coming no matter what and so now we need to push back. Perhaps that starts by doing something we have not done in a LONG time; maybe we should seek out other alliances that won’t stab us in the back.

This is our home, and it will be forever more and it is in our character to shy away from fights and seek solace in compromise until it isn’t.

I am hardly oblivious to the amount of pain and despair we are about to endure but that is

Well guys, we are now being pushed and the worst Canadian trait that I am seeing right now is the one that corrals people and encourages them to give up and resign themselves to their fate. Fuck that. We are Canadian and we have fought for this country.

We repelled manifest destiny in the 1800’s, we fought for the motherland and gave all when under the Crown in World War 1 and we build an industrial base made us the third largest trading nation in the world in World War 2. We prefer peace but we have a spine when pushed.

will not stop by giving in and it will not stop by being friendly. This stops when Canadians develop a backbone and tell our neighbours to shove it where the sun don’t shine. Canada has been great many times in its past, most notably when the days were darkest.

hands and that we simply need to endure this and eventually, this too shall pass.

With respect to my fellow countrymen, buck the fuck up. We are facing a bully and the only thing that a bully ever respects is being punched in the nose. This trade war will not stop by our acquiescence, it

Economic stupidity aside, I want to address our collective psyche. What I find most distressing about this seismic event is the despair and almost learned helplessness that I see from those who I respect and admire; the notion that our collective destiny is no longer in our

devastation is here, it is real and is borne of intention; Trump made very clear that this was his stated policy on the campaign and the Americans voted for it and even many Canadians supported his candidacy. In short, this trade war is part of Trump’s mandate.

in turn, will do what he always does which is escalate. Bullies always do. This trade war will get ugly, and fast.

Of course, in a larger sense, there is no need for what the WSJ is calling “the stupidest trade war in history” but that fact is beside the point. Economic

If you approach it from that vantage point, it is a marketing problem and all future dollars should be spent there. If you see it as a political defeat, our response needs to be much more comprehensive. We need to get serious about the fact that people knew who trump was and reelected him anyway.