I listened to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who resigned as leader of the ruling Liberal party on Monday Jan. 7th, but remains prime minister until a new leader is elected on Oct. 20,2025 speak about how dumb what President Trump is doing on the tariffs against Canada, as he stated all the things Canada is now doing to prevent illegals & fentanyl from entering the USA from Canada and stated they've done a great job since implementing these new programs and spending a couple billion dollars on it.
The question that should really be asked is why hasn't Canada been doing this all along, as we've had a problem at our northern border with Canada for yrs. and yes that includes Illegals, drugs etc., but now that he's being replaced as party leader on Mar. 9th they've stepped up to deal with it and since he won't be leading any real political movement since they're voting a new leader of his Liberal Party in just 5 days on Mar. 9th even though he'll hold office until the New Prime Minister Trudeau who's basically just another failed socialist who's policies didn't work, but then that means he can seem like a real leader who's willing to stand up against Pres. Trump, just like Zelenskyy did and we're all now discovering how well that worked out for him.
Let's examine just why they believe trading with them is so important for us as he basically stated in his message about Wood, Oil , Energy, and Precious Metal/Nickel. Let's look at our timber situation, President Trump has already ordered New Lands to be opened for that, Oil believe we have that covered with more drilling & tracking, Nickel we have and there are several other Countries such as Australia, Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia with 20% of the Global supply and a few others, so that argument along with the others doesn't really fly as well. I do believe the Canadian Gov. by allowing their outgoing Prime Minister take the floor was a mistake, and someone should have read his script before allowing him to give it, this is the 1st time I can recall that's he's Stood Up to Trump even though the Ground under his feet is Sinking Sand and believe this may just end up as others have including China, Iran, Syria, and about every terrorist leader I can think of not to mention a good # of Democrats & Republicans from time to time.
Lets pray that the Canadian people realize that Canada has benefited more the trading with the USA that we from them and they also enjoyed what you might call a Blanket of Protection just by being our neighbor as Our Defense Protects them as well as us, as they have a very small military, I hope cooler heads prevail in Canada rather than this person who by upbringing is a Socialist and has led Canada down the wrong path for yrs. as his father before him, and hope the Next leader they elect regard the USA in a more respectful manner that Trudeau has.
God Bless You All; Clair Van Steenwyk VansCrossroads.com