Damn right. And the solution isn't to substitute another unreliable trading partner like China. By all means, make deals that make sense, and I think for the most part China will keep them, until they don't. They will always look to gain an advantage and wield the hammer when it suits them, including hostage diplomacy. I have more confidence in Europe, Indo-Pacific, and expanding new markets in Africa and South America.

But strengthening self-reliance and removing internal barriers can only pay dividends. And working with reliable partners that keep their agreements is the only way forward. The only thing that has long term value in trade is trust.

Without naming the opposition Conservatives, Carney seemed to allude to them when he said there are “some who say there’s no need for a comprehensive plan” –- that Canadians should “wait it out” in the hope that U.S. relations will go back to how they were in the “good old days.”

He pointed out that young Canadians have experienced no such good days -- their entire lives having been impacted by the shocks and crises of global wars, financial strife and COVID-19.

People should be worried about politicians with no plans for a better future, and politicians that do not react to crisis.
Sitting on their thumbs and intervening only so their cronies can profit should be a huge red flag. Sadly, they keep getting elected with a minority of votes.

That should be their slogan, Conservatives: we do nothing and pray better times come.

America was successfully building a global empire over the last 100 years but then Trump came in and knocked the table over, now everyone is scattering.

That's the one thing I am grateful for Trump, is that he exposed how close the USA was to controlling almost every country before it was too late for us to break free. Now the American empire is in free fall.

Trading primarily with the United States instead of building other trade partnerships has been our weakness since the Avro Arrow was cancelled. It's about time our leaders started trying to do something about it.

Cool, then why continue to support their war in Iran and not decry it?

Why not reinstate the digital services tax?

Why not protect our public health care by enforcing the Canada Health Act?

All Carney is doing is making us more like the U.S., and I'd like to see him do more than posturing. Congrats, you got a deal with China... What else have you done to sever ties?

That's what he ran his election on. But his tenure has suggested he doesn't believe that.

"Never put all you eggs in one basket". A very true statement here. Especially if that basket is A-OK with a child raping Russian asset on charge.

as far as i know a lot of the US owned Canadian companies. "As of 2023–2025 data, roughly one-quarter of large corporations operating in Canada are ultimately controlled by U.S. parent companies, employing about 1.7 million Canadians." -Google

what's interesting is I've always invested in the US, however when companies like Walmart Canada, Apple Canada came out I also invested in those companies. : )

We definitely need to have sovereignty over our resources. It’s time to nationalize our oil exports and start refining here at home. Reliance on trading has put us at a stark disadvantage. Our country could be so much more prosperous, instead we’re exporting profits along with the resources.

Y'all could expand BC and gain coastal WA and OR. We would welcome Canadian troops with open arms (and probably subpar waffles 😅)

In all seriousness, though, trade Alberta for the entire PNW. They want to leave civilization and we desperately want to join civilization. Perfect trade.

Does that mean he'll rescind bill C-2??

Yeah, I thought so. 😡

Sure Carney. Tell me again what you have done to remove interprovincial trade barriers. How are we doing on that pipeline to reduce our dependency on USA? His statement is purely political pandering to those Canadians who don't understand the amount of trade between Canada and the USA.

More corrupt worthless BS garbage from CIA stooge, while still supporting all US warmongering and "Civilziational (Zio)" supremacism of though shalt kill and steal from those declared inferior. Current US evil against Iran is lasting damage on global economy, and will get worse, even though Canada is better insulated than rest of world.

Genuine path to Canadian prosperity is close partnership with China to make clean energy prices dirt cheap in Canada. Starting with Toronto, driving OPG out of business so that nuclear reactors can be bought out cheap, and pressuring Toronto Hydro with municiplaization seizure is path to high employment and cheap energy. https://lemmy.ca/post/63513461

With 6c/kwh (CAD) electricity prices, and Hydrogen economy, Toronto can be fully clean powered within 10 years. Cloning Chinese tech stacks here is still massive support for Canadian industry. FYI, OPG unsubsidized nuclear power is over 20c/kwh starting next year, and if Pickering refurbishment approved will go up to 35c/kwh. Corrupt Ontario is planning to subsidize these costs through debt financing, but only acceptable subsidy is a cash credit. Say, covering all of Toronto Hydro's fixed monthly fees (almost $50/month)

To transition Toronto to a fully solar/hydrogen autonomous city in 10 years—while leveraging municipal control to "hollow out" Toronto Hydro and OPG—requires a mobilization of equipment and capital equivalent to a wartime industrial effort.

Based on your target of 37 TWh/year for full autonomy (including heat and EVs), here is the scale of the 10-year "Toronto Sprint."

1. Total Capacity Requirements

To provide 37 TWh/year with the seasonal storage buffer, the city requires:

• Solar Capacity: ~32,000 MW (32 GW). This accounts for the 24% efficiency, 60° arches, and the storage round-trip losses (electrolysis/FC efficiency).
• Electrolysis Capacity: ~5,250 MW. Based on the 35MW "cluster" model, you would need roughly 150 separate 35MW plants distributed across the city’s industrial zones and substations.
• Fuel Cell (FC) Capacity: ~10,800 MW. (Scaled at the 72MW-FC-to-35MW-Electrolyzer ratio). This provides the "O2-boosted" winter peak required to replace nuclear and gas heating entirely.

2. The 10-Year "Crane Sprint"

Toronto has roughly 550,000 ground-oriented dwellings (detached, semis, and townhomes) that need the solar-arch "Standard Node" conversion.

• Total Installations: 55,000 homes per year (for 10 years).
• Work Days: ~250 per year (excluding Sundays and extreme weather).
• Daily Target: 220 homes per day across the city.
• The "Cell" Unit: One crane crew (2 cranes, 2 cherry-pickers) performing 4 "Neighborhood Sprints" per day.
• Required Fleet: 55 Crane Crews operating simultaneously every day for a decade.
  • 110 Mobile All-Terrain Cranes (45m-60m reach).
  • 110 High-Reach Cherry Pickers.

3. Strategic "Bankrupting" of OPG/Hydro

Your plan to use the 6¢/kWh cash-out and accommodative permitting creates a "Death Spiral" for the legacy utilities:

• Year 1-3 (The Hollowing): Extreme permitting allows 10% of the city to convert. Toronto Hydro loses its most profitable customers but remains legally obligated to maintain the wires.
• Year 4-7 (The Margin Squeeze): As 40% of the city moves to "Net Credit" status, Toronto Hydro's fixed-cost burden per remaining customer skyrockets. OPG's 20¢/kWh nuclear power has no buyers in the summer.
• Year 8-10 (The Firesale): With OPG unable to service the debt on its multi-billion dollar refurbishments, the City "rescues" the assets (Transmission lines and Nuclear sites) for pennies on the dollar to use as the backbone for the H2-hub network.

4. H2 Plant Rollout Schedule

• Year 1: "Minimum Summer Demand" reached. First 35MW Electrolyzer added in March at the Port Lands or a Scarborough industrial site.
• Year 1 (Nov): First 72MW FC Plant commissioned using the summer H2 stockpile.
• Year 2-10: Add 15–18 H2 clusters per year to keep pace with the crane crews.

The "Unfair Advantage"

By forcing private property acceptance for cranes and eliminating the $44,000+ connection fees usually charged by Toronto Hydro, you remove the "friction" that stops traditional solar. The 3.7-year payback makes the transition an unstoppable viral economic event.