I’ve said it before, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is the most underpaid U.S. emissary sent to a hostile nation and constantly surrounded by threats, bitterness, anger and hatred.
It would be easier to be U.S. ambassador to North Korea.
There is so much nuance inside this interview, it is remarkable.
Ambassador Hoekstra tries in his best diplomatic form to tell the two Canadians Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois about the underlying nature of the U.S-Canada trade conflicts. However, in typical Canadian fashion both indoctrinated interviewers are curiously stumped by the points Hoekstra presents. I am prompting this one because you also need to see the body/facial language. WATCH:
[SIDENOTE: The Canadians needed to turn off the comments on YouTube because Canadians are angry, bitter, abusive, vulgar and nasty in every comment section on the subject of U.S-Canada relations.]
Canada’s greatest strategic weakness is what Canadians call their greatest strength, pride.
There is a big difference between being proud and being prideful. The Canadian worldview is based on the latter.
♦ The U.S. and Mexico pick up trade agreement discussions on July 20, 2026. Not long after July 20th, sometime within the first two weeks of August there is a high probability the next shock to the Canadian system will come from Trump. However, it depends on how far out on the ledge cult leader Mark Carney is willing to take his believers.
On/around the end of August we will enter the ‘Trump playing with them‘ phase, just like Trump played with them in Jan, Feb, March ’25 over the 51st state stuff. President Trump will create turmoil because he holds all the cards for when he triggers the next sequence of events.
Essentially, the landscape is already set up. The bleachers are already built. The venue is already selected. The prideful Canadians have no concept of it.
At a point determined by Trump he will invite them into the gauntlet. There is no escape and only one way in.
Carney sits down at the table, Trump announces his demands, Carney balks, Trump glances to Greer, Greer hands Carney the formal exit paperwork and then suddenly everyone around Carney realizes what just happened. Trump set up a CUSMA trap.
A six-month countdown clock now ticks loudly. Trump repeats his demands. Carney looks around at his trade delegation, then asks for a few moments. They leave to huddle….
In the Canadian conference room, someone tells the group a six-month exit is now active. The walls are slowly closing.
If no terms are accepted, in six months all U.S. trade with Canada is immediately laissez-faire, no trade agreement backstops anything, meaning every trade is subject to the sectoral whims of the USA commerce department to outline the terms.
Carney asks his team what is happening. Trump tells them to take all the time in the world to think about it, and to give Jamieson or Howard a call if they have questions.
Trump and Greer then hold a press conference, telling the world the formal exit paperwork has now been issued. However, the U.S and Mexico already have a bilateral deal outlined and ready to begin, so U.S-Mexico trade is seamless. The only issue is Canada.
The following day analysts, economists, banking and finance experts begin running the numbers for Canada…… A slow and unstable Canadian economy collapse begins first with a run on the banks by Canadian dollar holders. Everyone needs to buy USD.
Europe and the U.K try to step in to assist by buying Canadian treasuries, but the risk is astronomical.
75% of Canada’s economy is based on trade that is now uncertain.
Suddenly the team around Carney look at things differently. They realize Canada doesn’t sell 75% of their output to the USA; the USA buys 75% of Canadian output.
In every economic relationship, the seller has no leverage. All leverage belongs to the buyer.
The seller can sell anything, but without buyers they are nothing. In a laissez-faire system suddenly U.S. buyers start to dictate terms and prices. The seller has no option. Life inside Canada is FUBAR.
The Chinese move quickly, buying up Canadian holdings for pennies on the ever-diminishing CAD.
The ‘shoe drops’ sometime after July 20th.
Canada cannot see the gauntlet.
♦ Canadians will willingly want China to buy their assets instead of Americans.
Why? Because the Canadian identity is defined by their main focus on ‘not being American.’ It’s all they know.
I can tell you specifically how it will materialize if you want, because I have already gamed this out. You might even make some money if you pay attention.
Toyota and Honda will do exactly what they have said they will do; they will exit Canadian manufacturing.
With full approval by Carney and the Canadian government, BYD and Geely will step in, purchase and take over those manufacturing plants to create vehicles in Canada (pennies on the CAD).
Canada will cheer because they will believe they just saved all those auto sector jobs. However, a few reality months later and suddenly it is all Chinese industrial operations bringing in Chinese workers to retool the factories.
