🇨🇦 Canada can knit mittens, but not build a sovereign wool chain

The absurd part is not that U.S. tariffs hurt Canadian wool producers. The absurd part is that after years of Team Canada chest-thumping, Ottawa still left a basic agricultural sector tangled up in American processing, inputs and market access. As reported, tariffs on greasy wool imports and some finished wool products are now adding costs for producers and hobbyists alike. That is what dependency looks like when the slogans wear off.

This is the Trudeau-era legacy in miniature: endless globalist sermons about resilient supply chains, climate virtue and inclusive growth, while Canada cannot even protect a domestic wool value chain from foreign policy swings. The managerial class loves interdependence right up until another country uses leverage like a country. Then suddenly everyone rediscovers national capacity. Good. Maybe stop worshipping borderless economics and start rebuilding industries at home before the next shock hits. Sovereignty is not a branding exercise and self-sufficiency is not extremist.

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