Suggestion from across the river. The Detroit River.
- Canada should import goods from China without limits or taxes. Canada’s cost of living will go down as the Americans learn how stupid tariffs are.
- If solar electric power is cheaper than other sources, buy as much cheap solar as the Chinese will send you. Try to reduce your electric costs. Export your hydro power to the US at high rates.
- There are cheap electric cars coming from China. Allow them in your market and benefit from low cost environmentally friendly transportation.
- If anyone threatens your sovereignty, put a warrant out for their arrest the minute they arrive in Canada, even if they are a government official. Its your sovereignty, gloves off.
China should be one of the countries that we explore trade opportunities with, but we do not want to rely on them. Going from one dictator to another isn’t the answer.
The biggest issues in Canada right now is the lack of local processing for raw materials, lack of efficient ways of moving said goods to the coasts (where our ports are), and a miniscule (although extremely effective) military force. Canada has a lot of raw materials and plenty of energy, we’ve just gotten complacent and are used to sending it to the US for processing.
That needs to change. We cannot rely on the US. I agree with #4 in a broad sense. Canada needs to start taking its defence and security seriously