But for reading/ learning the agreement on this site (CTH) would you know what it contains from our media?
Nope
If Trump does nothing, then the agreement will effectively expire on July 1, 2036. If Trump announces a withdrawal from the agreement, that’s when the six-month timer starts. I think Canada is naively expecting Trump to do nothing, and that they’ll have plenty of time to negotiate with the next president.
They probably will think he’ll let this ride for 10 yrs and do nothing.
What planet are they living on? Have they ever seen a day go by where he has done nothing? Where he hasn’t been the forefront of daily world news? Any yet they live in a bubble, which is about to burst. When it does, all h*ll will break loose and they will blame P Trump. I’m not convinced they will blame Carney, Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland et al in the near future. Maybe years down the road.
I am hoping the deal with Mexico happens in the next few days. Where ever we are in the negotiations, Mexico needs to feel the heat that every day costs them.
If you remember, Christia Freeland, of Nazi heritage fame, had thrown a tantrum & stormed off, & refused to be part of the US-MX discussions until the very last minute, then signed a document on behalf of CA, which her temper had not allowed her to participate, thereby SCREWING HER OWN COUNTRY!
Can you even imagine the degree to which the US could have screwed CA at that point??? And she couldn’t have done anything about it!
An idiot country.
Freeland is one of the half smart people. Freeland thinks she is smart, but she is dumb. Those are the worst.
The Human Pear.
The Canadian team will be flummoxed by these events, but not the Treehouse Community.
Thank you, Sundance. Your research and analysis are appreciated!
“………………..but not the Treehouse Community.”
With the research and analysis Sundance provides us, we can also be referred to as the Truthhouse Community……….
Thank you, Sundance. Your research and analysis are appreciated and INVALUABLE!!!
CTH and Sundance are usually six months to three years ahead of the mainstream. Sometimes more if the story goes against The Narrative (see Benghazi and The Russian Collusion Hoax).
Amen!
Been waiting all day.
Happy 250, Treepers.
Enjoy!!!!!!!
The Canadian Truckers tried to show the Canadian people what the hell was really going on in Canada and put their lives on the line for doing it, but the people fell for the BS that the media and the Gov. were spewing and went against them. Like they say, you can’t fix STUPID.
Right on!
The Canadian Truckers faced the same persecution as our J6ers. The only difference is we Elected President Trump against all the odds. The Democrats were cheating but it was TOO BIG TO RIG. The Canadians wound up with Carney. His word salads make Harris look smart. If Carney only had the laugh.
If the UK and EU insist on using other people’s money (OPM) to prop up Canada what they are going to accomplish is sinking themselves faster.
Though, I would expect more financial shakedowns of US tech companies or other to get the money for it. Which is going to be extremely counterproductive with President Trump at the helm.
“If the UK and EU insist on using other people’s money (OPM) to prop up Canada what they are going to accomplish is sinking themselves faster.”
I often wonder if this is being done intentionally. Perhaps the money in London has seen the handwriting on the wall as they slowly succumb to their Islamic overlords. Could it be that they are deliberately draining the wealth of the nation so as to leave little to nothing behind as they quietly slip out the back door? The financial equivalent of scuttling the ship?
The last official act of any government is to loot the public treasury.
Saving it from the islamists was never the plan. Putting it all in fewer hands that intended to rule over everything, is. No loyalty to any principles beyond doing as one wills among the Masters of the Universe™.
The EU may not be up to backstopping Canada in the amount Canada wants or needs. Germany just told Brussels to cut €400 billion out of their €2 trillion proposed budget for 2028 thru 2034. Germany’s message is simple: the money has to come from somewhere. And as the EU’s biggest net contributor, Berlin has decided it is no longer willing to keep paying more. The EU’s long-term budget must be approved unanimously by all 27 member states, giving Germany an effective veto.
The real argument, then, is not whether the EU should spend more money. It is over how much more Brussels can demand before national governments have to explain the bill to their own taxpayers.
With the US trimming its military presence in Europe and Germany the parasitic EU members are going to have to pick up the cost. Canada’s obstinance may be the beginning of the end and with Alberta voting for independence later this year it will get interesting to say the least.
