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Yeah that too. Natural resources would certainly fall under what I suggested as a 'U.S. national security'concern. They're doing exactly what the Chinese are doing, and after 4 years of Biden they have a lot of catching up to do. They're trying to position themselves in case war breaks out. It's called being prepared.

That's not what the polls indicate.

I thought the same thing less than a week ago. But from a U.S. national security standpoint, bringing Greenland, Canada, and Panama Canal into the U.S. fold makes perfect sense. The thing he doesn't seem to understand is Canadians.

I'd say you're pretty quick to pass judgement on an individual for being a Nazi and racist by watching a 10 second clip. I've got nothing else to say to you.

Why wouldn't any politician want to help people or make the world a better place? What they disagree on is the best way of doing it. In the Polievre/Peterson interview, Polievre came right out and said he would protect the rights and freedoms of all Canadians (may be paraphrasing a bit here). It's very rarely you hear anyone on the left uttering those words. With them it's all democracy democracy democracy which isn't quite the same thing.

I believe the reasoning is that once the southern border is sealed off the cartels will need new channels to funnel the fentanyl into the U.S. The Canada/U.S. border is the next logical choice since the cartels are already operating in Canada producing the stuff for export. And why should Trump have stopped the migrant flow from coming into Canada when Trudeau invited them in?

I prefer to judge a politician by their accomplishments and not by their platitudes. I couldn't care less if one was a mean, nasty, bastard like Trump... it's their accomplishments that makes the politician stand out.

Thanks. I was not aware of that and I guess Moe wasn't either.

Scott Moe had an interesting idea. He asked Trudeau to put CBSA under military command. That way the $2.6 billion ottawa spends on CBSA could then be reclassified as 'military spending'.

Again, pretty much the way I see it.

Absolutely!! Canada is the weak link and a threat to not only its own national security but U.S. national security as well. Again it's a security issue. And you're right, so is Greenland. During WW2, the U.S. made a deal with Denmark that the U.S. would insure that Greenland would stay in allied hands. They built military bases and everything else that went with it to make sure the Nazi's didn't take it over and become a threat to the U.S. mainland.

Wouldn't it make sense for the U.S. to cut bilateral deals with Mexico and Canada whether in trade or tariff talks? I mean Canada and Mexico are two totally different countries in so many ways. The U.S. must recognize that. It's one of the reasons I felt that Freeland was wrong in suggesting it might be better for Canada not dealing with the U.S. on a one to one basis.

So basically you've made up your extremely closed little mind. And It doesn't really matter what else I say or whatever other proof is presented to you does it? You are a true believer.

You want more proof? Benjamin Netanyahu (you know, the Prime Minister of Israel) refers to Musk as 'a friend of Israel' and claims all those allegations to be totally ridiculous. But keep listening to what your silly news sources tell you.

Listen silly person. Elon Musk is autistic. It took me about 5 minutes to look that up.

If you want a reply, try at least to come up with something even slightly original. You're beginning to sound like a broken record and boring as hell.

Sounds fair enough. I would also like to say that opinions can change as the information that we base our opinions on changes. That is of course if one has an open mind to begin with. 😉

Is that really the best you can do? I don't normally respond to silly stuff but for some reason you're really good at it. I guess that's worth something.

If we didn't have Mexico to compare volumes to, would it be a problem then considering how little volume it takes to kill millions of people? I'd tend to think so.

They did confiscate 44 lbs. of the stuff which is enough to kill close to 10 million people. And it's public knowledge that fentanyl made in canada is not only used for domestic purposes but is being exported around the globe. God only knows how much of the stuff isn't confiscated and manages to get through. Please fill me in on what our governments are doing about that. Nothing for us to be proud of here.

As I've said repeatedly, there are multiple issues. You have your opinions and I have mine. Let's leave it at that.

If this has nothing to do with U.S. security then why is the U.S. threatening Panama who they have a huge trade surplus with?? It's because the canal has great strategic importance militarily in getting U.S. warships from the Pacific theatre to the Atlantic and vice versa. The canal is supposed to be neutral but in reality it's the Chinese government who's in charge of canal operations. That's what the stink is about.

I was on the understanding that China was already paying some fairly heavy tariffs (in some cases 100%) and is the main reason it was only 10%.

As Doug mentioned in a previous post, Trump selected this Stephen Miran whom he appointed as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors who advise Trump on economic matters. In Nov 2024, Miran came out with 'A User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System'. All I can say is it's far beyond my knowledge of economics but here's a link if you're interested. It could explain some things that are going on now.... https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf

I don't recall ever saying Canada increasing military spending to 2% was the only issue. It's also a combination of National Security issues, fantanyl, and election promises such as bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. and getting rid of trade deficits.