keeping it in perspective

The U.S. – Canadian border, the longest in the world, is 8891 kilometres (5525 miles) long. The amount of fentanyl confiscated last year going from above the 49th Parallel to below was 42 pounds. That would fit easily into a backpack, which is about 30 centimeters (12 inches) wide. Therefore, the Canada Border Services Agency successfully defended 99.999999 or so percent of the border in 2024. Trump’s rationale for the tariffs is ludicrous.

If you would kindly catch a Canadian newscast, you would find that we Canucks are getting more and more steeled for the trade war. Aging Orange is losing what support he might have had here. The Liberal Party, similar to mainstream Democrats in the U.S., just elected (with 86% of the vote) Mark Carney as Prime Minister, succeeding Justin Trudeau, who has held the post since November 2014. An election for it will be called later this year.

Carney has incredible street cred, that street being Wall. He got his doctorate in economy at Oxford, had a 13-year stint at Goldman Sachs and was the Governour of the Bank of Canada AND Britain. He held his own with Jon Stewart recently. But here’s the clincher: he was a goalie for Harvard.

There have been many robust protest rallies in our cities. The provinces are re-evaluating inter-province trade laws. Trudeau is looking for new foreign markets. Trump won’t bully us.