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Jln's avatar

My friend I agree with your well written article but I would suggest that Trump is offering Canada, the same thing he is offering Americans. Liberation from the corrupt status quo. The Conservative Party has fallen apart, not because of Trumps effort for more equitable trade but also because your Conservative Party in Canada, like in the US, was fake.

Trump is trying to eliminate the globalist all over the world by offering a new paradigm of mutual benefit based on trade, not the current system where countries are maintained by the American taxpayer and where trillions of our money prop up governments all over the world.

Trump is hoping for a MAGA movement in Canada. As an American, Canada is full of Leftist globalists running the country, Freeland being the worse of them all. We have enough Leftist ourselves and we certainly don’t need to import yours. Carney is a puppet of the globalist just like Macron and Starmer. He cares little about the Canadian people and will lead you down the road to destruction.

Let’s not be naive there is no parity between Canada and the US. You cannot survive without American trade, but America can survive if your leaders decide on a trade war. I’m not saying this to put down the Canadian people, they are being lied to just like the American people have been till Trump, I’m saying this as a statement of fact.

If you guys want to go the Freeland way and join the EU against America that would be a very foolish thing to do for the Canadian people. Unfortunately your leaders like in the EU and U.K. have no interest in the best outcome for their people.

Pray for your country my friend. I have been praying for mine and by Gods grace we were allowed to get Trump back in. Look at the hysteria from the Leftist in our country because we want to stop the fraud and take our government back.

This will await you IF you’re able to free yourselves from your corrupt politicians. Good luck!!

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Jln's avatar

Who is threatening your country? You guys have 200% tariffs on certain goods to the US. Trump is trying to negotiate. If you guys have numbskulls running your government who don’t understand what negotiating means then what can we do?

If your ppl allow the media to use this to “distract” them, you think they would not have been distracted using something else?

Chrysta Freeland is out there threatening nuclear war against the US. You guys know you only have 40 million ppl right? You guys know there’s no scenario where you win against the US right? So why the heck do you allow your politicians to talk trash?

It’s like the husband watching his wife talk trash against a guy who’s 6’4”, 200 lbs of pure muscle, knowing he’s the one who’s going to have to fight the guy, not his wife. Where are your fellow citizens? Why don’t you stop your wife from talking trash before you have to fight the big muscled man?

Carney is a WEF puppet just like Trudeau. You guys just went from the frying pan into the fire over a trade negotiation? Really? You think that’s Trump’s fault?

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Jack Blueman's avatar

You're an idiot if you think the way to defeat globalism is by crushing other people's nations in the service of an all encompassing empire. What Trump is offering Canada is to do explicitly what the previous regime was only doing implicitly; take away national sovereignty and undermine people's ability to steer their own societies.

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Jln's avatar

Jack the globalist just installed Carney as Prime minister. He’s a total WEF tool who worked for Black Rock. The Canadian ppl are already screwed. The people of Alberta would be much better off joining the US.

However, we have enough to do in the US. Let’s focus on saving America because if we cannot get the globalist out, the whole world is done. They just screwed the Romanians by not allowing their conservative candidate to run in the election in May after he won the election last Dec.

They annulled that one because “they” said it was Russian interference. Europe is done. They announced they are launching a digital currency this year and Ursula Von de Leyen said yesterday they are going to invest the money sitting in peoples personal bank accounts.

In effect they are stealing peoples bank account money.

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Jack Blueman's avatar

No one ever likes it when you threaten their country, even if they agree their country is messed up. It makes enemies instantly. Trump could have helped the Conservative Party of Canada reform itself into a patriotic workers party when it got into government, it had that potential. Instead, he's given the Liberals new life and forced the Conservatives to distance themselves to stay alive politically. He could have had a good junior partner, but he's sofa king stupid he just gave away an easy win

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Wikihospitals's avatar

OMG this is so true of Australia. Australia suffers from what I now call 'the Canadian disease'.

Australians view of themselves (independent, freedom loving, social justice) bares no relationship to the way immigrants see the country (dumbed down, lacking in any intelligent debates and devided by the appaulling school system into a ridgid, two tiered society).

After being brutalised by the English penal system for 200 years, Australia is now being destroyed by the CCP and their calculated use of the South American drug cartels to collapse nations they want to destroy for geopoliticial reasons.

I suggest everyone look at Sam Coopers Substack The Bureau https://www.thebureau.news/. It's truely horrifying and reflects exactly what is going on 'down under'. Australia's statistics are all terrible, from the price of energey to the economy, to education to illegal drug use.

There are times when Australia's and Canadians stand up and fight bravely. The Truckers strikes in 2021-2022 was one example. Australia's massive rallies during the brutal lockdowns during the same period is another. Military tanks rolled through the streets of Melbourne and unarmed Australian's were shot at point blank range with rubber and pepper bullets at their national war memorial, the Shrine of Rememberence. They fought back bravely against globalist, totalitarian psychopaths.

