I don’t think its worth trying to repair the US relationship until they demonstrate the ability to go through at least a few sane presidents. Even if they manage to rid themselves of Trump and seem to be returning to sanity, they will probably just elect another lunatic again.
Why would we want to return to a normal where one guy can wreck our economy. Not to mention, the US will never be the same again. Why the fuck would we want to lash ourselves to an empire that is dying in real time?
The EU would be a massive undertaking, but it removes a vulnerability we have, which is our unfortunate dependence on the United States, which quite frankly, may not exist next year, let alone 10 years from now. Where I disagree is on the need to be friendly. We need not be friendly if they are hostile. We don’t need to be hostile in return, but we shouldn’t endeavour to act like we have in the past. At this point in time, they are a hostile nation engaged in active sabotage against us.
I’m also not worried about companies fleeing to the US. Firstly, I believe that unless they fix their shit right now, there will not be a US in the near future. Business hates uncertainty, and the stock markets are showing that. The EU has many business that HQ in the EU even under their “stifling” regulations. That would continue to be true for many Canadian businesses especially when those markets open up entirely to them, without the worry of currency imbalance affecting their ability to sell.
And a lot of companies will actually form and move to Canada to get in on better trade aggreements, more stable rules and regulations, and smart labour practices allowing them to have an access to a great labour pool.
This exchange will undoubtedly benefit common folks, and by extent, the economy. I suspect this benefit will be bigger than a loss of some tax dodging labour laws escaping corpos.
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I don’t think its worth trying to repair the US relationship until they demonstrate the ability to go through at least a few sane presidents. Even if they manage to rid themselves of Trump and seem to be returning to sanity, they will probably just elect another lunatic again.
Why would we want to return to a normal where one guy can wreck our economy. Not to mention, the US will never be the same again. Why the fuck would we want to lash ourselves to an empire that is dying in real time?
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OK, I don’t disagree with those points.
The EU would be a massive undertaking, but it removes a vulnerability we have, which is our unfortunate dependence on the United States, which quite frankly, may not exist next year, let alone 10 years from now. Where I disagree is on the need to be friendly. We need not be friendly if they are hostile. We don’t need to be hostile in return, but we shouldn’t endeavour to act like we have in the past. At this point in time, they are a hostile nation engaged in active sabotage against us.
I’m also not worried about companies fleeing to the US. Firstly, I believe that unless they fix their shit right now, there will not be a US in the near future. Business hates uncertainty, and the stock markets are showing that. The EU has many business that HQ in the EU even under their “stifling” regulations. That would continue to be true for many Canadian businesses especially when those markets open up entirely to them, without the worry of currency imbalance affecting their ability to sell.
And a lot of companies will actually form and move to Canada to get in on better trade aggreements, more stable rules and regulations, and smart labour practices allowing them to have an access to a great labour pool.
This exchange will undoubtedly benefit common folks, and by extent, the economy. I suspect this benefit will be bigger than a loss of some tax dodging labour laws escaping corpos.