Carney says Canada open to deeper integration with U.S. ahead of CUSMA review

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-open-to-deeper-integration-with-us-in-some-sectors-carney-says/

“Like Mexico, Canada remains open to deeper integration, including options for fortress North America in (certain) sectors. And to be clear, those offers are on the table,” said the prime minister.

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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 86d (1 reply)

The US is not a reliable partner. The less we deal with them the better.

Maiq@piefed.social · 12 pts · 86d

Just look how we failed to honor commitment to Ukraine.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 86d (9 replies)

guys, calm down

do you think Carney is going to tell ol'donnie dingle dick anything to perturb him ahead of the negotiations?!

be pragmatic, keep your cards close, bluff and avert and misdirect and in the long game, the yanks are going to start killing each other en masse soon

stay strong hosers

Ariselas@piefed.ca · 17 pts · 86d (3 replies)

like how he scrapped the digital services tax with nothing in return. Carney's talk is all elbows up, but his actions are bend over and trousers down

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 86d (2 replies)

nice tag lines, did PP give them to you while were trying to find his tiny pp

next you'll be saying: "axe the tax" "suck the donnie dick" ...

and my favourite: "lose the election"

Nils@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 86d (1 reply)

scrapped the digital services tax

did PP give them to you

Of course, it is a young troll account cosplay as a USAsian 2 party system being rude all around.

Edit: Guess someone was scanning my profile for upvotes (https://lemmy.ca/post/64456317)

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · -5 pts · 86d
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BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 6 pts · 86d (1 reply)

Their corrupted midterms seem like as good a kicking off point as anything else but we'll see I guess.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 86d

yes, there wont be any more elections

we'll see if that get the average corpulent yankee to shake off their fructose induced coma and take action

Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 86d (2 replies)

This is honestly what I think people don't understand about Carney. Hes not a fucking idiot, he'll play the dumb game and give trump the stupid compliments to boost his ego and take what he can from the US.

HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 86d (1 reply)

Correct - this is because half of the population is below average intelligence, and are easily frightened, confused and mislead by manipulative assholes

stay strong hoser

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d

We call them conservatives.

patatas@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 86d (1 reply)

"Fortress North America"

tf are we doing here??

saltesc@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 86d

I'm just imagining a sinking ship named Fortress North America.

Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 86d

Sounds like a "Yes, we'd be open to it, but..." to me. I could say the same, however my list of buts would be very long.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 7 pts · 86d

I'd love to integrate with Canada but you guys really don't want that, we're full of stupid Nazis with short attention spans and that gets expensive to deal with

wampus@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 86d

I can't help but view this as diplomatic double speak, given that in his "Forward Guidance" clip that came out like, last month, he was explicitly saying integrations with the USA are a weakness.

It'd be entirely consistent though, for him / his govts approach, to be open to working together on specific non-critical areas, and in commodity trading, similar to some of the other partnerships / trade relationships they've been building up. S'why there's that (certain) sectors phrasing. "Sure, we'll integrate our lumber industry more with yours, if you stop that softwood lumber bullshit you've been doing, fortress north america! Autos too, since I mean, it was already integrated before you started your bullshit, we'd be totally fine providing you with cheaper car manufacturing as a reliable partner you've had that sort of deal with for DECADES before Trump showed up and started burning your country to the ground -- we'd happily go back to being in an 'integrated' setup for that too! Fortress North America, guarding our auto market from the evils of America First bullshit!"

DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 86d

I'm not.

Scotty@scribe.disroot.org · 0 pts · 86d (1 reply)

If China is a 'strategic partner,' then Canada should also be open to deeper integration with the US. Both are unreliable partners.

CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 86d

No, but yes. Trade sure, not integration of anything critical. They are indeed unreliable, but also belligerent, bellicose, volatile "partners".

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · -3 pts · 86d