When Donald Trump says something about Canada, it favours the Liberals, and when he's not focused on Canada, it favours the Conservatives, says pollster Nik Nanos. Meanwhile, pollster Frank Graves says he's seeing the worst level of despair since he began polling in the 1990s and says the challenge for the government is to provide optimism, security, and prosperity.
While I wish Carney was more openly ‘elbows up’ I acknowledge there’s a tonne at that level of government I don’t really know about. I’d say at this point, yeah, I’m disappointed in Carney, but for now I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. From day one his path was to pull away from the strongest ally Canada has ever had and an ally we were near-totally tied to. It takes time to find alternate deals and countries to replace those broken agreements. Cutting ties instantly would have led to the greatest recession Canada has ever seen and may well have destroyed the country. Honestly, if he announces some major shifts to other countries within his first year I’d expect that to be a pretty significant success.
Just like how Trump’s policies have taken 6 to 8 months to start showing results in the US, moving away from a country we were so closely tied to will not only take a long time to do, but seeing the results will take longer beyond that. Carney’s only been PM for 8 months and is arguably facing the greatest challenge any PM has had to face in decades. I’ve tempered my expectations and am waiting to see how the next few months play out. My hope is that he’s just stringing Trump along until we get our shit sorted, like setting up a new job and place to live before leaving an abusive relationship.
Canadian imports and exports are an absolutely massive ship to change course -especially when a lot of private contracts are years into the future. That said, we are already trading a lot more with pretty much everyone except the US.
While I wish Carney was more openly ‘elbows up’ I acknowledge there’s a tonne at that level of government I don’t really know about. I’d say at this point, yeah, I’m disappointed in Carney, but for now I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. From day one his path was to pull away from the strongest ally Canada has ever had and an ally we were near-totally tied to. It takes time to find alternate deals and countries to replace those broken agreements. Cutting ties instantly would have led to the greatest recession Canada has ever seen and may well have destroyed the country. Honestly, if he announces some major shifts to other countries within his first year I’d expect that to be a pretty significant success.
Just like how Trump’s policies have taken 6 to 8 months to start showing results in the US, moving away from a country we were so closely tied to will not only take a long time to do, but seeing the results will take longer beyond that. Carney’s only been PM for 8 months and is arguably facing the greatest challenge any PM has had to face in decades. I’ve tempered my expectations and am waiting to see how the next few months play out. My hope is that he’s just stringing Trump along until we get our shit sorted, like setting up a new job and place to live before leaving an abusive relationship.
Canadian imports and exports are an absolutely massive ship to change course -especially when a lot of private contracts are years into the future. That said, we are already trading a lot more with pretty much everyone except the US.
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/canada-international-trade/
Wow I haven’t seen this, it’s put together really well. Great to see those numbers!