It’s a Good Time to Be American, But Not Canadian
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place, Canadians are finding themselves stuck between two politically opposite politicians. If it continues, the country could fail.
Tomorrow, we’ll see how the US stock market reacts to the passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on Independence Day by President Trump. My guess, a .05% to 2% lift.
10 years ago, I was in favor of Trump’s intent to turn the US around economically, politically and culturally. The US had no choice really. it was at the end of its rope with socialist debt, woke-powered discrimination and harassment, anti-American regulations, and a system seemingly designed to destroy American’s self-esteem and degrade their country. Change had to happen, regardless of who would lead that recovery.
But on the way to salvation, President Trump is burning bridges as he forces countries to be fair in trade. Canada too has to meet with his version of trade fairness. So far, nothing on our side works to appease him, and it might never.
Just for clarity however, he did say he doesn’t want anything at all from Canada, period. So he has said honestly straightforward like it is. But getting kicked out of your best friend’s house at his birthday party is a little extreme. Canadian politicians are still behaving as though they didn’t hear what he said. But he meant it.
We’re pretending he wants us to dump socialism and stand up. Yet, as our country is gripped by rising unemployment and falling tax revenue (and AI unemployment), Trump’s comments during the Canadian election served to push us into the cold arms of the woke socialists and completely disgusted with him.
Canada Turns to International Investment and Trade Opportunities
Canada can shop its services and products globally. We have incredible wealth but aren’t allowed to develop it by our own government. Canadians haven’t been suspicious about this.
Rather than seeking investment funds from the Trump-owned investment sector, we could reach other countries with a promise to help them get their economies up and running. That might include the UK, Spain, France, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Eastern Europe. We’d sell them success through refined natural resource products, cheap energy and technology.
With a low CAD value, we can under price competitors.
Once these countries lose their export power to the US, they’ll drop the Liberal ideology and get real. Canada is ready to supply Europe and we should prepare to do it and beat the United States. This is why Trump should change his mind on Canada, and renew trade and the friendship with Canadians.
We have to grow up and compete hard, striving to be market leaders. That’s what global investors will invest in, not a weak, regulation-laden, high-tax region where nothing can get accomplished.
As the USD falls, and at some point, interest rates fall, the US has little to stop it from an economic surge never seen before. I recognized that 10 years ago and felt that as the US’ best friend, ally and trade partner, that we would be a part of the beautiful renaissance. But politics got in the way.
Fatal Mistake in the Canadian Election
Out of fear only, Canadians decided to bring an anti-business, socialist government back again — one similar to the US Democrats whom Trump despises. Worse, Trump is using the situation to humiliate and belittle Canadians, with 51st state rhetoric and putting the “unwelcome sign” out to us all. Given how Canada’s economy is integrated with the US, this break-up creates a painful mess and makes Canadians question whether we want anything to do with the USA at all. Certainly, the grand travel vision of America that Canadians had, has sunk as many Canadians no longer dream of visiting Florida, Texas, New York or California. It’s lost its lustre.
And of those who don’t like President Trump and don’t trust him, the opinions are much stronger. One big beautiful benefit of these events is that Canadians are waking up and realizing how our own politicians are killing our country and that we need new leadership asap. The current regime of the Liberal Party are anti-business, anti-development, and keen to interfere with provincial control to confiscate their wealth as they like. Alberta has been attacked for 50 years now. Saskatchewan and Alberta are ready to break away from Canada to save themselves and be free.
While the Liberals (our version of your Democrats) are in office, they are a barrier to success. Older Canadians with pensions and real estate assets in addition to young women don’t like the rival Conservative Party. They voted for the Liberals despite the misery of the past 10 years. It is pure masochism. Of course, real estate investors like that realty prices are artificially inflated by various levels of Canada’s governments (mostly local municipalities). And high interest rates and land use regulations ensure that no new construction can be financed. This way, home prices are kept high. It’s corruption. They want to sell their property holdings at max price and pass it onto their own kids. The banks too are dependent on the real estate market and the government needs high rates to sell government debt. Some voted for the Liberals to keep all that in place.
The Trump crisis is more than just the loss of an economic partner. It’s a total loss of economic and employment confidence and that’s dangerous. No one is investing in Canada, and we desperately need foreign direct investment capital to get our economy rolling again.