Sam Cooper refers to Canadian's being unable to see themselves honestly. While Canadians belive they are healthy, fair and independent, others see a socialist culture hooked on welfare and big government. Canada is now one of the world's largest fentanyl hub. Trudeau (like Australian's Albanese) is totally currupt, an open communist who persecutes priests and has been connected to corrupt Chineses business king pins and the ungodly big pharma companies.

It's sad both countries have ended up this way. They could have become something so much better.

But if you don't fight hard for your country, people will take it from you. History is brutal. This is why the Romanians are on the streets protesting now.

Nothing can be taken for granted.

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Diamond Boy's avatar

Canada will lie down and die. There’s nothing to fight for. The foundation has been suffocated to death. We’ve been told, and many people believe, that we are genocidal towards the indigenous people. Simply put there’s nothing to return to, we are swamped out by multiculturalism. Our old roots are dead. Any effort to revive the old British Empire thing would be attacked immediately. Besides Quebec will hold a referendum and Oui will win.

Toast!

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Dmitry's avatar

While I largely agree with your post, I don't believe that Canadian elites' dislike of America is a Trump-caused phenomenon. Thirty years ago, I spent over a year in Canada as an American representative in a joint venture with a Canadian company. Two things struck me: 1) almost rabid protectionism (we pulled out of the JV as the result), and 2) dislike of Americans, especially amongst upper classes. It surprised me since I haven't met any Americans who professed antipathy towards Canada. I'm afraid that Canadians are in for a rude awakening. They think they are at war with Trump, without understanding that his key issues at stake in this dispute - fair trade, security, drugs - are popular in the US. And some of us no longer see Canada as a true democracy, at least in how we define it in the US. The Canadian politicians (with a possible exception of Bernier) rattle sabers as an injured party without seemingly willing to address Canada's role in getting to this point. Poilievre's rapid descent into anti-Americanism showed that at this time there's no major Canadian party that Trump can partner with to constructively resolve the dispute. Trump is not going to back off, so at some point Canadians will have to make a choice whether to start addressing his issues or continue to wrap themselves in a mantle of patriotism while destroying their country.

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Keith's avatar

The USA needs to court Alberta. We are a pariah in Canada. We are Canada’s wealthiest province. We are hated & over-taxed. Our province pays crippling equalization payments. Our oil industry is vilified & punished.

It’s a win - win scenario.

Alberta tells it’s parasitic eastern overlords to pound sand, aaaannndddd,

The USA gets a new state with a population similar to Alabama or Louisiana.

The USA gets a jurisdiction with plenty of farmland, two metropolitan cities, beautiful mountain parks, and of course…

the THIRD LARGEST OIL RESERVES on the PLANET. The energy future of the USA is guaranteed.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jordan-peterson-canada-must-offer-alberta-more-than-trump-could

https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr/p/alberta-statehood-my-recent-interview?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Dmitry's avatar

Eh, it’s up to Albertans. Just my opinion: we would love for Alberta to join us but we are not going to force the issue. Trump seems happy to push the buttons while waiting for the Canadian project to basically self-destruct (no, it gives me no pleasure to say that but Canada under the Liberal/NDP management doesn’t appear to be sustainable). Then pick up the pieces.

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CJ Lewis's avatar

Both Conservatives and Liberals are annoying in how they refer to some mythological set of “common values and beliefs” in Canada. This is impossible with mass migration and where there are multi-ethnic groups living parallel and separate lives. Trump is a disaster, both for Americans and Canadians, but at least he can be a catalyst for some much needed discussions. My own substack will probably be dealing with similar topics this year.

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James Costello's avatar

The King is part of the “floundering international project”.

We are again at the beginning of our national identity battle - for freedom, or feudalism.

The Fabian Socialists and monarchists have won out against exceptionalism for years and kept us from becoming what we could be.

They have stifled and corrupted our attempts at growth through bureaucracy and abuse of power, and Trudeau was installed to drop us off the edge into their hands forever.

It’s a new world, and we need to pick a side.

North American exceptionalism under a renewed US vision is the only rational answer - everything else puts us under a neo-feudalist global cabal of banksters and old world masters.

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Tony Porcaro's avatar

Extremely well said!

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Franz Kafka's avatar

A fine and convincing argument. I just want to say that the UkroNazi, totally incompetent and probably mad former DPM and Finance Minister, and the incompetent and larcenous City of London banker, offer little to choose between. To quote Aldous Huxley: "Both are taking us down the road to Hell and the only argument between them is about the means to get us there."