Interesting thought…
“Last point. Expect the U.K and EU to financially backstop Canada and purchase sovereign debt in an effort to support them financially. It will not be enough, but they will try to offset Trump’s leverage. Keep watching.”
Of course that would be economic suicide on the part of the UK and EU. But if that’s what they want to do-bankrupt the entire EU-then go ahead.
FAFO
At the same time EU is financing the Ukraine’s war.
FTA: The European Union just sent another €3.9 billion to Ukraine to buy drones. This is not humanitarian aid. This is war financing. Reuters reported that the latest transfer is part of the EU’s new 90 Euro billion loan program designed to keep Kyiv funded through 2026 and 2027. The money is being directed toward Ukraine’s drone procurement, meaning European taxpayers are now openly financing the weapons system that has become central to this war.
They told the people this was about defending democracy. Then they censored dissent. They told taxpayers this would be temporary. Now they are financing Ukraine through 2027. They told everyone sanctions would collapse Russia. Instead, Europe entered depressionary conditions while Russia adapted. Now they are funding drones because the battlefield has shifted into a technological meat grinder.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/european-taxpayers-spend-3-9b-euros-on-drones-for-ukraine/
Now you know why the Euroweenies are so hell bent on getting another war in Europe, this time with Russia.
If they do, it will be FAFO times infinity.
The Snow Mexicans had better get their heads our of their…..igloos 🙂
Oh…Canada…Not gonna be good.
Glad to see it. The U.S. has been in an abusive relationship with Canada for far too long.
To my fellow Treepers who are Canadian, I’m so sorry for what’s coming. Please get prepared if you’re not already.
I wonder how this will affect Alberta’s secession vote?
Strengthen it, hopefully.
Just don’t make them a state. That crown BS reciprocity with the other 5 eyes, would turn it into Toronto within 2 years.
I thought that we Albertans were seceding in large part to get away from all that…
There is a new lawn sign in Alberta. “Quebec got to vote twice we didn’t get to vote once”.
>> The U.S. has been in an abusive relationship with Canada for far too long.
Exactly. In fact it has been so long that Canadians are simply unable to realize or accept that it has been an abusive relationship
Weirdly enough, given that any fool ought to be able to see that Canada only exists as an independent entity simply because the U.S. doesn’t care to formally annex us at this point in time.
A major dollar crash will guide more in the right direction.
What pains me most is all the suffering by innocents that has gone on far too long under the Crown’s occupation of northern North America… Well enough about the clubbing of baby seals…. FAFO, Canada. The clock is ticking on the setting of Britannia’s sun over your beautiful native lands. The day you embrace Individual Sovereignty is the day you gain your freedom as subjects subject to the whims of the Crown…
The World Cup has exponentially replaced the pittance in embargoed Canadian Touro-dollars you sought to foist upon us last year. Go cry us a RIVER OF MAPLE SYRUP, AND HAPPY Wednesday, everyone 🙁
Yesterday we read here that the Canadian dollar is collapsing, I’d imagine this just pushed it along even more towards that collapse.
CAD is at 70 cents vs. U$D as of 5 minutes ago (xe.com).
It’s actually been lower than that — I covered NHL games in NYC for a Canadian newspaper in the 1990s and it was worth about 63 cents.
Your surname… related to Conn Smythe by any chance?
Hah, the walrus rolls over to Canada, “I’ve got a bilateral trade agreement with Mexico, whadda you got?”.
Awaiting Sunriver Patriot’s commentary on how this isn’t a good move for the USA in 3…2…1…
Well, you nailed it! See below.
Maybe we call him Indian giver
Tonight Bloomberg opined that with a 10 year buffer, Canada will be ok. Who hires these losers?
“… yet I am still gob-smacked at the inability of the Canadian media to recognize what is evident and explain what is about to take place.”
I wonder how much it is inability and how much pretending.
I wonder how many New Yorkers will be gob-smacked as time goes on about Zohran Kwame Mamdani.
In fact if one were able to plot such disillusionment as a function of time it could make a very interesting study on the effectiveness of propaganda.