In Trump’s Shadow, a US-Dominated Trade System Looks Non-Viable
The Liberal government is considered weak and anti-business, and Carney by himself is creating agreements that could lock Canada into military spending it can’t afford. Deals with socialist Europe could be devastating for hopes of developing our natural resources. And NATO and Trump are demanding $150 billion each year for military spending to counter sudden military threats. Canada can’t afford $150 billion per year. Simple math. There are calls to raise consumer taxes to pay for it. Canadians think Carney will just print the money.
If we wanted to deliver 10 million barrels of cheap oil to the US each day, we can’t. The high-grade industrial oil is here (so is lumber, steel, aluminum, rare earth metals, etc.) but it’s locked in via Anti-Alberta regulations and politics. The Liberal government enacted a bill called Bill C69, the “No More Pipelines Act” which is still in place, and basically stops Alberta and Saskatchewan from exporting their products. The Bill is something out of fiction, which the Liberals are now trying to modify with Bill C5 so they can appear to be solving the Canadian economic crisis, when they’re just trying to push the anti-carbon agenda, to punish Alberta to socialist Europe’s satisfaction. It’s pure hypocrisy.
Who are the Key Players in the Failure Collusion?
The 2 key villains are President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney is incompetent and ineffectual, but Trump is conniving, deliberately plotting to thwart our country and push it into bankruptcy — a massive threat to our national security. This is very serious.
If we elect the Conservative Party of Canada, our country’s internal issues could be resolved. We’d be exporting again and enjoy an improved tax environment for business. Yet foreign direct investors won’t arrive until the Liberals are out of office. The problem is, Canadians (including millions of recent immigrants) simply don’t understand what’s happening, what’s being lost nor the consequences. They’ve been educated by the Liberal media who push to keep the Liberals in office. Some like myself wonder if Trump will drop the tariffs on Canada, if the Conservatives were voted in. However, Trump did say the party’s leader is “no MAGA guy“ and that may have cost Poilievre his election bid and sealed the deal for the Liberals.
Canada can’t just jump into international trade deals at a moment’s notice. The Canadian economy and small to mid-sized businesses need time to retool and adjust. Huge oil and mining companies need time and freedom to launch production facilities. Just a note, that Canada could launch its own vehicle production and export autos cheaply. But there have to be political changes soon or the Canadian auto industry will fizzle out and disappear, losing the specialized workforce we’ve created.
No Mercy! No Future?
And I mean no mercy from the Liberals. Canadians voted for the wrong political party and now we’re about to pay a hefty price for it. Trump is in no mood to revert to the USMCA deal and will place big import tariffs on our exports into the US. There is a way to even out our import/export imbalance with quotas, but Trump doesn’t want that. His narrowed viewpoint is to favor US manufacturers with no international sourcing — including steel and aluminum. No favoritism for America’s BFF.
Canadians have no limits. We’re extremely intelligent and blessed with massive natural resources. Just like Norway, every Canadian should be well off and unworried about money, housing or freedom. Instead, we find ourselves in the worst possible situation — watching others enjoy the good life facing the incoming tsunami of AI devastation.
We Need an Election Soon: Damage Will Accumulate
The solution is easily apparent: to call for a new Federal Election to bring in the pro-business Conservative Party to attract foreign investors. Our own TSX stock market index shows our companies are more profitable than US companies. It’s all roses for investors. And that’s just the beginning.
However, big business, billionaires and the government here have little intention of sharing our country’s incredible wealth. They want to keep it as their own. Importing immigrants, hiking taxes, anti-housing development laws, regulations, and all the rest paint a grim picture of Canadian’s economic future.
For all Canadians from BC to Alberta to Ontario and Newfoundland, rejecting the Liberals is our last gasp at well being. The Trump tariffs starting on July 9th, will be a day of reckoning, where we need to push forward to the future, leveraging the talent and resources we have. Or we face economic winter and suffering we can’t imagine.
Contact your Federal MP and begin organizing a protest and referendum on the Federal government, so we can launch another election and this time get it right.
Will Alberta separate from Canada? If Albertans believe we can kick the Liberals out and end the damaging regulations and policies, they’ll have no need to separate. Let’s create a new, empowered country where investors will be all to happy to support our new leadership.
