The Prime Minister made the comments at a gathering of business and labour leaders aimed at brainstorming ways to boost Canada’s economy in the face of U.S. protectionism

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told an economic summit on Friday that he believes U.S. President Donald Trump is sincere in his desire to annex Canada and that this stems from the American leader’s interest in gaining access to this country’s critical minerals, a source said.

Mr. Trudeau made the comments to an audience of about 200 business leaders, trade experts and union executives in Toronto who have gathered to map out ways to boost economic growth and attract new capital investment in the face of the looming threat of U.S. protectionism.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly proposed to Canada in recent months that it could avoid tariffs if it agreed to a political union with the United States. He has mockingly referred to Mr. Trudeau as the governor of the 51st state.

  • pedz@lemmy.ca
    10·
    17 hours ago

    Should we start mining the border? I’ve always been anti war, I hate guns and I’m not really patriotic. But if some Unitedstaters start to invade my country, I’ll probably change my mind real fast and those fuckers will have to (gladly I’m sure) kill me.

    • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
      18·
      17 hours ago

      Those that invade won’t be true Americans, they will be nazis wearing the US flag

      • pedz@lemmy.ca
        10·
        15 hours ago

        Hmm. Not sure it makes a big difference for the people invaded.

        You’re saying the nazis that invaded a large part of Europe in the last world war were not “true” Germans? It must have been comforting for the invaded people to know that no true German could ever be a nazi.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
          2·
          13 hours ago

          And no true Goth could invade Italy, and no true Frank could invade Gaul, and no true Englishman could settle in Ireland. Yep, that’s how it works.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
      1·
      13 hours ago

      Technically you’re an Imperial, so invasions are not a very bad thing?

      Anyway, why is everyone seriously discussing Trump’s promises, has the Mexican wall been built? That seems an easier task than just annexing a few countries, let alone from the golden billion.

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
      43·
      16 hours ago

      So you were not actually anti war, there just happened to be no war affecting you?

      • pedz@lemmy.ca
        4·
        16 hours ago

        I can understand people that defend where they live if they need to. But I can also not understand why anybody would sign up to follow orders and invade/bomb other countries. I have no fucking love for military organizations.

        I don’t need a gun now because I don’t fear my fellow Canadians. I have no reason to want one and I can only see those things as killing machines.

        However if my home, friends, family, and region is invaded, I will still hate fucking guns and all the violence, it will certainly fuck me up mentally, but I’ll find a gun and fire on the invaders until they kill me.