Ford has laid out a plan to hit the United States hard in response to Trump’s attack on Canada’s economy and sovereignty. You could write a book about Ford’s failures — but his approach to dealing with the Trump regime is spot on.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that Donald Trump was softening up Canada by attacking our economy ahead of an attempt to annex the country.

Let that sit for a moment.

Because it’s easy to miss the significance of the statement. We live in an era of exaggeration, and a moment of frenetic happenings. But the prime minister of Canada has said that the global hegemon is attacking this country economically in the hopes of later annexing it. To put it mildly, the stakes right now are high, and our leaders must rise to meet the challenges these stakes imply.

At least one premier understands the assignment. After Trudeau spoke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held his own press conference in Toronto. “I want to inflict as much pain as we possibly can until we get to a deal,” Ford said.

He laid out a plan to hit the United States hard in response to Trump’s attack on Canada’s economy and sovereignty. You could write a book about Ford’s failures. Some people have. But his approach to dealing with the Trump regime is spot on.

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  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
    20·
    2 days ago

    Same.

    Spend that money on a boatyard on Lake Ontario to launch Canadian ships made with Hamilton’s steel.

    Spend it nationalizing GM’s plants if they close, so we can keep all the staff on and retool for artillery and drones made in Windsor and Sarnia using Cobalt’s cobalt.

    Spend it on our manufacturing industry to machine those new tools.

    Spend it on Ontario lumber to help us spin up a thriving furniture and housing industry.

      • bluGill@fedia.io
        5·
        2 days ago

        Nukes are a waste of money unless you already have everything else. The only time anyone would use a nuke is when they decide they would rather end the world than lose the war. You are generally much better off just planning to not lose the war in the first place because you have enough arms. Canada (unlike Isreal or Iran) is rich enough to do all needed conventional arms development themselves (or better yet share the development with allies: Australia and Europe)

        • tarsn@lemmy.ca
          81·
          2 days ago

          You’re never going to compete with the American military industrial machine. Nukes are the best deterrent

          • bluGill@fedia.io
            11·
            2 days ago

            Right now a significant portion of the military would rebell if the us ordered an attack on canada. Stay ‘friends’

        • grey_maniac@lemmy.ca
          2·
          2 days ago

          We should design and build the parts for suitcase nukes, then ship them in pieces to Canadians in place in the US for assembly and installation in strategic locations.