I might add that due to the already 'successful' application of 'replacement theory' most Sikhs and Ukrainians etc. do not give a damn for the origins of Canada and the niceties/vagaries of our history. Many, if not most, have brought their quarrels here - witness both parties of the Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The English were brutal by the way in their repressive measures in Canada as much so as in Ireland and Scotland at about the same time. So, apart from mob behaviour, the American Colonists had plenty of good reasons to hate the British and their 'Loyalists'.

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Joe Katzman's avatar

Canada is going to lose this one if it takes an aggressive approach. AND, Trump will have a much harder and more costly road to resolution than was ever necessary.

Sometimes, a man’s biggest downsides come with his upsides. Sometimes, the reason he’s The Guy you need is going to cost you elsewhere - but you can’t have A without B. C’est la vie.

Now that no-one doubts American seriousness, I’m hoping Commerce Secretary Lutnick can cool things down and get things moving in a productive direction. But Canadians have to get that globalism is dead, regional self-sufficiency is a growing must-have, and their relationship to the USA has changed deeply beyond just Trump. Things are on the table that haven’t been an option in 200 years. Screw this up, and Canada is legitimately at risk.

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Philosopher of the Oil Sands's avatar

This is a very good and accurate article. It is such a shame that Canadian patriotism is being identified with the left, rather than the right. In my view, the political doctrine which underlies our regime is British Conservatism, which is entirely anathema to liberalism. As you note, liberalism has become a feature of both the Conservatives and Liberals in Canada, leaving us with a choice between American internationalism and Davos internationalism. Patriotic sentiment must be channeled away from the left, towards something positive and truly Canadian. The first step is a recovery of our history--especially the Red Ensign. Thank you for noting this.

My most recent article, arguing Canada to be essentially a British Conservative nation: https://philosopheroftheoilsands.substack.com/p/the-great-canadian-awakening

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Henry Solospiritus's avatar

Genghis Kahn lived next to the Han Chinese. They were so annoying he invaded them! Canadians, like the Han Chinese are really freakin’ annoying!

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G.C.'s avatar

The Liberal party has dug a hole. Trump doesn't care if they are in power because they will only dig deeper and help his long term position.

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Richard Blackwell's avatar

Richard, I do not share your sentiments or train of thought ! A well written article that explains a closed mind to reality point of view, IMO.

Trump is poking Canada in an effort to help “the unwilling to change” see the devastation Trudeau, the Liberals, and the WEF policies have inflicted on the country. Having an economic zone of one currency that is capable of self sufficiency and can trade with the world is a step towards world peace. Canada can wake up to that when the Liberals are destroyed in the next election !

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Crimson's avatar

YES! Subscribed. Oh, and they ignored grooming our sons and terrorizing our daughters with "internet porn" ie. psychic terrorism for 20 years.

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Libertarian's avatar

Wow! I am amazed and encouraged at the results and sentiment. Thanks for sharing, Gwyneth. Btw love the frosted light bulbs.

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Gwyneth's avatar

You are most welcome:)

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Cliff Morham's avatar

My goodness "the nation of the Red Ensign"....what is that? It seemed to disappear sometime about 1965? And loyalty to a depraved venal and imperialist monarchy? Aren't there higher human aspirations than that. Where Canada is today is the sum total of 150 years of its use as a British psy op, M I 6 and nazi hideout, designed for the British imperialist elite to infiltrate the inner operations of the American deep state. In that regard Canada has fulfilled its obligations to the Anglo ruling class admirably....at the cost of its own stunted social and economic development. There is no "way back". Like a poorly made toy it will sort of work while bits and pieces fall off and get stuck back on while the Goldman Sachs imperialist central bankers extract more and loot and the people become poorer and poorer. The only realistic option is an external intervention that will smash the cycle of oligarchic divide and conquer and financial extraction. Maybe the US admin has inadvertently opened yet another off ramp for "Canada" to escape its inevitable decline and legacy of British venality and depravity. Should we be optimistic, or not?

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Keith's avatar

My response as an Albertan.

The USA needs to court Conservative Alberta. We are a pariah in Canada. We are Canada’s wealthiest province. We are hated & over-taxed. Our province pays crippling equalization payments. Our oil industry is vilified & punished.

It’s a win - win scenario.

Alberta tells it’s parasitic eastern overlords to pound sand, aaaannndddd,

The USA gets a new state with a population similar to Alabama or Louisiana.

The USA gets a jurisdiction with plenty of farmland, two metropolitan cities, beautiful mountain parks, and of course…

the THIRD LARGEST OIL RESERVES on the PLANET. The energy future of the USA is guaranteed.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr/p/alberta-statehood-my-recent-interview?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jordan-peterson-canada-must-offer-alberta-more-than-trump-could

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The Infant Phenomenon's avatar

Naheed Nenshi. Jyoti Gondek. No, thanks. We have MORE than enough multi-culti colonists. We don't need more.

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Keith's avatar

I’m not sure that I understand your post. Would you care to elaborate?

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