Imagine this! The USA strikes a deal with Venezuela for oil. But then, the US slaps a 25% tariff on Canada, including oil. This hurts Canada's oil-producing provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland significantly. It's the first step on how to organize a manufactured crisis in Canada.
However, the Venezuela oil deal solves potential American domestic inflation problems caused by Canadian oil tariffs. It allows the American Gulf Coast to operate as normal.
The Canadian economy starts to crumble and the Canadian dollar slides. Investment dries up. Social programs lose all funding, the revenue is not there to pay for them. Governments in Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, and Alberta would collapse. A series of false flag operations happen in specific geographic locations intended to create the perception of chaos. This is where the talk of annexation and becoming the 51st state comes from.
Canadians would see the United States as a lifeline as Canada crashes.
The US takes over Canada, gaining control of all our natural resources, including oil.
Trump and his influencers have been discussing the acquisition of Greenland frequently lately. I believe they aim to build a pipeline across North America to Greenland.
From Greenland, another pipeline would go to Europe. This gives the US complete control over Europe's energy supply.
Russia and the Middle East energy nations lose their economic power as Europe's energy providers.
It's important to remember that EVERY country, including Canada, does not have friends.
Each country has:
- Strategic Competitors
- Strategic Adversaries
- Strategic Allies
All three options are continuously in flux and change depending on the real-world circumstances at any given moment.
The Canada-USA relationship is currently categorized as Option 1 or Option 2.
The current problem in Canada is that our intelligence and security apparatus, along with the political class, matured in a world where the USA was a strategic ally of Canada. They are not able to understand the rules of the game have changed.
Circumstances in the last 45 days have drastically changed.
When you view the world through a real-time security lens and abandon the irrelevant emotional idea of "friends", you are better equipped to understand why international political decisions are made and how they impact relationships.
This is a real potential threat Canada is facing; Canadian politicians need to understand that. The proposed 25% tariff is not an accident. It's a calculated move designed to quickly collapse Canada. Now, if this plays out as I have described, Canadians will have a choice to make: do we stay Canadian, or do we become part of the US?
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The way out of it is to secure new trading partners. There’s no reason why Canada can’t:
A pipeline to the Maritimes from Alberta is a non-starter. Quebec has already said no. But it could go across the Northwest Territories to Hudson’s Bay. And then shipped from there.