🇨🇦 19 months in, Carney calls U.S. tariffs modest

That tells you everything. After 19 months of a trade fight with our largest customer, Mark Carney is downplaying fresh U.S. tariffs as relatively modest and promising he is always ready for a fair deal, as reported. Translation: Ottawa is managing decline with polished banker language while Washington dictates terms. The same political class that surrendered energy leverage, kneecapped productivity, and wrapped Canada in climate red tape now wants applause for staying calm while the Americans squeeze.

Even the soft academic consensus says this stalemate could last until year end, with Manitoba told to brace for two-plus years of turmoil and new U.S. auto and truck tariffs looming on Jan. 1, 2027. This is what post-national governance looks like: a country absurdly dependent on one market, too unserious to defend its own industrial base, and too obsessed with global virtue theatre to act in its own interest. Carney is not fighting for sovereignty. He is administering vulnerability with a straight face.

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