Canada acts like a petulant child. Why the USA has been freely supporting them with $Billions annually for no ROI is baffling. It’s like a parental allowance for a teen w/o a job or direction. Canada seems to cling to arrogance instead of facing reality.
“Caring parents,'” right?
Any nation who is in an agreement with the US such as USMCA and changes it to them being first is definitely in a delusional state. They weren’t even listed as number 2. That is one big head the government of Canada has.
The Canooks will run to U.S. congress critters and beg them to intervene.
I thought about that and I’m waiting to see if Canada continues to jawbone the US Congress to stop PDJT.
It will be telling about Canadian pols’ beliefs whether they stop or continues their lobying.
The Democrat/Communists already put Illegals and Criminals over American Citizens, it is not too much of a leap to add Canadians to the mix.
Sundance writes “… it will drive the Canadian government to either extreme anger, or defeated compliance”.
I’ll take “extreme anger” for $200, Alex.
Wasn’t Greer one of advisors who insisted to President Trump the IEEPA Tariffs were legal after a half-dozen federal courts including federal district courts in Washington DC and Massachusetts, the US Court of International Trade (US Custòms Court), US Court of Appeals and finally the Supreme Court all ruled unanimously that the IEEPA Tariffs were illegal and unconstitutional ordering a refund.
The tariffs were struck down for several reasons the least of all being the IEEPA Law didn’t even mention the word “TARIFF”. Even a Trade Court judge appointed by President Trump who was an aide to Robert Lightizer, President Trump’s trade adviser ruled the tariffs were illegal.
In response to the tariffs, Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell held interest rates high not just for the federal debt but for the entire country ballooning the federal deficit even more with 4.5% T-bills. We killed the stock market and the bond market causing President Trump to lose most of the good-will and popularity he earned winning the election only four months earlier.
Sometimes blowing things up isn’t a good idea!
Yep, Biffstir!
Right on cue.
President Trump was lied to and deliberately sabotaged by his own appointed heads of the DOJ, FBI, CIA, NSA, FDA, CDC and NIH during the Russian Collusion Hoax, the Covid-19 Hoax and the 2020 Election steal. That includes Chris Wray, Ron Rosenstein, Mike Pompeo, Gina Haspel and a dozen more. Do you really think after Iran 2.0 it won’t happen again?
Concern noted and ignored.
Boring
Lol. Once you see the socks…
Sheesh. The sun squad.
Glad to see you back on your branch, Alleycats😊
Both of your comments are completely off topic. I expected that you would continue your delusional rants from yesterday…
Trade issues aren’t “off topic”.
Clarification: statement says USMCA is unacceptable to the U.S. “in its current form”. Then states further down “[USMCA] will remain in force pending resolution” of issues. In other words current U.S. trade obligations with MEX / CN will drag out for 6 more months before official U.S. withdrawal.
The quality of being “gaslit” is not uniquely Canadian, as witness the thousands of Americans willing to allow themselves to be rioted into the streets to protect criminal aliens. Demagoguery is rampant and having created the conditions of external angst amongst a dumbed-down populace, the various branches of the “Establishment International” find it very effective in inciting passions, and obscuring reality.
That’s why places like The Treehouse are important. True information and analysis, that breaks through the smoke and mirrors of media-facilitated propaganda, is a lifeline for people who otherwise would have nothing to base their reactions on but lies and their own passions. And that this site has a strong faith element, Godly-inspired, brings another dimension to the effort of informing people who have had their minds blinded by lies.
The light of truth will always win out. Keep pushing back the darkness.
J
Mexico should be next.
We are their best customer in the hemisphere.
With an eye toward preparedness, what sort of effects should we Canadian Treepers be bracing for over the next six months?
It’ll be closer to a year, but: Auto factory closures; Reduced exports of nearly everything sans oil; uncontrolled violent protests and arson of both public and private businesses… just off the top of my head.
