I think this weekend was the hinge moment that Carney was talking about in Davos. I think a majority of the liberal cabinet thought that they could still negotiate their way into a decent deal with the Trump administration and that Canada would carry on as before with no real changes to the way, we operate internally. But this final slap in the face by Trump and his acolytes has, what I think, shaken the liberal cabinet of its complacency. We will now see if the message has gotten through to the decision makers in this country that we must pour money into infrastructure to avoid having to go through the continental United States. I could see improvements to railroads to Prince Rupert and Churchill, a pipeline to Sarnia that goes north of Lake Superior and other infrastructure projects I haven’t thought about. There will be a greater emphasis on getting our raw and finish products to markets other than the United States. Granted, we will still trade with the United States, but it will be more adversarial vice complementary.
Agreed with much of what you said. I would add my own points
-We need an IMMEDIATE ACTION to what is happening (Now) "Save the what you can"
-We need an in depth, Government-Private collaborative LONG TERM economic strategy carefully planned out, and not simply cast aside for future politics
-Natural resources. We have to really stop messing around, put massive pressure on all parties involved and get the oil and gas (in ALL provinces, there is some in the East too), Mining going much faster (especially the ring of fire), forestry (lets get some trees chopped down rather than burning them), We can rock it as well in ag and seafood.
-With the above, get the pipelines east and west going post haste, no more dithering
-Diversify global markets (and that doesn't mean change the USA to China, otherwise we fuck ourselves all over again), this means as many nations as possible
-Do our damn best to create market demand for OUR products (and don't say "green or clean" anything, the global market doesn't give a shit)
-PM MC has good European connections, I hope he can exploit that WITHOUT us becoming part of the EU
-Hammer down on the provinces to stop tariffing each other (300% in some cases), ENOUGH or say hello to the 51st to the 58th states
-Reduce cost as much as possible for domestic businesses (and any nonsensical regulations)
-STOP protective measures here at home (jncluding supply management, telecomms, etc)
-We still trade with the USA but aim to lose the dependency on them
True economic sovereignty will take time.
