Canada

We need to fully divest from the US. Entirely.

Carney addressed Canadians, saying, “We won’t back down. We will respond forcefully. Nothing is off the table to defend our workers and our country.”

“I don’t want to set unreasonable expectations,” he added, saying there’s no silver bullet or quick fix, and that Canadians are understandably anxious.

“I have every confidence in our country because I understand what President Trump does not: that we love Canada with every fibre of our being.”

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Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump delivered a blow to the cross-border auto trade, vowing to bring in a new 25 per cent tariff on finished vehicles imported into the United States, starting next week.

I feel like we're about to see a spike in unfinished vehicles that are missing windshield wipers, headlights and oil filters being sent to US factories.

You taking notes Australia and the UK?

Pressed on how Canada will actually respond next week if U.S. tariffs come into effect, the prime minister wouldn’t give details.

“This is a negotiation,” he said, adding that the government will know “a lot more” in a week. “In a negotiation, it doesn’t make sense to tip your hand.”

Noting that the threatened tariffs apply to all countries, not just Canada and Mexico, Carney said, “We have the best deal of a bad deal, is the way I would put it.”

More reciprocal tariffs are coming on April 2, including tariffs on sectors like forestry, lumber, pharmaceuticals and semi-conductors.

“We have a number of measures that we can take in response to those initiatives.”

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Carney doesn’t rule out export tax on energy to U.S.

Asked whether the government would consider a retaliatory tax on oil and gas exported to the U.S., Carney said, “We have many options. And we will use them judiciously.”

“It’s a negotiation. You act when you act. You don’t pre-commit.”

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I wonder if there's a way for many of these auto factories to pivot towards a different product. For example, getting a license to produce parts for Leopard 2s or something. Some parts of the EU are already doing that, especially Germany.

The entire auto sector has been stagnating and parts of it has been shrinking lately, so the best way to save the jobs in the industry is for the factories to pivot to a different product within a similar industry, something the government can invest in that they themselves will know how much demand there will be, since basically all of Canada's tanks and IFVs are so out of date and unmaintained that we have to replace them all in the next decade or two anyways.

Carney says that Trump reached out to him last night to schedule a call. If it takes place, it will be the first between the two heads of state. But Carney didn’t say when the call would happen.

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Nukes. Feel free to kill me with them as well.