Economic Uncertainty, Canadian dollar starting a free-fall, EU trying to bail out your economy, Chinese will also try their belt and road ropa-a-dope through your government malfeasance and assurance it’s only temporary assistance. The list goes on. Your media much like ours in the US playing cover-up all the way. 🤷🏼♂️
God bless you liberty and freedom lovers in the north. Constant prayers are necessary! Amen
Start learning Chinese
“The formal notification of withdrawal will likely happen once the U.S. and Mexico complete the bilateral free trade agreement.”
Does Mexico have ANY incentive to drag their feet on getting to a bilateral deal?
And is my assumption correct that this declaration to not extend applies to the entire USMCA, and not just to Canada?
Correct.
Praying for Dekster and all our fellow Canadian treepers be well stay strong and let us know if we can be of any help God Bless
R.D.
Amen RD. Amen
Here’s your hat.
🎩👒
What’s your hurry?
🏃
Buh-bye!
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I don’t even know what to call this, but their elbows are still up (to foolish disaster).
I guess the PBS drone was ignorant about the 6 month exit timeline that can be unilaterally triggered 🤗
Maybe, maybe not.
Talking heads are not paid to think but to recite from the script anyways.
All the news media is repeating the “10 year wind down” falsity.
My favorite talk radio station has one of the alphabet Propagand Parrot Media outlets for their top and bottom of the hour news breaks and they were saying it.
None of the puppets they call journalists are good at digging into the details, they just regurgitate what they read or are told in their ear.
PBS gets their news from up north, eh.
Think they will wait until after the midterms to announce?
From my very non-scientific time on X the last couple days all the Canuckian Fan Bois and Girls are on the 10 year bandwagon.
You’re being a “nerd on this USMCA construct and the Trump approach toward it” articles are always my favorites…
One way or another, Canada (or Canadians for that matter) are in for a very rude awakening and the process will be equally painful AND satisfying to watch.
Funny how “elbows out” just doesn’t carry the same weight as “Lock n’ Load!”
This is 100% pure President Trump….
Why all our trade abusers thought a business man would suffer a bad trade relationship with anyone is beyond my comprehension.
Repeat After Me:
“Make CANADA Great Again!!”
( … stony silence … )
I SAID!!
( … “stares incomprehendingly, like cows at a passing train” …) (Don Hendley lyric)
I SAID!!
( … you can no longer afford “stony silence” … )
Because if you don’t put your country **FIRST!!** … absolutely no one else on earth will do it for you. Ever. (And, du-h-h-hhh … why on earth should they?)
Canada does not deserve this utter incompetence. And humiliation, brought about by their own hands.
And they did it on Canada Day national holiday 😂😂😂
Last point. Sundance is spot on. Foreigners bought a record amount of Canadian Government debt in April.
As the Canadian Currency devalues those bonds are worth less….or maybe worthless. It also means that new bonds will need a higher interest rate when issued to remain attractive. Poor economic policies begin to strangle a country in may ways.
The withdrawal article 34.6 says “If a Party withdraws, this Agreement shall remain in force for the remaining Parties.” Well, now, exactly what trade takes place between Mexico and Canada anyways? Or has USMCA really only ever been two poor bi-lateral agreements with the U.S. all along?
What would PT and Greer do if Carney and his EU cohorts tried to start mucking around interfering in the negotiations between Mexico and the U.S. with the aim of at least delaying a signed bi-lateral agreement and giving Canada more time? If the Mexican negotiators permitted such a thing, I would hope PT would immediately issue the withdrawal notice and get the six month clock ticking.
I don’t think most of the Canadian people are going to start questioning why they are being misled by their government, since most only listen to Canadian media and the government won’t let them tell the people the truth, even if they wanted to, which most of their media probably doesn’t want to. Even most of the American media won’t tell the truth about this trade situation, and won’t mention it at all except as an opportunity to bash PT.
Ezra Lavant has some good content. But I’m not sure how big he is there with his rebel media.
For it to remain in force for Mexico would mean a US Mexico trade agreement didn’t happen. Once it happens, both Mexico and the U S would withdraw. That would leave Canada and ….
This may be like our stolen election.
The pain had to be felt.
IF, really big IF, Canadians go wolverine and toss out their oppressors they have the natural resources to bounce back in a hurry.
