Patriotic

The Trump regime has underestimated Canada. We are nice people but don't piss us off. 

We are royally pissed. 

Even as provinces pulled US alcohol from shelves in response to tariffs and the 51st state rhetoric, recent polling shows that 75% of us won't be buying any even if it becomes available again. 

We have learned an important lesson here and we are going to be bull headed until well past the expiration date of the current criminal regime. 

Carney has played his hand well. He is smart, tactful and experienced with those multiple trade arrangements with other nations now offering him leverage as the CUSMA talks become increasingly less critical. 

It leaves him room to hold out if a deal doesn't suit the interest of Canadians. 

US tourism has taken a huge plunge driven largely by Canadians and Europeans staying home. It's left many businesses that depended heavily on tourism dollars on life support. 

Trump's favorite word is "tariffs" which was largely responsible for helping the US into the great depression. A tax on Americans is precisely the wrong thing to do when your population is already struggling to pay for basic necessities. 

We don't want America our neighbour to fail but we aren't stupid either and when faced with this type of arrogance and aggression we aren't going to sit back and take it. 

In that sense we are as patriotic as they come because when our value system and moral code is under attack, we firmly stand our ground.