Canada: Hold Fast to Your Sovereignty

After inadvertently engineering her own country’s diminished sovereignty, Chrystia Freeland is suddenly adamant about a supposed threat to its independence.

The Canadian Liberal politician wants a nuclear security umbrella but not to deter Russia; rather, to protect Canada from its closest ally, the United States.

“If they don’t want to settle, we’re out of there, because we want them to settle”

Donald Trump was quite clear two weeks ago after the debacle at the White House with Zelensky. Today, he was categorical about his intentions with regard to Kiev. Having already suspended financial and military aid, access to satellite imagery and CIA intelligence data, Trump spoke with journalists. In response to a question about US military aid to Kiev, he said, “I have to know that they want to settle [the conflict].” The president said that he did not currently know if Kiev was truly committed to peace.

“If they don’t want to settle, we’re out of there, because we want them to settle.”

In response to the above reality, Volodymyr Zelensky is dashing from one Western capital to another, demanding “security guarantees” and nukes so he can keep slow-walking peace talks. He is the quintessential image of someone running out of time and politicians who just say “yes” to him.

Hypochondria is when you see someone with an infirmity and convince yourself you’ve got it, too. It seems that there is a geopolitical version of that. “Give us back nuclear arms. Give us missile systems,” Zelensky said last month, according to Politico. “Partners: Help us finance the 1 million army. Move your contingent on the parts of our state where we want the stability of the situation so that the people have tranquility.” How about the Ukrainian president also kicking in some of what his country has undoubtedly “accumulated” for “safe keeping.”

This sudden existential crisis was triggered by Trump's propensity to refer to Justin Trudeau as “Governor Trudeau” and Canada as America's “51st state”

It seems that Zelensky’s malady is contagious. Canada has its own version of it. Chrystia Freeland, a former finance and deputy prime minister is trailing in the polls behind fellow globalist extraordinaire Mark Carney. The two are locked in a Canadian Liberal Party leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Freeland recently declared that she too wants to “guarantee our [Canada's] security” by making “sure that France and Britain were there, who possess nuclear weapons.” Her reasoning? Apparently, the US is now “clearly threatening our [Canada's] sovereignty.”

This sudden existential crisis was triggered by Trump's propensity to refer to Justin Trudeau as “Governor Trudeau” and Canada as America's “51st state.” As a former finance and foreign minister, Freeland spent nearly a decade turning Canada’s “sovereignty” into a polite fiction. She essentially tethered the country’s economic and political future so intimately to Washington that (once revealed) the stolid face of American self-interest now has Canadian elites scrambling for a nuke-wielding protector.

Recall the Freedom Convoy protests against Covid mandates? Freeland, then finance minister, took exactly one phone call from a top Biden economic adviser and suddenly had an epiphany: “That one conversation was a seminal one for me. And it was a moment when I realized as a country, somehow, we had to find a way to bring this to an end.” Here is the translation of that political doublespeak:

Washington made it clear she needed to shut down any Canadian dissent, especially on the border, that could have an economic impact on the US.

Publicly, Freeland plays the anti-Russia hardliner

Freeland’s response was total compliance; she immediately froze the bank accounts of Canadian protesters and their supporters -- much like what the EU and IMF did in 2013 to the citizens of Cyprus, except there, they actually took the money. Meanwhile, Carney, her current rival and fellow globalist for Liberal leadership, called for an “end to sedition” and demanded that officials “follow the money.” Eventually, Canada’s intelligence chief did just that, and contrary to Carney's claim, the protests were not foreign-funded—it was all fake news.

What was just described is not an isolated incident. Canada’s ruling elite have spent decades prioritizing Washington’s policy initiatives above the interests of Canadians. Mexico, on the other hand (and a fellow recipient of 25% tariffs), has pursued a strategic independence that Ottawa would not dare even consider, until Trump moved back into the White House.

Publicly, Freeland plays the anti-Russia hardliner. Privately? A CBC News investigation found Canada still imported $250 million worth of Russian fuel – laundered through countries such as India and Turkey. So much for observing the sanctions – some for thee, but not for me? I guess she really showed Russia, huh? It's little wonder Freeland and Team Trudeau figured they could cobble together 3.87 million new homes by 2031.

Let's see, that's one new home every two minutes…for seven consecutive years.

The irony of it is that Canada could have forgone the whole charade and pursued real economic cooperation with Russia. You know, like the US is now seeking under Trump with natural resource joint ventures--a win-win scenario.

“European nukes to deter the Americans,” what exactly is the plan there?

Freeland and Trudeau should have spent less time marching in unison with Washington and more time actually diversifying Canada’s economic relations; had they done so, they wouldn’t now be having a meltdown over a US administration doing what every country does -- pursue its own national interests.

And about this idea of “European nukes to deter the Americans,” what exactly is the plan there? Are France and Britain supposed to dash off a tersely worded communique to Canada’s southern neighbor, warning that if it “acts up,” they will launch? OK and then what—Trump nukes Paris or London over a spat about Montreal? Get real

Even Trudeau, in a one-on-one with King Charles, failed to find support for a Canada against Trump scenario. Charles, it seems is too preoccupied virtue signaling for Ukraine, posing with Zelensky. But let's be honest here. Canada has already tethered itself to the US military-industrial complex; it shares NORAD command, intelligence through Five Eyes, joint procurement deals, supply chains, and military operations. What exactly is Europe supposed to attack—their (and Canada’s) own Western alliance infrastructure?

Trump doesn’t need to “invade” Canada. All he has to do is squeeze its economy, leveraging the country’s massive over-dependence on the US market—something no amount of nuclear saber-rattling can solve. That’s the real national security threat to Canada, and it was manufactured by the very same Canadian elites now panicking over Washington doing what they’ve always done—looking out for number one. It’s long past time for Canada to start doing the same.

No number of nukes is going to save Canada from its own mistakes.

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