Edit:
Now if WE could toss out our oppressors…
The Euroweenies & Aussies will soon have to decide whether they’re throwing 🇨🇦 or 🇺🇦 overboard.
Or they’ll embrace the power of AND.
I. “Stage two will be the United States announcing a complete withdrawal from the USMCA”
On 1/29/20, President Trump signed USMCA Implementation Act, H.R. 5430 into law. This Act requires the President and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to consult with House Ways and Means and Senate Finance
There are important legal and political ambiguity if additional congressional actions are required: USMCA was implemented by domestic statute and Congress has oversight roles. If President Trump will withdraw without congtrddional aprovial, litigation from blue states, non-profits and business will follow.
II. Safe path according to Article 37.4.4:
The Commission shall meet to conduct a joint review every year for the remainder of the term of this Agreement in 2036.
What domestic legal steps would the United States need…
Canada Day celebrations in the nations’s capital Ottawa, cancelled due to torrential rains today.
An omen, one hopes.
>> “For some unknown reason, Canadians just cannot see the nature of this relationship.”
Hmm … One could say for some unknown reason New Yorkers think this time Socialism / Communism will work out swimmingly for them whereas it has NEVER worked out well at all in the past (except for the pigs in Animal Farm).
The key and central element in ALL cases is the the beguiling and lying messaging on the part of the media in support of power-hungry communist ‘politicians’, who invariable turnout to be tyrannical authoritarians.
Good luck with that, Canucks and New Yahrkers
For one thing, Socialism is the only thing being taught in schools.
The Canadian gov knows they have no leverage. They are choosing between taking hard knocks politically at home by negotiating a less favorable trade deal, one the surrenders concessions on dairy, point of origin and steel vs selling the illusion that USA bullied them. It is a calculated choice.
Sundance,
You see this, because as you say you are a nerd on this. The experiences and interests in your life have led you here, and have allowed you to develop your ability to do so.
Some portion of this is due to the difference of being raised Canadian, contrasted to being raised American; Canadians (Quebecois and current foreign invaders excepted) still carry the legacy of remaining loyal to the Crown, defeating the Americans at Quebec during the American Revolution, and repelling the American invasion at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane during the war of 1812.
There is still a certain pride of remaining a member of the Commonwealth and having the Monarch of England as the symbolic head of state, In short, their experience has been one of subject, and a significant part of the Canadian identity is based on not being an American, whose experience is one of being based on a citizen.
Traditionally, where they tend to a position of acceptance, we tend to one of questioning. Although different in form, you’ve described this distinction between America and Russia. This is why Canadians accept the government owned media, and censorship of private media more readily, while our government needs to camouflage it to a certain degree.
My VPN operates on whatever servers are available at the time from multiple countries; I have more problems with restriction of information from Canada, than Malaysia, or Europe.
I’ve personally seen a demonstration of the effects of control taken to the extreme, when I was stationed near the DMZ in Korea. North Korean TVs and radios were manufactured to receive only one station; my KATUSA friend would translate the messages, from the God leader Kim Il Sung that would be broadcast between each piece of soft calming music, expounding complete subservience as the only pathway to heaven.
Looking at the NK guards across the line of the JSA, there is something in the eyes of those who have experienced that indoctrination, that are at the same time as empty as a shark’s, and also filled with a violent fire of hatred. Even the author of a book, whose thirst for freedom was so great, it could not be slaked, even by that system of complete control, who successfully negotiated the hazards of that long and perilous journey, said that even though he knew it was all BS, the indoctrination was so effective, that upon hearing the news of Kim Il Sung’s death after he had made it out, he cried as though he lost a revered grandfather.
While that is the extreme, the process still exists in every country in the world to some extent, and greater in Canada than the US.
In simplest terms Canadians have not been allowed, have been conditioned not to use, and have been denied, the tools of critical thinking to some extent greater than in the US.
You don’t know your wet, if you’ve never been thrown out of the water. They are about to find out.
Trudeau / Carney didn’t expect for President Trump to be in power. They heard the words coming out of his mouth, but didn’t believe him. Carney didn’t know what to do, so he has done nothing. The lying Canadian media has covered up for Carney, so most of the Canadian public is left in the dark. It’s going to move from what is going to happen to what has happened overnight. This Christmas most of Canadians are going to wake up to a huge WTF just happened with some big announcements.
