Canada forced to reconsider dealing with the U.S.
By Lethbridge Herald on March 18, 2026.
Editor,
The chaotic political situation in the United States (U.S.) is forcing Canadians to rethink the way we do business. While the White House picks fights with Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been busy modernizing our military, attracting foreign investment and finding new reliable alliances abroad. Securing emerging markets like India and China. That’s where the real growth is, not in more lop-sided trade deals with a declining hegemony like the U.S.
wThe world is changing, it’s time we stopped acting like a 51st state. After all, Canada is a resource powerhouse, an agricultural giant backed by political stability, sensible gun laws, the most reliable banking system in the G7 and a skilled workforce. We have what the world wants. This makes us strong and independent. Our universal heath-care system, sense of fair play and belief in the common good adds to our strengths.
Washington’s hostility towards Canada demonstrates that America is no longer friendly or trustworthy. We were warned decades ago that too much integration with the U.S. would leave us vulnerable. The chickens have now come home to roost.
It’s doubtful that we can continue to partner with today’s unpredictable tarrif-happy backward looking U.S. government. Canada understands this and in spite of Washington’s arrogance, is forging ahead without the U.S.. This goes far beyond Trumpism or who the next erratic US. president might happen to be, but rather, a symptom of what American has become.
David Volume,
Coleman
8-7
Great letter, David, thank you for submitting it.
That America is no longer a democracy , rather an autocratic dictatorship intent it would seem on destroying the environment, bullying any nation Trump dislikes on any one day and killing thousands in the process, is another reason to distance ourselves from a once reliable and friendly neighbour.
Some truths of what Canada has become…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJhI8_mQss
This video is utter nonsense.
If you’re not happy here do “go south” at your earliest convenience.
Please explain.
bullseye on so many points and complexities, and in so few words.
contrast with trump, who is probably still repeating how great is the usa military that he himself built, the ever greatest of all people and presidents. perhaps he is given to abundant repetition because he cannot hear himself over the helicopter or jet engine noise he so loves to stump to.