Canada will end up paying unemployment benefits to Canadian workers, while Chinese factory workers prepare the facilities to manufacture BYD and Geely autos. The Canadian people will grit their teeth, yet do nothing because they accept their provincial government has already been corrupted by Chinese money.
Just wish this president had four more years to firmly seat these policies.
Keep in mind we are moving at Trump speed…
Me too.
Battered Conservative Syndrome. You’re convinced the end is Nigh because you’re not used to winning yet
Beyond priceless. I am so stealing that.
UAW Wins! Unifor Loses!
UAW will vote MAGA for 20 years.
July 1st is looming, Canada is doomed
TIME TO BUILD THE NORTHERN WALL!!
Carney is assahola!
And the ONLY “positive”parting shot one of these idiots can give is that vile lefty Katy Perry (slutta) is dating Turdeau.
Talk about priorities!
These Canadians have no gravitas
So, Is Canada going to become a state after all? At least Alberta.
Trump will make a deal. We get Alberta for a trade deal with the rest of the country.
If that happens, investing in Alberta gun manufacturing and distribution would be a sure winner.
The Canadians have been nursing for way too long on the American financial boob.
It’s time for them to be weaned.
Concerned about China loomimg down on the US along the northern border!
Very.
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is highly critical of Canada’s government and consistently advocates for stronger cooperation with the US.
He particularly takes issue with Canada’s supply management system for dairy products.
In short, he is an ally not an enemy.
See for yourself on X. His handle is @FoodProfessor
I do not think Canada is as vulnerable as you suggest especially in regards to electrical energy. They sell lots of KWH to US . The US depends on that energy
C’mon now, why do you only share half the truth?
First, your statement only applies to the US New England states.
Then you need to ask why is that?
Well, because liberal policies forced the shutdown of Maine Yankee, Connecticut Yankee, Vermont Yankee, Pilgrim, Oyster Creek, and Indian Point Energy Center. Then a few of those states (CT, VT) passed laws prohibiting the building of power plants, not just nuclear ones.
Jeez…I wonder why they need to import power in NE while having some of the highest electricity rates in the US.
And those of us who live in New Hampshire have been screwed because we are surrounded by states who don’t think they need to see the future, only their progressive “today” perspective. And who will invited them over for dinner.
I guess New England can rely on solar even though it’s cloudy there half the time. Retarded.
That’s one sector that The United States may choose to purchase from after the trade barriers go up. There are probably more raw materials and resources this nation will access at its own choosing, but Canada doesn’t call the shots on what we are allowed to buy or not, we do if the price is competitive. What we would buy from Canada are commodities and commodities trade on the global market. We can source the same thing from the rest of the world. We don’t need Canada, they need us.
I doubt the Chinese will buy into Canadian manufacturing, cars or whatever knowing they won’t have access to the American market….That leaves Canada with not even pennies on the dollar…But they do have oil and minerals. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I nearly face palmed when Charlebois didn’t know who ultimately pays for the mortgage!
Canada is so blinded. Complain about our tariffs, but don’t see their own economic abuses towards us. All we did was level the playing field.
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Jon Fraser
@JonFraserTF
Releases the song from his home in England….
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‘We’ll never be the 51st state’: Bryan Adams releases protest song for Canada Day
https://vancouversun.com/news/bryan-adams-canada-will-never-be-51st-state/wcm/0f9202a4-995e-4e39-8bb6-f8643be29f91
“Cuts Like A Knife”, indeed.
I am so unspeakably embarrassed by the stupidity of my countrymen. It’s unreal. 😐
Well, that tears it: I’m gonna cross the border and enlist in the U.S. Army.
Also in Canada…
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EDITORIAL: Failed climate plan needs forensic audit
(Don’t expect a Liberal majority government to investigate where the money went)
Excerpt:
Now that Prime Minister Mark Carney has scrapped Justin Trudeau’s failed $200-billion-plus climate strategy, Canadian taxpayers deserve a forensic audit into where the money went and where the unspent portion (if any) is going…..
….In December 2023, Guilbeault’s department said the Trudeau government was “projected to exceed Canada’s interim objective of 20% below 2005 levels by 2026” while remaining “firmly on track to meet our ambitious but achievable 2030 target” of 40% below.
This was nonsense. According to the latest government data from 2024, Canada’s emissions under the Trudeau government were a mere 10.3% below 2005 levels.