Carney is a staff guy not a line guy. Staff guys do not know what to do especially when their belief system is opposite of what needs to be done. President Trump is a Line/Operations guy….driven by data and results. The staff guys just cannot compute that. The staff guys do not pretend not to see, they just cannot execute.
Check out the statement from the Canadian Government’s lead negotiator after today’s USMCA meeting which resulted in Greer announcing that the US is not going to renew. But you’d never know it from this ludicrous propaganda:
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/07/statement-by-minister-leblanc-following-trilateral-cusma-joint-review-meeting.html
“It remains fully in force until 2036 and can be renewed at any time for another 16-year period.” is a complete lie of course. As is: “Canada approaches these discussions from a position of strength…”
We here all know that Canada has nothing the US needs anymore.
Yet the TDS-addled woke Libtards up here will believe this and the entire MSM whitewash as they always do.
Astounding.
Cant wait for the Mike Tyson punch landing to ruin all their plans.
“It remains fully in force until 2036 and can be renewed at any time for another 16-year period.” is a complete lie of course.
Article 34.7: Review and Term Extension (commonly called “Sunset Clause”)
[1] This Agreement shall terminate 16 years after the date of its entry into force, (= 7/1/36) unless each Party confirms it wishes to continue this Agreement for a new 16-year term […]
[7] If as part of a six-year review, a Party does not confirm its wish to extend the term of this Agreement for another 16-year period, the Commission shall meet to conduct a joint review every year for the remainder of the term of this Agreement.
34_Final_Provisions.pdf
But surely Sundance’s whole point in his article above is that because of the specific handling by the US, there will now be only 6 months before the US can completely end the agreement once a deal of any type is concluded with Mexico? 🤔
“It remains fully in force until 2036 and can be renewed at any time for another 16-year period.” is a complete lie of course. As is: “Canada approaches these discussions from a position of strength…”
Ambassador Greer issued Statement on UJSMCA Joint review:
{…[ The United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current form. As a result, the USMCA is not renewed. The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries. However, the Agreement remains in force pending resolution of these issues or until the Agreement’s termination [on 7/1/36] […]
Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on the USMCA Joint Review | United States Trade Representative
I refer the honourable gentleman to the reply I gave a few moments ago.
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And see Dean below.
In the last couple of decades the Canadian dollar’s purchasing power vs the U.S. dollar has sunk like a Led Zeppelin…from $1.06 U.S. in 2007 to 70 cents U.S. this month, (2-1/5% less than last month). That means the average Canadian wage earner can only afford to buy less than 2/3 of the American good he bought in 2007, which is calamitous for our neighbors to the north!
Poverty, not climate change, is by far the biggest impending threat to our Snow Mexican friends, yet Mark Carney, his globalist pals and the legacy media refuse to see it! I used to think the Academy Awards audience was the biggest bunch of pretenders ever assembled under one roof but now I think that dubious honor belongs to the Parliament in Ottawa!
Canadians could just ask AI and it would tell them Sundance is correct:
Ask AI: If trump announces the withdrawal of USMCA tomorrow, it would expire in 6 months from tomorrow?
Answer: Yes, the agreement would legally terminate exactly six months after a written notice is provided. Under Article 34.6 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), any member country can unilaterally withdraw from the pact by giving a formal, six-month written notice to the other parties…
However, AI then went on to say that a Presidential withdrawal would result in legal challenges that Trump also needs congressional approval…
Maybe, the Canadian government is playing dumb so that they have more popular support from canadians and amercians to go the legal lawfare path….
H.R. 5430 requires the President and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to consult with House Ways and Means and Senate Finance. As the Act doesn’t say whether
That unresolved interface between the President’s international power to give notice and Congress’s implementing statute will lead to litigation from blue states, non-profits and business if President Trump without Congress approval.
President Trump didn’t indicate that he will consider withdrawing, most like he will use it bargenig power.
Or possibly even for bargaining leverage. 😉