By comparison, emissions in the U.S. fell 20% between 2005 and 2024, without a national carbon tax.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-failed-climate-plan-needs-forensic-audit
Michael Kovrig
@MichaelKovrig
Radio host Mike Smyth asked why Canadians shouldn’t buy Chinese EVs. Because the hidden costs are high. The short-term price advantage is real. But the playbook is well documented: once domestic competitors are gone, the cheap prices go with them. 1/2
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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2072308049222480279.html
Europe ought to be considering the same issues
I hope things eventually work out down the road because I wish the best for Canada and a strong North America.
As do I, but I’m not optimistic. Mixed marriage here living right on the border, with families on both sides within spitting distance from each other. Now I know how families who lived on the old Mason-Dixon line might have felt during our civil war.
Sundance, your projections are always of interest but can you extend your analysis to account for the China factor?
The United States will not be happy with “Chin-ada” next door!
How long does Alberta have to exit before they can’t?
It is all a political gas lighting that will go down in History and it will be called “elbows up”. The Canadian and EU politicians drummed up a patriotic fervor amongst Canadians to assure Carney was accepted ad that Canadians would support his and the EU’s agenda. Because Canadians get only filtered news from a state owned media most Canadians still don’t know they are being gas lighted. Trudeau was a traitor to Canada and many thought he was the worst Prime minister for Canada but Carney said “here hold my Molson” and proved he could be worse. Carney’s job is to manage Canada’s decline, keep the people thinking it is all America’s fault and that the best way to get even is to join the EU. The EU has turned out to be a suicide pact for all the nations that joined it. They lost their sovereignty and are controlled by a cabal of WEF elites who will destroy them.
Most US citizens don’t get any better information. The MSM “news” divisions ought to be banned from opinionating
As sweet as the schadenfreude is to see Carney and the Canadians who are globalists fail,
how does it benefit US to give Canada to China?!!
I sure would like to have seen those comments.
As a Canadian, and one who lives in the same part of the country as Dr. Charlebois, I’ll say this much about him: he has, over the past few years, come to see more & more how dysfunctional Canada is, and he’s been increasingly willing to speak his mind about what he sees as some of Canada’s problems. It got him ‘cancelled’ from a weekly newspaper column in Quebec not too long ago, as they didn’t like that he would dare to voice criticisms of our dearly beloved Liberal party.
He’s quite a number of steps behind a typical Treeper in understanding how the world works, but, for a Canadian, he’s not so enclosed within the Canadian bubble of preening self-righteousness as most of our typical pundits and elites.
Sundance – I agree with what you have outlined as a possible end game for Canada. This worries me greatly.
United States security and prosperity are not enhanced by an economic takeover of Canada by the Chinese. We need to be working with the Japanese and our industrial base to flip that script.
Chinese ownership of Canada is not an acceptable outcome.
Absolutely 💯% correct!
Perhaps, Canadians will wise up when they see Chinese takeover in progress.
When Pete points out the unfair nature of the liquor ban, the smug little jerk responds with “oh, is that hurting American businesses?” and Pete replies well they notice it but not like Canada would notice it.
I don’t even think the interviewer catches the point he’s stabbing him with.
The Canadians have a lot of hubris along with their pride and vanity, they are infected with the Luciferian pride disease. Why that is I have no idea. Canada there is a big world out there and your 40 million are just a small part of it! YA, you got stuff, but it can all be found in other places.
Canada will go down as the cautionary tale of fafo.
“Why that is I have no idea. ”
Likely, at least in significant part, because they understand their dependence on the US and feel themselves inferior. People usually have one of two attitudes toward their superiors: admiration or disdain. And Americans are too “boorish” for admiration.
Looks a lot like my father did.
LUV that devilish grin that sneaks out now and again!
CANADA – A new poll just released reveals most Canadians dislike (despise?) the Americans. This poll confirms what SUNDANCE has been saying about ‘proud’ and ‘prideful’.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canadians-have-sense-of-superiority-over-americans-poll-finds/ar-AA278EzN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a47e302e6f3465db14bc6d8357f69b0&ei=43
Ask Californians how great Chynese ownership is
Ok, so the Canadians won’t just grit their teeth like Sundance said. They’ll say something passive aggressive and give a dirty look, but not for too long.
But seriously, the US should keep an eye what happens north of this longest border. China taking over isn’t in America’s interest.
Thus: break Canada up into smaller pieces and control them.
“In every economic relationship, the seller has no leverage. All leverage belongs to the buyer.” This is exactly what the Europeans thought when they cut off Russian energy. It didnt quite work out that way…